Christel Avendal

Christel Avendal serves as a Senior Lecturer at Halmstad University's School of Health and Welfare, specializing in Social Work. Her academic profile demonstrates sustained engagement with critical social issues through teaching and research since at least 2011.

Her research interests focus on refugee integration challenges, children's geographies, and rural community dynamics, with particular emphasis on how spatial contexts shape social experiences. Recent work examines the impact of Sweden's refugee policy shifts on social work practice and the everyday geographies of young people in rural settings.

Avendal's publication record shows increasing engagement with gender identity exploration and eco-social risks since 2021, reflecting evolving research priorities while maintaining her core focus on marginalized populations. Her methodological approach favors qualitative and ethnographic perspectives, particularly evident in her book Heightened everydayness: Young people in rural Sweden doing everyday life (2021).

Notable publications include:

• 'Doing an extended space of everyday life' (2025) rethinking children's geographies terminology
• Prepared for the future? Social work students and refugee policy shifts (2024)
• Icke-vetande, nya tankar och mod on gender identity support (2024)

Her scholarly contributions demonstrate consistent engagement with contemporary social challenges through the lens of social work practice, with publications spanning journal articles, conference papers, reports, and book chapters that bridge theoretical insights with practical applications.