Verw Prof Dr Jonas Christensen

Social Policy, Culture and Diversity, Welfare studies in comparison, Digital teaching, Interdisciplinarity, Methodology, Challenge Based Learning, Internationalization

PhD in Education, Degree of Master of Science in Business and Economics. Studies in Political Science

Acting Prof in Learning, Teaching and Social Work, Hawk, Hildesheim/Assoc Prof. in Social Work esp. Organization, Malmö University.

Course coordinator international courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Teaching MA: Culture and Diversity, Social Work and Aging Society, Social Policy in comparison, BA: Professional Identity, Social Welfare and Organization studies, Research methodology, PhD: Aging Society.

Research orientation: Social sciences/Educational science; interdisciplinarity, profession, challenge-based and organizational learning, internationalization in higher education, transnational learning and collaboration, social welfare and ageing.

Since 2010, I coordinate the research network CareSam (caresam.mau.se), a transnational, cross-border network with a focus on elderly issues, where research, education and practice collaborate on elderly issues.

Teaching language skills: English, German, Swedish. 

In my research interest, there is a genuine interest in both studying and understanding organizational and professional changes based on Educational Sciences and pedagogical points of departure. Since I defended my doctoral dissertation in 2010 (Lund University) with the title “A profession in change: a development ecology perspective”, I have continued to immerse myself in comparative, contextual welfare, higher education issues and internationalization in Educational design in particular. I have immersed myself in knowledge formation around cross-border pedagogical meetings in profession and organization with a focus on elderly issues.

Through externally funded projects, processes and scientific production had three main perspectives; learning, care and societal perspectives. This includes social innovation and inclusion. Over the years, I have actively worked with in-depth international educational collaboration and integrated research and education. In my research, I have individually and in collaboration developed how development ecological models and Community of Practice can be applied in learning processes.

In summary, my research is about: a) Knowledge formation about the role and significance of the pedagogical meeting in cross-border meetings in profession and organization b) Reflective applied science on the basis of international collaborations in education and research c) Development of the importance of levels in knowledge formation in the interplay of the individual, the organization and society and how change processes could be understood d) Knowledge of how learning, care and societal perspectives in progression can be understood around learning processes about aging and welfare.

ORCID: 0000-0003-0428-2001

Reviewer/assessor: International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health (2020), MDPI Publishing, Social Work Education, Taylor & Francis (2018), Journal of Social Medicine/Socialmedicinsk tidskrift/SMT, 2020). Education Inquiry (2010), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022). Article Editor: SAGE Open (2016), Nordic Journal of Social Research (2020). Member of the Editorial bord Scientific Journal Tiltai/Bridges (2017-). Book reviewer: Routledge Books, 2017. Article assessor: Social Science and Sustainability (2019-), MDPI publishing, Higher Education, NOASP, Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publ (2021), Springer Nature/Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (2022), European Journaal of Social Work (2023), European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning uf Adults (2024). European 

Research Grants, externally funded projects:

Caresam** – Elderly care in the Oresund Region* (2011-13, Budget: EUR 388 000), funded by: EU Interreg IV A, Testbadden - Social Innovation in Social caring (2013-16 Budget: EUR 360 000), funded by: Vinnova (Sweden´s Innovation Agency), AppSam** Professional and Social support in Dementia care* (2016-17, Budget: EUR 47 000), funded by: the Swedish Institute Baltic Sea Cooperation Program, AgeSam** – Aging and Demographic Changes* (2018-21, Budget: EUR 267 000), funded by: EU/Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships, TechKnow** - Welfare Technology of Knowledge Transfer: Cross-Community Knowledge Sharing, funded by: FORTE Planning Grant (2020-2021). Role as Project leader (MaU Coordinator). Budget: 990 000 SEK (90 000 EUR). KnowDem*** - Knowledge for Sustainability in Care in Cognitive Disorders (Lund University Coordinator), funded by: Kamprad Family Foundation for Entreprenurship, Research and Charity (2021-24). Budget: 4 MSEK (400 000 EUR) *Role as Project coordinator **Transnational – see https://caresam.mau.se/ ***Project member

Member of international networks:

ICPHR (International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research) ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network, NDPHS (Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Well-being), BSR (Policy Area Education for the Baltic Sea Region), EIP-AHA (European Innovation Partnership), DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Unic (Alliance of European universities based on Inclusiveness and Civic-Mindedness).

