Anita U M Kihlström

CV Anita U M Kihlström 460518 5901 PhD, Senior Lecturer Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg Sprängkullsgatan 23-25 PO Box 720, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden + 46 31 7865775 + 46 31 7861888 (fax) e-mail: anita kihlstrom@socwork.gu.se Academic degree 1972 Socionom (BA). Department of Social Work. University of Gothenburg 1990 PhD, Department of Social Work, University of Work Positions 1972-1991 Social worker and manager in social services, Angered, City of Gothenburg 1982-1986 First Amanuensis and research Assistent in four projects; SOLMU, Rundgångsprojektet, Prostitutionsprojektet, Styrningsprojektet. 1991-1997 Lecturer of Social Care, Department of Social Care, Gothenburg 1993-1997 Associate Reasercher, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg 1997-1999 Head of Institutions for Social Care, Vårdhögskolan, Gothenburg 1999 ff Senior Lecturer of Social Work, Department of Social Work, University of Research projects 1973 The SOLMU project. Process Evaluation of social work with Finish immigrants. Institution of Social Work. University of Gothenburg (Project leader: Prof. Harald Swedner)) 1984 The Rundgångs project. Studies of clients circulation in the Care System. Institution of Social Work. University of Togehter with PhD George Brown and PhD Lena Nordholm. (Project leader: Prof. Harald Swedner). 1984 The Prostitutions project. Studies to identify new methods in social work with female prostitutes. Institution of Social Work. University of Gotheburg 1974 The Styrnings project. The study examines client s experience of consulting medical doctors, chosen by the social insurance office. Institution of Social Work. University of Gothenburg 1992-1994 The Unemploymentproject in Angered. Studies of the social support to unemployed young people. City of Göteborg together with Institution of Social Work. University of Gothenburg 1994-1998 An experimental study of communicativ and strategic action. Together with Prof. Joakim Israel. Instititution of Social Care, Vårdhögskolan and Institution of Social Work. University of 1997 Evaluation of non-profit social support to immigrants in Göteborg. Together with PhD Miriam Sterner Carlberg. Institution of Social Work. University of 1997 Studies of leisuresupport to young people in four Swedish cities. The National council of Leisure (Stockholm). 1996-1998 Evaluation of EU-project in Ale area about different kinds of projectsupport to unemployed young people. Institution of Social Work. University of Gothenburg 1998 Studies of doctors in Social Work their situation after Phd. Togehter with PhD Per-Åke Karlsson. Institution of Social Work. University of 1999-ff Evaluation of social rehabilitation. The Institution for Social Work together with the Institution of Economi and Institution of Personal Administration, University of 2005-ff Investigation of the Social dimension in social work. A reconstruction work, inspired by the Theory of Communication Action (Habermas 1981). University of In progress. Research reports 1 Kihlström, A (1984). SOLMU-för finländare med sociala problem. Evaluation. Department of Social Work, University of 2 Braun, Kihlström & Nordholm (1984). Rundgång i vårdsystemet. Department of Social Work, University of

