Jens Lindberg

Senior lecturer at The Department of Social Work. Research interests include interpersonal violence, human service organizations and digital welfare tehchnology.

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

jens.lindberg@umu.se

+46 90 786 67 82

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Social Work

Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Biblioteksgränd 4 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

My research has three main strands:

Interpersonal violence
Human service organizations
Digital welfare tehchnology

I am active in a number of research projects and networks. My teaching is primarily focused on interpersonal violence and qualitative research methods.

"Crafting ethics": older peoples’ experiences of using medication-dispensing robots in Swedish home care services

Journal of technology in human services, Routledge 2025, Vol. 43, (1) : 49-72

Hjelte, Jan; Lindberg, Jens

Help-seeking and social service support among male victims of interpersonal violence in Sweden: an intersectional analysis

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Högberg, Björn; Lindberg, Jens; Snellman, Marie-Louise; et al.

"A perfect star": Troubling health visualizations

Ethnologia Scandinavica, Vol. 55 : 187-205

Lundgren, Anna Sofia; Lindberg, Jens

Peer-to-peer sharing in public health interventions: strategies when people share health-related personal information on social media

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Taylor & Francis 2024, Vol. 19, (1)

Lindberg, Jens; Lundgren, Anna Sofia

Disembodied care: Articulations of care in municipal policy regarding welfare technologies in eldercare

Nordic Journal of Social Research, Universitetsforlaget 2024, Vol. 15, (1) : 1-14

Samén, Anna; Lindberg, Jens; Andersson, Katarina

How a practice-based approach can contribute to research about help and support for male victims of rape

Methodological Innovations, Sage Publications 2023, Vol. 16, (1) : 57-66

Lindberg, Jens

The ongoing and collective character of digital care for older people: moving beyond techno-determinism in government policy

Journal of technology in human services, Taylor & Francis 2022, Vol. 40, (4) : 357-378

Lindberg, Jens; Kvist, Elin; Lindgren, Simon

The affective atmosphere of rural life and digital healthcare: understanding older persons' engagement in eHealth services

Journal of Rural Studies, Elsevier 2022, (95) : 77-85

Lindberg, Jens; Lundgren, Anna Sofia

Teknografi

Digitala metoder i humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2021 : 45-69

Carlsson, Eric; Lindberg, Jens; Lundgren, Anna Sofia

Older people and rural eHealth: perceptions of caring relations and their effects on engagement in digital primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 35, (4) : 1322-1331

Lindberg, Jens; Bhatt, Robert; Ferm, Anton

Positioning the ageing subject: articulations of choice in Swedish and UK health and social care

Policy Studies, Routledge 2021, Vol. 42, (3) : 289-307

Lindberg, Jens; Lundgren, Anna Sofia

"Within the hour" and "wherever you are": Exploring the promises of digital healthcare apps

Journal of Digital Social Research (JDSR), Umeå University 2021, Vol. 3, (3) : 32-59

Lundgren, Anna Sofia; Lindberg, Jens; Carlsson, Eric

Sustainable Behavior Change for Health Supported by Person-Tailored, Adaptive, Risk-Aware Digital Coaching in a Social Context: Study Protocol for the STAR-C Research Programme

Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 9

Ng, Nawi; Eriksson, Malin; Guerrero, Esteban; et al.

Older service users’ experiences of learning to use eHealth applications in sparsely populated healthcare settings in Northern Sweden and Finland

Educational gerontology, Milton Park: Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 47, (1) : 25-35

Rasi, Päivi; Lindberg, Jens; Airola, Ella

Påstridigt fältarbete: om rekrytering av svårtillgängliga forskningspersoner

Etiska dilemman: forskningsdeltagande, samtycke och utsatthet, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2019 : 119-131

Lindberg, Jens; Sjöström, Stefan

Digitala vårdlandskap: kritiska reflektioner om e-hälsa i glesbygden

Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2018, Vol. 95, (1) : 62-69

Lindberg, Jens; Carlsson, Eric

Ägande av ansvar: Ekonomisk och administrativ praktik i svensk våldtäktsvård

Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidskrift, Umeå: 2017, Vol. 26, (3–4) : 63-69

Lindberg, Jens

Orsak: Våldtäkt: om våldtagna män i medicinsk praktik

Etnologiska skrifter, 61

Lindberg, Jens

"Lita på snöbollsmetoden": värdet av att släppa kontrollen

Mitt i metoden: kulturvetenskapliga reflektioner, Umeå: Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, Umeå universitet 2012 : 49-57

Lindberg, Jens

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Research groups

Head of research

Digitalisation and Innovation

Group member

Age, Ageing and Social Welfare

Health and Illness

Health Humanities

Profession, Organisation, and Collaboration

Violence and Crime

Research projects

1 January 2025 until 30 November 2026

STAR-C: Personalized digital coaching for healthy living habits

1 October 2023 until 1 September 2026

Social Services’ Help and Support to Male Victims of Domestic Violence: conditions, interventions and results

1 July 2021 until 30 June 2027

Appropriate automation: Toward and understanding of robots and AI in the social services from an organizational and user perspective

1 December 2018 until 30 November 2024

STAR-C: Sustainable behaviour change for health supported by person-Tailored, Adaptive, Risk-aware digital Coaching in a social context

1 January 2018 until 31 December 2021

Digital landscapes of care: The digitalization of Swedish health care and its significance for older patients in rural areas

1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020

HARVEST: eHealth and Ageing in Rural Areas

Published: 28 Aug, 2019

Research programme examines social media, social network, digital technology and behavioural change