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Birgitta Jansson

Senior Lecturer

Department of Social Work
Mail
birgitta.jansson@socwork.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 23
41123 Göteborg
Room number
D410
Postal address
Box 720
40530 Göteborg

About Birgitta Jansson

Background: Lecturer, PhD in Economic History and Associated Professor in Social Work.

Areas of expertise Issues on welfare, social policy, labour market, employment, income distribution, poverty.

Current Research Projects

  • Project title: Working but poor. The development of in-work poverty and income mobility in Sweden, from 1987 to 2017. Financed by Swedish Research Council for Health, Working life and Welfare.
  • Project time 2018-2022
  • Project leader: Birgitta Jansson
  • Assistant: Lovisa Broström, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg

Completed Research Project

  • Project title: Income mobility in Sweden 1983 – 2011 – studies based on individuals and households. Founded by Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse. Project time: 2013-15
  • Project leader: Birgitta Jansson
  • Assistant: Björn Gustafsson, Departement of Social Work, Göteborgs universitet
  • Project title: Aspects on household income in Göteborg from 1925 to 2002 – poverty, mobility, inequality and dependence. Founded by FAS.
  • Project leader: Björn Gustafsson, Departement of Social Work, Göteborgs universitet
  • Assistant: Birgitta Jansson, Departement of Social Work, Göteborgs universitet

Teaching

  • Teaches in the Bachelor program in Social Work and at the Master programme in Social Work and Human Rights.
  • Supervises Bachelor and Master Degree reports.
  • Co-supervisor, PhD student Nicholas Mugabi, Makerere-Sweden Bilateral Reserach Program (MAK-SIDA)
  • Guest lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 050815 – 050902. Course: “Welfare Systems” (Linnéus-Palme programme)
  • Guest lecturer at the Department of Sociology (Social Work programme). Havana University, Cuba 070425 – 070513. Course: “Welfare Systems” (Linnéus-Palme programme)
  • Guest lecturer at the Department of Social Work Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.110130-110218. (Linnéus-Palme programme)
  • Guest lecturer at the Department of Social Work, University of Rwanda, Huye, Rwanda. 180204-180225. (Linnéus-Palme programme)