Tidsskrift for Professionsstudier  

Martin Blok Johansen, Jan Thorhauge Frederiksen

This paper presents a discussion of what research in professions and professional work means, both generally, and in a Danish context. Initially we present a summary of the origins of the term profession, and the oldest occupations understood to be profes... see more

Ida Schwartz, Tilde Mardahl-Hansen, Anna Sejer Nielsen

Taking its point of departure in an inclusion-research, social-practice-theory, and practice-research commitment, the article discusses how research at university colleges may be applicable relative to professionals’ work with inclusion. Thus, the article... see more

Jessica Allen Hanssen

With increased focus on grade school teachers as subject professionals as background, this article articulates and explores some of the challenges and responsibilities that disciplinary scholars of school subjects in a teacher education context face. Usin... see more

Anders Buch

The article investigates the development in the research on professionalism and expertise over the last 50 years and makes suggestions for further development of the research field.  Inspired by the ‘turn to practice’ within the social sciences the a... see more

Ida Pape Pedersen, Ann Karin Orset

Bodily communication with children is a central aspect of kindergarten teachers’ professional practice. In this article, the authors explore how bodily knowledge is practiced in kindergartens, and suggest perspectives and concepts that may enrich research... see more

Brian Benjamin Hansen

The article raises some central questions regarding applied research by focusing on Sigmund Freud’s concept of “impossible professions”, e.g. educating, healing, and governing. It contributes with a discussion of the impasses and impossibilities of workin... see more

Eirik Julius Risberg, Per Nortvedt

Empathy is seen as a virtue or even a necessary skill in many professions. However, while proponents of the concept argue that it plays a fundamental role in our moral judgements, critics have objected that our empathy is easily manipulated and that our d... see more

Kerstin Svensson, Lennart G. Svensson

The article shows how to study the growth, development and transformation of professionals in social contexts. It is based on results from a project in two parts: one historical and one contemporary. The method is comparative case studies, which aims to f... see more

Per Nikolaj Bukh, Karina Skovvang Christensen, Anne Kirstine Svanholt

This article examines how managers in a municipal social service department use and interpret accounting information and make sense of changes in social work when new methods of cost control, and consequently a need for a more cost-conscious behavior, are... see more

Charlotte Rosenberg

This article is a reflection on how resocialization in a low security ’open’ prison can be done. By focusing on the unnoticed, the analytical method I make use of here, I become aware of how resocialization is done in the interactions between prison inmat... see more

Lene Teglhus Kaufmann, Marie Aakjær, Ulla Skjødt, Jeanette Præstegaard

The article introduces the Fieldlaboratory as a participatory research method for creating knowledge on and with people whos lives are inflicted when new technologies are introduced to practice. Based on empirical material from a research and developmenta... see more

Anders Blok

Jens Erik Kristensen

Michael Christensen

Anne Bock

Lene Mosegaard Søbjerg

Mette Molbæk

Jacob Kornbeck

Thorben Peter Simonsen

Ane Refshauge Høyrup

Marie Kolmos

Lone Bæk Brønsted

Agnieszka B. Jarvoll