My research projects:

Digital tools for increased participation in child welfare investigations (DIG Child):

The purpose is to increase children's participation in welfare assessments by introducing a digital tool that children can use in the investigative conversations.

Project manager at MDU: Gunnel Östlund

Main Financing: Forte

The technical application is based on the child welfare investigators' innovative idea that was developed with support from the Innovation Guide 2016 (Sweden's municipalities and regions SKR). During the first project year, the digital application (DIG Child app) was developed with the help of school children aged 6-12 (Blomberg, Östlund, Lindstedt Rautell, & Cürüklü, 2021). During year two, the DIG Child app has been further developed together with the child welfare investigators and is now used in real child welfare assessments. The members of the research group at MDU are from the School of health, care and social welfare and the School of innovation, design and technics.

In this link the Dig app is presented.

Publication:

Blomberg, H., Östlund, G., Lindstedt Rautell, P., & Cürüklü, B. (2021). Children helping to co-construct a digital tool that is designed to increase children’s participation in child welfare investigations in Sweden. Qualitative Social Work DOI10.1177/1473325021990864

Mental well-being, gender equality and equal conditions - with reflected life values as a basis for learning:

The purpose is to follow a model school for gender equality from preschool class to year nine by examining the school staff's experiences of the equity work and follow up the students' mental health and subjective well-being and security in school.

Project manager at MDU: Gunnel Östlund

Main Financing: Eskilstuna Municipality

This project is scheduled to a four years period (2021-2024) and research group includes members from three departments at MDU: the School of of Health, Care and Social Welfare, the School of Education, Culture and Communication and the School of Innovation, Design and Technology. The research is carried out in co-production with the municipality of Eskilstuna and focus on children's and young people's mental health and subjective well - exploring the implementation of model schools for gender equity.

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