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Åsa Borgström

Doctoral Student

Department of Social Work
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Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 25
41123 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 720
40530 Göteborg

About Åsa Borgström

I am a PhD Student in Social Work at the Department of Social Work. I have many years´ experience of social work in practice, in social services and school contexts.

Research areas My research interest is in the context of children and young people with special focus on young people, disability, social arenas on the internet, qualitative methods and ethics.

Current research project (PhD thesis) My PhD project is about young people with intellectual disability and their experience of social activities on internet.

The PhD project has been part of the research project Particip@tion on internet? Pupils with intellectual disabilities and identification processes on internet at University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.

https://www.hv.se/en/research/research-projects/child-and-youth-studies/particiption-on-internet-young-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-and-identification-processes-on-internet/

Teaching I have been teaching at the Bachelor of Science Programme in Social Work and Teacher Education Programmes. I have also been course coordinator at the Master´s programme in Social Work.