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Stina Fernqvist is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on the welfare state's handling of economic vulnerability among families with children, particularly examining intersections with disability and intimate partner violence. She serves as the director of studies for the doctoral program and leads a Forte-funded project (2023-00645) on child maintenance regulations and domestic violence.
- Academic Rank: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
- Institution: Uppsala University
Research Interests: Stina's work explores child poverty, street-level bureaucracy, welfare policy implementation, and the re-actualization of domestic violence through state regulations. Her studies analyze how economic vulnerability intersects with parental responsibilities, cognitive challenges, and legal frameworks.
Scientific Contributions: Her 15 most recent articles (2015–2025) examine child maintenance reforms, financial abuse, housing precarity, and welfare state logics. These works span disciplines including social work, family law, sociology, and policy analysis.
- 2025: Book chapter on child maintenance and parental responsibility
- 2024: Articles on financial abuse in child maintenance processes
- 2023: Studies on boundary work by case officers and domestic violence disclosures
- 2022: Research on child poverty litigation and maintenance reforms
Awards: Recipient of a post-doctoral grant from Forte (2014) for studying parental responsibility in eviction risk cases.
