Hildur Kalman - Böcker

Det praktiska sociala arbetet bygger alltmer på vetenskaplig och empiriskt baserad kunskap. Samhället blir alltmer komplext vilket leder till att kunskapsutveckling och forskningsmetoder utgör en allt viktigare del inom såväl utbildningen av socionomer som i andra samhällsvetenskapliga utbildningar. Att forska i socialt arbete behandlar forskningsmetodik i relation till empiriska studier av det sociala arbetet. Bokens kapitel speglar variationer i forskningsmetodik och olika metodologiska angrepps­­sätt diskuteras ur olika aspekter. Kapitelförfattarna disku­terar och beskriver allt från kunskapsteori och forskningsetik till forsknings­traditioner samt såväl kvalitativa som kvantitativa analysmetoder. I denna andra omarbetade upplaga har alla kapitel reviderats och uppdaterats, vidare finns också några helt nyskrivna kapitel. Att forska i socialt arbete vänder sig till studerande på socionom­programmen samt till studerande och yrkesverksamma inom välfärdsområdet.

Research collaboration in the form of networks, projects and centers has become one of the dominant modes of engaging in research, especially funded research, across all academic domains. However, there has been little research on the processes of such collaborations, particularly their affective dimensions. These, as this volume demonstrates and as researchers know well, are highly important, yet mostly not directly engaged with when scientists work together, even though they are experienced by everybody involved. This volume is the first to consider questions such as how the naming of projects impacts on their accompanying "affect-scapes," the policing or disciplining of emotions in research collaborations, their accompanying tensions and how these might be managed, and the challenges to trust between scientists that such collaborations present. Drawing on theories of affect and literature on collaboration, as well as on the contributors’ experiences of being involved in large-scale research projects, the volume also importantly deals directly with some of the key emotions that occur during research collaborations such as blame, elation, frustration, alienation and belonging, and suggests some ways in which one might engage productively with the affective dimensions of research collaboration.

Research collaboration in the form of networks, projects and centers has become one of the dominant modes of engaging in research, especially funded research, across all academic domains. However, there has been little research on the processes of such collaborations, particularly their affective dimensions. These, as this volume demonstrates and as researchers know well, are highly important, yet mostly not directly engaged with when scientists work together, even though they are experienced by everybody involved. This volume is the first to consider questions such as how the naming of projects impacts on their accompanying "affect-scapes," the policing or disciplining of emotions in research collaborations, their accompanying tensions and how these might be managed, and the challenges to trust between scientists that such collaborations present. Drawing on theories of affect and literature on collaboration, as well as on the contributors’ experiences of being involved in large-scale research projects, the volume also importantly deals directly with some of the key emotions that occur during research collaborations such as blame, elation, frustration, alienation and belonging, and suggests some ways in which one might engage productively with the affective dimensions of research collaboration.