Brita is a senior lecturer in social work, social policy and sociology at University of Gävle. Her research focuses mainly on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and uses perspectives from sociology, social policy and social work in the study of CSR. Brita is also interested in eco-social work and in internationalisation in connection to social work.

Brita have been Assistant Head of Education in social work and responsible for coordination of the Bachelor programme in social work with specialization international social work from August 2018 to December 2021.