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Veronica Svärd

@veronicasvard.bsky.social
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Associate professor in health social work, with a passion for social rights, climate justice, health equity and social determinants of health.

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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
So nice conference in Finland on #healthsocialwork: Terveyssosiaalityön päivät events.tuni.fi/tst-paivat/o... I gave a keynote speech about social determinants of health and how to apply it in practice. We have established important contacts to strengthen the cooperation between our countries!
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sverige kommer alltså att missa alla klimatmål, på grund av regeringens politik. Vi missar EU-målen. Vi missar de nationella målen. Med rejäl marginal. I decennier var vi en förebild, som drev på utvecklingen mot ett hållbart samhälle. På bara tre år har allt slagits sönder omni.se/regeringen-m...
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I've had a very intense start to the semester with a new group of health social worker students. Coordinating the three study locations on the east coast of Sweden require a lot of organization! #AcademicSky #socialwork #health
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"Does return-to-work coordination shorten sick leave?" That's a common question! Our registry study in primary care points to 5 fewer sick leave days in a 10-month follow-up among patients on sick leave who received coordination compare to those who did not. #academicsky doi.org/10.1007/s109...
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Receiving Return-To-Work Coordination at Swedish Primary Healthcare Clinics: A Register-Based Study Among People on Sickness Absence - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
Purpose This study investigates factors associated with receiving return-to-work (RTW) coordination within primary healthcare and the association between received RTW coordination and the amount of si...
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Heather Shearer @heather-sea55.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
#AcademicSky no surprises “Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than are reviewers who are not cited, according to an analysis of 18,400 articles from four open-access publications.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Yesterday my doctoral student Jenny Aspling defended her doctoral thesis in social work in an excellent way! A longitudinal study showing that the Active Support staff approach can improve everyday life for people with intellectual disabilities in group homes. esh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13/05/2025
"People Are Starving to Death": Oxfam Warns Israel's Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
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“People Are Starving to Death”: Oxfam Warns Israel’s Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
“People are starving to death, and this is a fact that we are witnessing and experiencing nowadays,” says Oxfam’s food security coordinator in Gaza, Mahmoud Alsaqqa. More than 10 weeks after Israel...
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Trump continues the attacks against discriminated groups, now also in the EU. Ignore that, please!
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US tells European companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order
Move signals push by American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad
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Klimatgranskaren @handle.invalid · 04/03/2025
En ny rapport från SMHI, som gått helt under radarn, visar att Sverige står inför en dramatisk temperaturökning. Medeltemperaturen har redan har stigit med 1,9 grader, och kan öka med 6,5 grader innan seklets slut.
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Chockrapporten från SMHI: Sverige kan värmas 6,5 grader
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/03/2025
"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin" www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
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Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine
Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
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Rt. Hon. Rakesh @densaer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Alla måste förstå att vi inte kan stå naiva inför den ordning som MAGA-rörelsen i rasande fart implementerar just nu. Lyssna på detta viktiga avsnitt.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Not good news for the 'CO2 is a plant nutrient' climate denial mantra... Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate
Earth’s plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 but proportion absorbed has been declining since, study finds
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The increase in quality of life since my heavy smoking neighbor moved a month ago is immeasurable, I am so happy! My apartment suddenly feels like my own. I've had as many people over for dinner in a few weeks as I did in a more than a year of living in smoke. #lifeisgood
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
JUST IN: The UN has adopted Ukraine’s resolution condemning Russian aggression and demanding the immediate withdrawal of Putin’s forces, marking the war’s third anniversary. The U.S. joined Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary in opposing the resolution.
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Let's remember some of Hannah Arendt's thoughts in these turbulent days!
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Obs! Bortom 2°C i global temperaturhöjning hamnar planeten i ett läge som inte historiskt varit förenligt med mänskligt liv och som inte förekommit på mer än två miljoner år. Nuvarande utsläppsbanor pekar mot 3,2°C vid sekelskiftet. Läs @anniecroona.bsky.social www.etc.se/ledare/jag-f...
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Jag får panik av att jorden kan bli obeboelig om 75 år
Fler måste inse allvaret – inte bara på ytan – för att systemförändringarna ska komma.
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The city where I was born 💔
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
For the visual learners...
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It's impossible to keep up with all of Trump's devastating decisions regarding international relations right now, but this conversation sums up the seriousness of the situation. The world order is changing rapidly. youtube.com/watch?v=U0fd...
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Oh no 💔
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Reading and examining students' exam papers can be weeks of tedious work, but every now and then a text grabs you, and leaves you with a ’Wow, you're going to be a wonderful social worker, and a researcher to if you like to!’ It happened twice today, and it made my day. #LifeAsALecturer #SocialWork
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 24/01/2025
The evidence is clear on the increasing risk of wildfires due to climate change. However, science can only get us so far. Politicians must act on this evidence. Will the California wildfires make them face reality? Our Editorial: tinyurl.com/2w4se6k6
A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California. Copyright: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.
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NewClimate Institute @newclimate.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
📢 The science is clear: carbon #offsetting is not a reliable tool for tackling the climate crisis. Today, 80+ civil society organisations are calling on climate target-setting bodies, incl. Science-based Targets initiative, to stick to science. Our joint statement 🔗 newclimate.org/news/joint-s...
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Joint Statement: Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets
We call for scientific, ambitious, equitable, robust, credible and transparent rules around carbon accounting and corporate climate target setting. Voluntary and regulatory frameworks on climate trans...
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Veronica Svärd @veronicasvard.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
87,2% punktlighet för tåg är rekorddåligt. 81,4% punktlighet för SAS är rekordbra. Tåg räknas som i tid om det är max 3 mln (regionalt) eller 5 min sent (fjärrtåg) Flyg räknas som i tid om det är max 15 minuter skickat. Så varför tar folk flyg med argumentet att tåg ofta är försenade?!
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
All surface temperature products for 2024 are now live. All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly). The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC. It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.
five time series of global mean surface temperature changes starting low and noisy in the 1850s - rising clearly since the 1960s - and showing 2024 was clearly the warmest.
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Tobias Davidsson @frasradikal.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Vilket mörker sverigesradio.se/artikel/unga...
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Unga kvinnor säljer sex – för att betala skulder - P4 Värmland
Runt om i Sverige ser polisen och socialtjänsten att unga svenska tjejer säljer sexuella tjänster för att kunna betala sina skulder.Samtidigt ökar antalet ...
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