Tina Mattsson

Tina Mattsson

Senior lecturer, docent

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Research

I am interested in bringing a gender studies perspective to theories of social work. I am particularly interested in how power structures in different ways affect social work practice and the possibility to develop critical methods of antidiscriminatory work within social work organisations.

In my doctoral dissertation I use intersectional analysis to investigate how gender is made in drug abuse treatment and to examine how the formation of gender interplays with the formation of sexuality, class and ethnicity. The dissertation became the basis for exploring intersectionality as a possible tool for a critical reflexive practice in social work, an idea I explored in the book Intersectionality in social work. Theory, reflection and practice (2010) .

Teaching

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

UKÄ subject classification

  • Social Work

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