The research deals with issues of inequality and segregation and especially the power relations regarding how social problems are articulated and how solutions or reforms are organized. This concerns issues of how the provision of welfare through the pedagogical rationality of various welfare initiatives, in, for example, social work, leisure activities and education are performed. By considering individuals as active with the ability to learn, efforts are directed towards equipping individuals with skills and abilities to be themselves involved in managing their situation. The ways in which welfare initiatives are organized politically and administratively by public actors, such as municipalities in particular in the practice alerts interest towards how boundaries between different policy areas are not always clear. An example of this concerns how sports and cultural and leisure activities at the municipal level are conditioned by social and educational policy conditions. In relation to this, the research concerns the role attributed to civil society or voluntary efforts in relation to welfare. The focus in research is thus on various aspects of how welfare and social work are managed and shaped as tools for governing individuals and the population. Empirically, the themes covered here have mainly been examined with a spotlight on how sport have been assessed and utilized as a response to social problems.
David Ekholm
Senior Associate Professor
Welfare as organizational and pedagogical government
Ekholm's research concerns the government of social work and welfare, in various organizational and pedagogical respects. In particular, the research touches on themes such as inclusion and exclusion, equality and inequality, and power relations. The field of research can be described as a political sociology of social work. Ekholm is associated with the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS).
Publications
ORCID 0000-0002-6252-9220
Books and scientific articles
Books
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (red.) (2021) Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Thesis
Ekholm, D. (2016). [PhD-thesis]. Linköping studies in arts and science, no. 687. Linköpings universitet.
Scientific publications
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2020). . Social Inclusion 8(3), 177-186.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2020). . Journal of Sport and Social Issues 44(5), 450-475.
Ekholm, D. & Holmlid, S. (2020). Journal of Sport for Development 14, 1-20.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2019). . Sport, Education and Society. Doi: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1694504
Ekholm, D. (2019). . Sociology of Sport Journal 36 (2), 152-161.
Ekholm, D. & Lindström Sol, S. (2019). The International Journal of Cultural Policy 26(4), 510-523.
Ekholm, D., Dahlstedt, M. & Rönnbäck, J. (2019). . Sport in Society 22 (6), 1043-1061.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2018). Managing Sport and Leisure 23(4-6), 336-349.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2018). . International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure 2, 219-238.
Ekholm, D. (2018). . Sport in Society 21(11), 1777-1794.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2017). . Social Inclusion 5(2), 232-240.
Ekholm, D. (2017). . Nordic Social Work Research 7(2), 155-167.
Ekholm, D. (2017). . European Journal for Sport and Society 14(1), 60-78.
Ekholm, D. (2013). . Journal of Sport for Development 1(2), 67-78.
Ekholm, D. (2013). . A Literature Review. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum 4, 91-120.
Ekholm, D. (2012). . Högre utbildning 2(2), 67-78.
Chapters in published books
Holmlid, S., Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2021) . I: Tjønndal, A (ed). Social Innovation in Sport (57-77). Palgrave Macmillan.
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (2019). . I: Hanlon, B. & Vicino, T.J. (eds.) The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs (163-172). New York: Routledge.
Ekholm, D. (2019). . I: Syssner, J. (red.) Ett nytt kontrakt för samhällsbyggande? (125-150). Boxholm: Linnefors.
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (2019). I: Norberg, J.R (red.) Idrotten och (o)jämlikheten – I medlemmarnas eller samhällets intresse? Centrum för idrottsforskning 2019:2, Stockholm.
Ekholm, D. & Dahlstedt, M. (2018). . I: Dahlstedt, M. (red) Gränsöverskridande socialt arbete: Teorier, tillämpningar, tolkningar (109–128). Malmö: Gleerup.
Ekholm, D. & Öhlund, T. (2018). . I: Dahlstedt, M. & Lalander, P. (red) Manifest: För ett socialt arbete i tiden (237-250). Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (2018). (107-126). I: Dahlstedt, M. (red) Förortsdrömmar: Ungdomar, utanförskap och viljan till inkludering. Linköping Studies in Social Work and Welfare 2018:3.
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (2018). (47-68). I: Dahlstedt, M. (red) Förortsdrömmar: Ungdomar, utanförskap och viljan till inkludering.Linköping Studies in Social Work and Welfare 2018:3.
Reports and other publications
Reports
Ekholm, D. & Svensson, E. (2020). CKS-rapport, 2020:2. Linköpings universitet.
Ekholm, D. (2019) CKS-rapport, 2019: 2. Linköpings universitet.
Other publications
Ekholm, D. (2019). Kommunal ekonomi, nr 3, s. 38-40
Ekholm, D. (2018). . Idrottsforum.org.
Ekholm, D. & Holmlid, S. (2018). .Idrottsforskning.se.
Ekholm, D. (2017). . Recension av Hartmann, D. Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy. Idrottsforum.org.
Dahlstedt, M. & Ekholm, D. (2016). Inclusion as assimilation: Sports and civil society as a venue for welfare provision. Working Paper Series, Volume X: The Third Sector in Transition: Accountability, Transparency and Social Inclusion.
Ekholm, D. (2016). .Idrottsforskning.se.
Ekholm, D. (2016). . Tidskriften Vy 1: 54-59
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