Anna Olaison

Anna Olaison is an Assistant Professor at Linköping University, affiliated with the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) and Department of Social Work (SOCARB) under the Faculty of Philosophy. Her research focuses on the institutional interaction between the welfare state and citizens in elderly care, particularly needs assessment processes.

Her research interests include:

• Gerontological Social Work
• Micro-oriented qualitative and quantitative methodologies
• Professional-client dynamics in social care
• Equality, gender, and ethnicity in welfare services

Publication trends show a focus on communication in elderly care, needs assessment frameworks, and dementia support systems, with recent work exploring age categorization (2025), couple-based care interventions (2025), and institutional-professional tension in team discussions (2024).

She is actively involved in:

• Project leadership for needs assessment studies (Forte-funded) at Uppsala University's CESAR Center
• Collaboration with researchers like Elin Nilsson and Sandra Torres

Her work contributes to:

• DEM(H)CARE research program improving dementia care coordination
• SAMSOC research group analyzing social work communication
• GEROSOC studying aging in modern society