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Torbjörn Forkby

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6

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212

Citations

6

H-Index

2010

Active since

Affiliations

University of Gothenburg(Current)

Linnaeus University

Torbjörn Forkby is an author at University of Gothenburg specializing in health sciences, social policy, and social sciences.

Top concepts

HealthSocial PolicyLawPublic PolicySocial SciencesChild ProtectionChild CareSocial WorkChild WelfareChild Well-being

Publications per year

2010–2020

6

Publications

6

Care for Sale: The Influence of New Public Management in Child Protection in Sweden

Svante Höjer, Torbjörn Forkby · The British Journal of Social Work · 2010 · 75 citations

Child Welfare, Law, Human Resource Management +20

Navigations between regulations and gut instinct: the unveiling of collective memory in decision‐making processes where teenagers are placed in residential care

Torbjörn Forkby, Staffan Höjer · Child & Family Social Work · 2010 · 58 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Gut Instinct, Social Process +28

Laypersons, professions, and governance in the welfare state: The Swedish child protection system

Andreas Liljegren, Svante Höjer, Torbjörn Forkby · Journal of Professions and Organization · 2014 · 25 citations

Child Welfare, Public Welfare, Law +17

Professionalised, hybrid, and layperson models in Nordic child protection - actors in decision-making in out of home placements

Elin Hultman, Torbjörn Forkby, Staffan Höjer · Nordic Social Work Research · 2018 · 24 citations · Full text

Child Welfare, European Law, Law +26

Making sense of common sense: examining the decision‐making of politically appointed representatives in <scp>S</scp>wedish child protection

Torbjörn Forkby, Staffan Höjer, Andreas Liljegren · Child & Family Social Work · 2013 · 18 citations · Full text

Law, Political Behavior, Political Context Studies +22

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