Professor in Social policy and Welfare state studies
Work place
Södertörn University, Sweden
Work address
Faculty of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, Sweden
Tasks
Faculty member of Social Welfare Quarterly
Experiences
Professor in Social policy and Welfare state studies, Södertörn University, Sweden, 2021.
Associate professor in Social policy and Welfare state studies, Södertörn University, 2012.
Ph.D. in sociology and social policy, 2004, Department of Sociology and social policy, University of Durham, UK. With the thesis: Transformation of the Swedish Welfare system: Fact or Fiction? Globalisation, institutions and welfare state change in a social democratic Regime, January 2004.
Research fellow in the Research Center at Södertörn University, (Reinventing the suburb in fragmented landscapes), Södertörn University, 2016 –
Researcher at National Board of Institutional Care (SiS), evaluating a special project for addiction treatment (Ett kontrakt för livet), 2007-2009
Research officer, at the Swedish Confederation of professional Employees (TCO), 2005 - 2006. Studying the development of the European Welfare states.
Research fellow, EU-Special Network (Social Protection in Europe, Convergence, Integration, Accession and the free movement of Labour). The network gathered 24 institutions from all over Europe, 2003-2006.
Member of editorial board Research Reports Series, for the research group evaluating development programs in Southern suburbs of metropolitan areas in Stockholm, at Södertörn University, 2004-2006.
Hajighasemi, A. Oghazi, P. Aliyari, S. and Pashkevich, N. (2022).The impact of welfare state systems on innovation performance and competitiveness: European country clusters, Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, Vol. 7, no 4. Hajighasemi, A. & Oghazi, P. (2022). Outcomes of Swedish migration and economics of the welfare system.Ekonomska Istrazivanja, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 986-1010 Sattari, S., Hajighasemi, A., Kordestani, A. Oghazi, P. (2022). Socially responsible ideas among Swedish public procurers: An explanatory study,Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, Vol. 7, no 4. Hajighasemi, A. (2021). Enhancing diversity climates in human Services organizations: the Swedish case. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. Hajighasemi, A. & Straarup, J. (red) (2021). Social Work in a Multicultural Sweden – the Contribution of the Migrants to the Swedish “people home”. Stockholm: Liber. Hajighasemi, A. (2021).The place of welfare organisations in the "market-based entrepreneurial city". In M. Gawell & A. Papakostas (eds.), Making a city in Stockholm's urban periphery. Stockholmia förlag. 327-356. Hajighasemi, A. (2019), European Welfare States and Globalization: Strategies in an Era of Economic Restructuring.Cheltenham: Elgar Publishing. Hajighasemi, A. (2019), ‘The lack of power resources of suburban groups in influencing the design of welfare polices’ in Alinia, M. and Songur, W. (eds.), Social work in the Metropolitan area: Conditions and practice. Stockholm: Liber, pp. 94-110. Borg, E., Hajighasemi, A., Gawell, M. and Tesfaye, B. (2017), ‘Enterprises in the suburbs and the locality of entrepreneurship’. In Lesa Reynolds (Ed.), Great regional awakening: new directions. Paper presented at Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2017 4th – 7th June Trity College Dublin, Ireland. Hajighasemi, A. (2012), The political life of Iranian immigrants in Sweden, in Hosseini, Hassan (ed.), Iranian Diaspora in Sweden: A multidisciplinary study.Botkyrka: Multicultural Centre. pp. 65-93. Hajighasemi, A. (2008), Evaluation of a special investment in addiction treatment A Contract for Life. Stockholm: Statens institutionsstyrelse. Wehler, C. Abrahamsson, P., Hajighasemi, Clark, R. and Hort, S. (2006), ‘The role of the different actors in the development of social policy’, in Jorens, Y. (ed.), Social Protection in Europe. Convergence? Integration, Accession and Labour. Final Report presented to the EC-DG Research, Ghent University, Department of Social Law, 2006, pp. 135-170. Hajighasemi, A., Hort, S. and Axelsson, C. (2006), Comprehensive evaluation of the metropolitan investment in Södertälje municipality. Evaluations of the new Metropolitan policy/Metropolitan investment. Huddinge: Södertörn University. Hajighasemi, A. and Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2006) Multi-dimensional approach to revitalization of urban historical areas in order to achieve social sustainability. In: 1st Urban Design International Congress (UDIC), Isfehan, Iran, September 2006. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/32902. Hajighasemi, A. Urban, S. and Nilsson, J. (2005), Three residential areas against segregation – an uneven match in Huddinge. Huddinge: Södertörn University. Hajighasemi, A. (2005), Breaking the persistent segregation – the case of Södertälje. Stockholm: Arkiv Publishing. Hajighasemi, A. (2004), The transformation of the Swedish Welfare System: Fact or Fiction?: Globalisation, Institutions and Welfare State change in a Social Democratic Regime. Durham: University of Durham.
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