Richard Gäddman Johansson

I teach in the following courses:

• Disability, Diversity and Welfare: Policy, Social Services and Living Conditions (7.5 ECTS credits, advanced level)
• Research Planning (7.5 ECTS credits)
• Sexology I - Sexuality and Society (7.5 ECTS credits, advanced level)
• Social Work as a Knowledge Field (7.5 ECTS credits)
• Sociological and Social Psychological Perspectives in Social Work (7.5 ECTS credits)
• The Welfare State - an Introduction I (7.5 ECTS credits)

I also supervise BA students in Social Work.

My main research interest concerns social and health care work, and the provision of support and services to people with intellectual disabilities. I am particularly interested in studying the dilemmas och opportunities for change that arise in the everyday tasks, encounters, and social interactions that this kind of care and support work entails. Additionally, I also have a scholarly interest in the possibilities for care recipients/service users and caregivers/support workers to exercise power and resistance in different institutional settings.

In general terms, my own research can be characterised as being positioned at the intersections of several areas of study, including social and health care, social welfare, work and organisation, and critical disability studies.

Ongoing research projects:

• Digital Daily Activity Centres. The Digital Leap Triggered by Covid-19 and its Future Consequences for Individuals with ID (Funded by Forte: Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare)

 

Publications

Articles (peer-reviewed)

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Engwall, K. (2024). Digital daglig verksamhet – utmaningar och möjligheter till digital inkludering för vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 31(1), 69-88. Doi: 10.3384/SVT.2024.311.4871

Bahner, J., Gäddman Johansson, R. & Svanelöv, E. (2024). Who Counts as a Sexual Subject? The Impact of Ableist Rhetoric for People with Intellectual Disability in Sweden. Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 21(1), 161-176. Doi:10.1007/s13178-023-0087-5

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Hellström Muhli, U. (2018). Developing Care Professionals: Changing Disability Services in Sweden. Professions & Professionalism, 8(2), e2017. Doi: 10.7577/pp.217

 

Monographs

Gäddman Johansson, R. (2021). Managing Vulnerability: Everyday Interaction in Sheltered Accommodations. Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University. Link to DiVA

 

Conference papers/presentations

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Engwall, K. (2025). "Digital reversion imminent? How to maintain digital daily activities for adults with intellectual disabilities post-pandemic". 17^th Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference - Disability in Local and Global Contexts. Helsinki, Finland (May 7-9). https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-243178

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Engwall, K. (2024). ”With friends like these: Clashing vulnerabilities in facilitating meaningful activities through digital means for adults with intellectual disability”. 31^st Nordic Sociological Association Conference – Sociology in a Digital World. Norrköping, Sweden (August 14-16). https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-68186

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Engwall, K. (2024). ”Digital daily activities: Opportunities and prospects of providing meaningful activities for adults with intellectual disabilities with the aid of ICT”. FORSA/NASSW International Conference on Social Work Research, Education, and Practice – Social Work as Emancipatory Practice. Creating Pathways towards Social Justice. Göteborg, Sweden (June 17-19). https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-68185

Gäddman Johansson, R. (2023). ”What do we do? What can we do?: Preliminary findings from a research project on digitally facilitating meaningful activities for adults with ID during the pandemic”. 16^th Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) Research Conference. Reykjavik, Iceland (May 10-12). https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-62554

Gäddman Johansson, R. (2022). ”Att hantera sårbarhet i vardagen under ett LSS i kris”. Sociologidagarna - Bortom krisen. Uppsala, Sweden (March 16-18). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-57638

Hobé, A. & Gäddman Johansson, R. (2019). ”Comparing Teaching Tools and Issues between Unlikely Disciplines”. 8th International Geosciences Student Conference - Sharing Ideas. Responsibly Securing Natural Resources. Uppsala, Sweden (June 16-20). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387580

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Sépulchre, M. (2018). ”Remaining Close at a Distance: Negotiating Support and Service Provision at Housing with Special Services”. The Cultural Matters Group (CMG) Dis/Connection Symposium - Conflicts, activism and reciprocity online and beyond. Uppsala, Sweden (September 27-28). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-362371

Gäddman Johansson, R. (2017). ”From Ambiguities to Opportunities: A review of research on care and intellectual and developmental disabilities”. 14^th Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR) Research Conference - Living with disability. Örebro, Sweden (May 3-5). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-313020

Gäddman Johansson, R. & Hellström Muhli, U. (2016). ”Developing Care Professionals: Possible Ramifications of Professional Projects within Swedish Disability Care Services”. 3^rd International Sociological Association (ISA) Conference - The futures we want: Global sociology and the struggles for a better world. Vienna, Austria (July 10-14). http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-29937