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Welat Songur serves as an Associate Professor and Lecturer in Social Work within the Department of Social Sciences at Södertörn University, where he teaches social work programs and conducts research on welfare policy impacts on immigrant populations, particularly elderly care systems and integration frameworks.
His research centers on the welfare state's effects on elderly immigrants' social rights, examining metropolitan housing conditions, care accessibility, and social integration through comparative studies across Stockholm, London, and Berlin. He investigates how welfare reforms shape immigrant elders' lived experiences, emphasizing cultural barriers, social networks, and policy-driven disparities in care quality across European contexts.
Publication analysis from 1991-2019 reveals consistent thematic focus on elderly care evaluation, immigrant integration challenges, and welfare policy impacts, with significant contributions to national user surveys for Swedish authorities. His work bridges academic research and public sector implementation, featuring methodological innovations in comparative welfare studies and longitudinal user satisfaction assessments within elderly housing systems.
With extensive public sector experience as project manager for National Board of Health and Welfare user surveys and research manager at R&D units, Songur integrates practical policy development with academic inquiry. His expertise spans municipal-state collaboration in elderly care reform, immigrant rights advocacy, and curriculum development for aging studies programs at institutions including Linköping University.
