Hanna Hellgren

 I am a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Organization in Health and Social Care at the Academy for Health, Work, and Welfare within the Department of Work Life and Welfare. My research interests primarily revolve around organizing and management of the public sector, with a  focus on the integration of foreign-born individuals.

I wrote my doctoral thesis at the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, with the title "A story of ”being allowed” to remain. A study on creating space for collaboration in public sector." In the thesis, I focus on the process of establishing collaboration to support the labor market integration of immigrants. The study demonstrates how the collaborative initiatives examined were established in various ways as a lasting part of the public sector, both as organizational contexts and as spaces filled with practices, concepts, and values aimed at addressing specific issues. The study illustrates that while such initiatives are established, their persistence does not always occur in the original form, idea, or with the same goals. This is due to interpretations and adaptations occurring during the organizing process. The study highlights the dynamics of the ambitions and relationships that shape and are shaped by collaborative practices, as well as how actions can result in enduring spaces—both in the form of organizations and beyond traditional notions of organizations and structures.

I primarily teach in the Bachelor’s Program in Leadership and Organizing in Health and Social Care, where I am also the program coordinator. My teaching mainly focuses on organizing and management of the public sector from a health and social care perspective. I also teach at the master's level and supervise students at both bachelor's and master's levels. Additionally, I have been involved for several years in the Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP), funded by the Swedish Institute. This involves thematic modules on Migration and Integration: Challenges and Good Practices for the Development of Inclusive Societies, organized by the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA).

I am also part of the external research group Organizing Integration at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. 

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