Ann-Sofie Bergman Senior lecturer, associate professor

Contact

Name and title: Ann-Sofie BergmanSenior lecturer, associate professor

Mail: ann-sofie.bergman@socarb.su.se
Phone: +4686747100

Workplace: Department of Social Work Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Room C2303Campus Albano Hus 2, plan 3, Albanovägen 18

Postal address Institutionen för socialt arbete114 19 Stockholm

Research groups

The Research Group in Psychosocial Work

The practice of psychosocial work is highly concerned with the interaction between individuals in need of care and social support and professional caregivers, including power relations in these relationships.

Domestic Violence and Abuse

Our group conduct research and teaching in the area of domestic violence and abuse, within the theoretical and practical field of social work.

About me

Associate professor, Social Work

My research focuses on social work with children and young people, children as next of kin and violence in close relationships.



 Publications in English

Peer-review articles

  1. Bergman, Ann-Sofie (2025). Historical perspectives on foster care payments: Changing practices during the 20th century. Social Inclusion, vol. 13. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10658
  2. How are children involved? Participation of children in the process of matching with foster families. Child & Family Social Work.
  3. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Bask, Miia, Engwall, Kristina, Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Eriksson, Maria (2025). http://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.70013
  4. Matching the general or the specific child with a foster home? The British Journal of Social Work, 55(2), 839–857. 
  5. Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Engwall, Kristina, Bask, Miia, Bergman, Ann-Sofie (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae203
  6. Matching in practice: how to find the right family foster home for the right child. European Social Work Research, 3(1): 70–85.
  7. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Engwall, Kristina, Bask, Miia (2024). https://doi.org/10.1332/27551768Y2024D000000024 Matching process concerning children with disabilities in family foster care. 

Child & Family Social Work.

  1. Engwall, Kristina, Bask, Miia, Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13201
  2. Factors associated with stability for children in family foster care: A study of case files in six municipalities in Sweden. Child & Family Social Work, 30(3): 377–386.
  3. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Bask, Miia, Engwall, Kristina, Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13176. Records of personal assistance applications reveal young carers: Viewed from the rights of the child. Children & Society, 37(2): 485501
  4. .Bergman, Ann-Sofie & Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika (2022). https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12607 Child protection investigations by private consultants or municipally employed social workers: What are the differences for children?  Journal of Social Work, 23(1), 103–121. doi:
  1. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Arnesson, Kerstin & Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika (2022). 10.1177/14680173221109710 Whether Disabled Parents Receive Personal Assistance for Parenting and the Consequences for Children—An Interview Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6):3330.
  2. Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika & Bergman Ann-Sofie (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063330 The take-off for private consultants in child protection investigations—How did Sweden get here?" The British Journal of Social Work, : 10.1093/bjsw/bcab053 51(4): 1463–1481. DOI
  3. Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Arnesson, Kerstin, & Bergman, Ann-Sofie (2021). Persons with certain functional impairments apply for parenting support: A study of personal assistance assessments in Sweden. Nordic Social Work Research, 12(1): 4658.
    DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2020.1756387
  4. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Melin Emilsson, Ulla & Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika (2020). Strategies of austerity used in needs assessments for personal assistance - Changing Swedish social policy for persons with disabilities. European Journal of Social Work, 24(3): 380392. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1639627
  5. Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Bergman, Ann-Sofie & Melin Emilsson, Ulla (2019). Supported visitation in cases of violence: political intentions and local practice. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 32(3): 374-393. DOI: 10.1093/lawfam/eby011
  6. Bergman, Ann-Sofie & Eriksson, Maria (2018). Young carers in Sweden: A pilot study of care activities, view of caring and psychological wellbeing. Child & Family Social Work, 24(2): 292-300. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12614
  7. Järkestig Berggren, Ulrika, Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Eriksson, Maria & Priebe, Gisela (2018). When a parent dies: a systematic review of the effects of support programs for parentally bereaved children and their caregivers. BMC Palliative Care, 16:39, 1-15. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-017-0223-y.
  8. Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Ulf Axberg & Elizabeth Hanson (2017). Parents in child custody disputes: Why are they disputing? Journal of Child Custody, 14(2-3),134-150 DOI: 10.1080/15379418.2017.1365320.
  9. Bergman, Ann-Sofie & Annika Rejmer (2017).
  10. Bergman, Ann-Sofie (2016). ”In a proper home”: Foster children’s needs and foster parent’s suitability during the twentieth century. Journal of Family History, 41(2), 176-191. DOI: 10.1177/0363199016635493. Chapter in book London: Routledge.
  1. Pringle, Keith, Bergman, Ann-Sofie & Eriksson, Maria (2023). More trouble in a welfare paradise: Sweden’s problematic welfare policy and practice response to the pandemic. Ottmann, G., & Noble, C. (eds) Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Reimaging the 'New Normal''.

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Contact

Name and title: Ann-Sofie BergmanSenior lecturer, associate professor

Mail: ann-sofie.bergman@socarb.su.se
Phone: +4686747100

Workplace: Department of Social Work Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Room C2303Campus Albano Hus 2, plan 3, Albanovägen 18

Postal address Institutionen för socialt arbete114 19 Stockholm

Research groups

The Research Group in Psychosocial Work

The practice of psychosocial work is highly concerned with the interaction between individuals in need of care and social support and professional caregivers, including power relations in these relationships.

Domestic Violence and Abuse

Our group conduct research and teaching in the area of domestic violence and abuse, within the theoretical and practical field of social work.

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