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Fanny Holt

Lecturer

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

About Fanny Holt

Education

  • B.A. Behavioral Sciences (Social Sciences), Department of Psychology, University of Lund, 2011-2013
  • M.A. Sociology, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, 2013-2015
  • PhD Social Work, University of Gothenburg, 2025

Research interests

I earned my PhD in social work in 2025 from university of Gothenburg. The dissertation is titled Emotional Navigation in Social Services, a ethnographic study of social workers' working conditions focusing on the tension between organizational demands and professional ethics and notions of professionalism. More specifically, it examines the emotional labor of social workers in relation to often-conflicting ideals, and the tensions that arise between them.

Teaching

I have been teaching a range of courses in the Social Work program at both undergraduate and advanced levels since 2018.