3 Kihlström, A (1984). Skymningsföreteelser en studie om prostitution med utgångspunkt i det moderna samhällets motsägelsefulla karaktär. Department of Social Work, University of 4 Kihlström A (1985). Styrning till viss läkare. Department of Social Work, University of 5 Kihlström A, Olsson S, Swedner G & Tuulik-Larsson H (1985). Rapport från deltagarna i en doktorandkurs i Berkely, USA. Department of Social Work, University of 6 Kihlström A (1990). Den enskilde individen och vårdapparaten en analys av mötet utifrån teorin om det kommunikativa handlandet. Department of Social Work, University of 7 Kihlström A (1994). Vägar in i arbetslivet. Utvärdering av arbetslöshetsprojekt i Angered. Department of Social Work, University of 8 Kihlström A (1995). Språkhandlingar som förändringsredskap ett nytt socialpedagogiskt perspektiv. I antologin Berggren L & Isaksson U: Fritid på tvären. Stockholm. Fritidsforum. 9 Kihlström A & Sterner Carlberg M (1997). Utvärdering av flyktingcentrum. Göteborgs kommun. Department of Social Work, University of 10 Kihlström A (1998). Nya influenser inom socialpedagogiken. I antologin: Blomdahl Frej G & Eriksson B (red.): Filosofi teori praktik. Lund. Studentlitteratur. 11 Kihlström A (1998). Livsvärld som bakgrunds- och förståelsehorisont. I antologin: Blomdahl Frej G & Eriksson B (red.): Filosofi teori praktik. Lund. Studentlitteratur. 12 Kihlström A (1998). Arbetslivsintegration delutvärdering av IUCU i Ale kommun. Department of Social Work, University of 13 Kihlström A (1998). Interaktiv Socialpedagogik ett nytt handlingsperspektiv. I antologin: Olav Eikeland & Knut Fossestœl (red.) Kunskapsproduktion i endring. Arbeidsforskningsinstitutets skriftserie nr 4. Oslo. 14 Karlsson P-Å & Kihlström A (1998). Doktorer i Socialt arbete. Socionomen nr 4. Stockholm.. SSR. 15 Kihlström A & Roos HE (1998): Klicket. Metoder och pedagogik i idé- och utvecklingscentra. Ungdomsstyrelsen rapporterar 14. Stockholm. Ungdomsstyrelsen. 16 Kihlström A & Roos HE (2000): Med osäkerheten som grund. Senmodernt professionellt fritidsarbete. I antologi: Berggren L (red): Fritidskulturer. Lund. Studentlitteratur. 17 Jansson G, Kihlström A, Löfström M & Wikström E (2002: Gränsöverskridande samverkan- en studie av Försöksprojekt i offentlig Sektor. Kommunforskning i Väst 62. Göteborg. 18 Kihlström A & Israel, J (2002). Communicative or Strategic action. An attempt to test some of the fundamental thesis in the theory of communicative action. International Journal of Social Welfare, Vol 11, Nr 3. 19 Kihlström, A & Wikström, E (2008): Toward network and citizen: collaborative care for drug abusers. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. (www.interscience.whely.com) 20 Kuhlström, A (2010): Luhmann`s system theory in social work: Criticism and reflections. Accepted 26.02.10 for publications in Journal of Social Work. Conferences paper and other acitivities 1985,1990 Participating in doctorcourses abroad: (1) Social Work in USA, 5 points Institution for Social Welfare, University of Berkely and (2) Social work in Japan; Doshisha University in Kyoto 1989 Social work in Europe. Conference in Heidelberg, Germany. 1990 Study visit: Litterature and Organisation in Social Pedagogy. Fachhochschule, Reutlingen, Germany (two weeks) 1993 Communikative action and social work. Nordic conference in Gothenburg 1993-1997 Member of the Swedish editorial staff of the journal: Nordiskt Socialt Arbete 1992-1997 Supervision for doctor students, Institutions for Social Work. University of Gothenburg 1993-1995 Courses for doctor students: (1) Theories of Social action, 10 points, Institution of Social Work. University of Together with Ph.D Hans-Edvard Roos, Institutionen of Sociology, University of Lund. (2) and (3): Introduction, 5 point. Together with Prof. Björn Gustavsson. Institutionen of Social work. University of Gothenburg, 1997 Theori of social action. Conference in Moscow. Soc.dep in Russia. 1998 Interactiv Socialpedagogy some thesis. Internationell conference. University of Stockholm. 1998 Interaktiv Socialpedagogik. Nordic conference. University of Lund. 1999 The transformation of modern society. Nordic conference, Aalborg University, Denmark

2001 Expert in board for appointing lecture. Högskolan Kristianstad. 2006 Reserach in social work in Sweden- a short review. International Conference: Social work in transition. University of the West of England. Bristol 2006 Expert in committee for assessment thesis submission. University of Tromsö 2008 Expert in committee for valuation of Master Program for Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT). 2009 Faculty Examiner for PhD. University of Tromsö.