Publications - Peer-reviewed:

Joachim Thönnessen and Jonas Christensen. Exploring the relevance of sustainability values and principles - impact of International Social Education (ISE) in a local context. ScienceOpen Research. 2024. https://doi.org/10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR.2024.0001.v1

Jonas Christensen & Anna Wärnsby (2023): Reflective Writing in Course Design for Active Learning in Social Work Education, Journal of Social Work Education https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2023.2213285

Dedzoe, J.D.-S.; Malmgren Fänge, A.; Christensen (2023). J.; Lethin, C. Collaborative Learning through a Virtual Community of Practice in Dementia Care Support: A Scoping Review. Healthcare, 11, 692. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050692

Christersson, C. E.., Melin, M., Widén, P., Ekelund, N., Christensen, J., Lundegren, N., & Staaf, P. (2022). Challenge-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Malmö University Position Paper. International Journal of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJITLHE), 3(1), 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJITLHE.306650

Malmgren Fänge, A.; Christensen, J.; Backhouse, T.; Kenkmann, A.; Killett, A.; Fisher, O.; Chiatti, C.; Lethin, C. (2022). Care Home and Home Care Staff’s Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beliefs about Subsequent Changes in the Future: A Survey Study in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. Healthcare, 10, 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020306

Christensen, J., Altenreiter, M., Mexner, K. (2022) Remote is not far away: A self-reflective Case of internationalisation using collaborative online international learning in Social Work Education. TILTAI, 2022, 2, 1-17 https://doi.org/10.15181/tbb.v88i1.2495

Lethin, C., Kenkmann, A., Chiatti, C., Christensen, J., Backhouse, T., Killett, A., Fisher, O., Malmgren Fänge, A. (2021) Organizational support experiences of care home and home care staff in Sweden, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare, 9, 767. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9060767

Christensen, J., Ekelund, N., Melin, M., Widén, P. (2021). The Beautiful risk of Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research A Challenging collaborative and critical approach towards sustainable learning processes in academic profession. Sustainability, 13, 4723. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094723

Christensen, J., Thönnessen, J., Weber, B. (2020) Knowledge creation in reflective teaching and shared values in social education: A design for an international classroom, Educatia 21 Journal, nr 19 https://doi.org/10.24193/ed21.2020.19.02

Christensen, J. (2019) Professional Meaningfulness in Elderly care – Transnational shared knowledge in a Scandinavian context, Societal Studies, vol. 11, no 1, pp. 37-54. doi: 10.13165/SMS-19-11-1-03

Bjeregaard, L., Mačiulskytė, S., Aciene, E., Christensen, J. (2018) Towards a Model of Social Innovation: Cross-Border Learning processes in Dementia Care in the Context of Ageing Society, Social Welfare Interdisciplinary Approach, vol 1, no 8, pp. 8-23. doi 10.21277/sw.v1i8.377

Christensen, J., Thönnessen, J., Walker, J. (2017) Social Work Education in an international context – learning from a cross-border cooperation, Studia Universitatis Moldaviae - Științe Sociale, no. 3 (103). DOI: 10.24193/ed21

Christensen, J., Hjortsjo, M., Wärnsby, A.  (2017) Social work Education and Academic writing – a Quality assessment. China Journal of Social Work, vol. 10, no. 1. London: Routledge. DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2017.1300368

Christensen, J., Lelinge, B. (2016) The importance of the meeting for entrepreneurial learning - experiences from two contexts. ESR Journal, vol. 1, no. 1. https://dspace.mah.se/handle/2043/21679

Dychawy Rosner, I., Christensen, J. (2016) Globalization brought into the Classroom – reflections from a local context in social work and nursing education. Scientific Journal Tiltai Bridges, vol. 2, no. 74. DOI: 10.15181/tbb.v74i2.1364

Christensen, J. (2016) Professional development in social work: elderly care in Sweden and Denmark. Journal of Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, vol. 1, nr. 6. DOI: 10.21277/sw.v1i6.239

Christensen, J., Liveng, A. (2016) CareSam – A Cross-border Collaboration Contesting notions of elderly Care, Scientific Journal Tiltai Bridges, vol. 1, no. 73. DOI: 10.21277/sw.v1i8.377

Christensen, J. (2016) Acting locally, thinking Globally in Social Work Education. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, vol. 2, nr. 3.  DOI: 10.24289/ijsser.279036

Christensen, J. (2016) A Critical Reflection of  Bronfenbrenner´s Development Ecology Model, Problems of Education in the 21st Century, Scientific Methodical Centre "Scientia Educologica", Lithuania; The Associated Member of Lithuanian Scientific Society, European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) and ICASE, vol. 69. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2959.7681

Christensen, J. (2015) The Creation of a University discipline in a Societal and Social Context – A Profession in Change – Higher Education in Lithuania. Societal Studies, no. 7 (1) p. 155-172. DOI:10.13165/SMS-15-7-1-11

Christensen, J. (2010) A Profession in Change – A Development Ecology Perspective, Doctoral Thesis, PhD in Education, Lund University. http://hdl.handle.net/2043/10236

Christensen, J. (2010) Proposed Enhancement of Bronfenbrenner’s Development Ecology Model, The Education Inquiry, vol. 1 no. 2, p. 117-126. London: Routledge. http://hdl.handle.net/2043/10498.

Christensen, J.  (2010) Development Ecology in German Social Work The European Journal of Social Education, no. 18/19, p. 99-111. http://hdl.handle.net/2043/10497

Christensen, J. (2007) Management and Economic Studies in Lithuania – On the construction of a university discipline – Licentiate of Philosophy Thesis in Education at the Institute of Teacher Education, Malmö University. http://hdl.handle.net/2043/4290

Publications – Book chapters peer-reviewed:

Christensen J. (2020) Social Work in a Local and Global Context: A Swedish Approach. In: S.M. S., Baikady R., Sheng-Li C., Sakaguchi H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39966-5_13

Magnusson, F. (Ed.) Christensen, J.. (2018) Arbetet med äldre i en svensk och dansk context – ett meningsfullt arbete, kapitel i ”Äldreomsorg och åldrande – från anhörigskap till krisberedskap”. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Schwarze, U., Jäger, L.  (Eds.) Christensen, J. (2017) Social Work and Social Policy in Sweden: Current Developments and Perspectives Master of Social Work 2025: Developments and Challenges in Comparative perspective. In Soziale Arbeit und Gesundheit im Gespräch, no. 3. Hannover: Gutenberg Beuys Feindruckerei. https://dspace.mah.se/handle/2043/22463

Oberlechner, M./ Trültzsch-Wijnen, C./ Duval, P. (Eds.) (2017): Christensen, J. Migration and internationalization in higher Education - Social work Education in a local and global context in Migration educates. Band 3 der Reihe Medienpädagogik. Nomos: Baden-Baden. ISBN 978-3-8487-3327-9 eISBN 978-3-8452-7667-0

Magnusson, F., Liveng, A., Christensen, J. (Eds.) (2013) The Elderly care in Sweden and Denmark, Anthology, EU, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University Electronic Press. http://hdl.handle.net/2043/16574

Publications – Conference proceedings/papers:

Russo, Nancy L.; Eriksson, Jeanette; and Christensen, Jonas, "Target Framework for Sustainable Deployment of Welfare Technology in Eldercare" (2021). UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings 2021. 24. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2021/24

Nordgren, C., Christensen, J., Spikol, D., Tudorache, P. (2020) Designing Integrative Evaluations for Student and Teacher Development, Pedaforum 2020, Aug 14th-17th. https://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/Abstractbook_Pedaforum2…

Jönsson, K-E, Ornstein, K., Christensen, J., Eriksson, J. (2019) A Reminder System for Independence in Dementia Care – A Case Study in an Assisted Living Facility, Conference Proceeding, ACM Digital Library. ISBN: 978-1-4503-6232-0 doi 10.1145/3316782.3321530

Christensen J. (2018) Strangers: Current Topicalities of Refugees Youth Employment in Sweden and Nordic Countries (Reflections on Social Work Education in a local and global Context) In: Scientific Proceedings, Vol.5. Latvian Christian Academy. Dimensions of Caritative Social Work/ Ed. by Skaidrīte Gūtmane. Paper in proceeding Jūrmala: Latvian Christian Academy, vol. 5, pp. 59-66. http://kra.lv/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ZR5-2018-08_Christensen_59-66-…

Christensen, J., Wärnsby, A., Hjortsjö, M. (2016) “Social Work Education and Academic writing – a Quality assessment”, Conference paper, NU2016 conference for the development of higher education, June 15th-17th, 2016, Malmo University

Christensen, J. (2016) “Migration and Internationalization in higher education – Social work Education in a local and global context”, Conference paper, Conference “Migration Educates”, May 12-13th Salzburg University of Education.

Liveng, A., Christensen, J. (2015) CareSam – A Cross-border Collaboration Contesting notions of elderly Care, Conference paper, 33 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference, Aug 2015, Copenhagen

Christensen, J. (2015) Social work Education in a local and global context Conference paper, Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025, EASSW Conference ,June 2015, Milan

Christensen, J. (2015) The Creation of a University discipline in a societal and Social context – A Profession in change – Higher Education in Lithuania, Conference paper, Paradigmatic Changes in the Thinking of Society: Lithuania and European Area, Conference Mykolos Romeris University, Vilnius, Feb, 2015.

Christensen, J. (2010) Development Ecology as a part of Social Pedagogy in Social profesions and Education, Conference paper, FESET conference, Osnabrück, 22th-24th of April

Christensen, J. (2009) Social work in Germany – so close, yet so far away - Professions research and teaching – about knowledge acquisition and organisational reach, article, FORSA Conference, Örebro University, 25th-26th of March

Publications – Research report:

Andersson, M. Christensen, J. , Hillgren, P-A. (2017) Varför gör vi på detta viset? Att tänka nytt i förändrings-arbete inom äldreomsorgen med fokus på innovationskultur och kunskapsbildning. Malmö stad, 2017:1, ISBN 978-91-86631-25-3, https://muep.mah.se/handle/2043/23184