Fereshteh Ahmadi

• Ph.D thesis, Iranian Islam and the Concept of the Individual External link.
• Gerontology
• Islamic Feminism

Coping and war

The question of life’s meaning remains highly significant, especially during crises such as wars and conflicts. However, we still know very little about how individuals cope with crises, both during and after such events. Does spirituality, religion, or other ideologies play a role in this context? Are there differences in coping mechanisms between religious and non-religious individuals? How do people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds find meaning to help them navigate crises?

To address these questions, I together with some colleagues from the Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies at the University of Gävle in Sweden are conducting a voluntary study. By participating as informants in this international research project, individuals contribute significantly to understanding how people manage crises.

This study is part of an international project on Meaning-making Coping with Crisis, initiated in 2013, involves professors, associate professors, researchers from Sweden, and 23 researchers from around the world. It investigates coping strategies among individuals affected by crises, collecting data through interviews and surveys targeting people aged 18 and older. To date, the study has resulted in several books and ten peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals.

In studying individuals affected by ongoing conflicts and war in the Middle East, with diverse ethnic backgrounds, the researchers conduct interviews online. Informants will find a series of open-ended questions. They are encouraged to respond in their own words, and the research team ensures that all responses will remain fully confidential. Ethical considerations are central to the study; approval has been obtained from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, and the study follows established principles, including providing clear information, obtaining consent, ensuring confidentiality, and specifying the intended use of the data. All necessary details will be provided to informants before they decide whether to participate.

Participation in this study is entirely voluntary, and researchers guarantee that it will not cause any harm to informants. All the information provided by informants will be kept confidential, and their identities will not be linked to their responses. Only data directly relevant to the study will be collected.

The participation of informants is immensely valuable, regardless of their religious beliefs. Informants’ decisions to take part significantly enhance the scientific value of this research.

Department of Social Work, Criminology, and Public Health
Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies
University of Gävle, Sweden

A Project Study on Meaning- Making Coping

Professor Fereshteh Ahmadi
Department of Social Work, Criminology and Public Health
University of Gävle, Sweden

CV

Name: Fereshteh Ahmadi, Ph. D, and Full Professor in Sociology

Work address: Department of Social Work and Criminology
Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies
University of Gävle
801 76 Gävle,
Sweden

Phone: (+46) (26) 648207
Cellphone: (+46) 707171907
E-mail: faw@hig.se
Homepage: http://www.hig.se/faw

Language skills:

The language proficiency levels:

• Native. Persian. Full mastery of the Persian language through upbringing.
• Proficient/Fluent (C2). Swedish, English. F. Ahmadi has fluid speech and master reading and writing in Swedish and English.
• Advanced (C1). French. F. Ahmadi is skilled enough to carry conversations in French. She can read French very well but still puts in the conscious effort when speaking and writing.
• Upper-intermediate (B2). Danish and Norwegian. F. Ahmadi has limited working proficiency concerning Danish and Norwegian. She understands and can read these languages.
• Intermediate (B1). Turkish. F. Ahmadi can carry basic conversations in Turkish.

Short presentation

Fereshteh Ahmadi is full Professor of sociology at the Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, the Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Gävle. Ahmadi concluded her Ph.D in sociology at Uppsala University External link. in 1995 and became associate professor in sociology in 2001 at the same university. In 2009, she became full professor in sociology at the University of Gävle.

At Uppsala University and university of Gävle Fereshteh Ahmadi has conducted research on divergent research areas among others in:

• Crisis and meaning-making coping
• Music and coping
• Bereavement parents and coping
• Migration and ethnicity
• Ethnic Diversity
• Aging and psychological and spiritual development External link.
• Aging in a migration perspective External link.
• Integration and identity
• Aging and the economic and social changes
• Children and existential question
• Islam, individuality and identity
• Islamic Feminism,

Currently, she is responsible for:

• An international project on Meaning-Making Coping with cancer (2006-2020).
  The project involves researchers from Sweden, South Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Brazil, Portugal, Turkey and Iran.
• An international project on Coping with Covid-19 among university employees and students (2020).
• A research on Diversity Barometer (Mångfaldsbarometer) (2012-2020-2022) (The project is aimed also to be conducted in 2024).

Education and Degrees

• Professor, at the Department of Caring Sciences
  and Sociology, University of Gälve 2009
• Associate professor, at Department of sociology
  Uppsala University, Sweden, , 2001
• D. in Sociology, Ph.D., at Department of sociology
  Uppsala University, Sweden 1995
• Sociology, B.S., at Department of sociology
  Uppsala University, Sweden, 1988
• Economics, Tehran University, Iran, 1978-1982

Employment

• Doctoral Fellow ship
  at the Department of Sociology 930701----930731
  Uppsala university 940701----950228
• Research Assistant C
  at the Department of Sociology
  Uppsala University 940101----940630 950301----950630
• Research Assistant
  at the Department of Sociology
  Uppsala university 950701----950930
• Researcher
  at the Department of Sociology
  Uppsala university 951001--- 990331
• Postdoctoral fellow
  at the The Institute for
  Housing and Urban Research (IBF),
  Uppsala university 990401---990630
• Researcher
  at the Department of Sociology
  Uppsala University. 990701---991231
• Researcher
  at the Department of Sociology 000101---010630
  Uppsala University.
• Temporary senior lecturer
  at the Department for Social Work
  Stockholm University (40 %), 000701---e01230
• Researcher
  at the Department of Sociology 010701----090631
  Uppsala University (50%)
• Senior Lecturer
  at the Department of Caring Sciences and Sociology
  University of Gävle (50% on leave) 010701----090631
• Professor,
  at the Department of Caring Sciences and Sociology
  University of Gävle 090701----

International Activities

Cooperation with researchers around the world:

Ahmadi is the responsible for an international project in ten countries. The project concerns meaning-making coping with cancer. Her research group consists of 23 researchers (se Appendix 1) . These countries are: Sweden, Portugal, China, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Turkey, Iran, Brazil.

She has also been main responsible for an international project among university community on meaning-making coping with Covid-19 and also Covid-19 and job-satisfaction.

Main responsible for a number of research projects at the Uppsala University and University of Gävle:

• The Diversity Barometer (2022), Financed by the National Association for Social Work-Centralförbundet för Socialt arbete (CSA).
• An international project on meaning-making coping with covid-19, (2020-..), financed by the University of Gävle.
• An international project on Meaning-making coping with cancer (2011-2020), financed by the University of Gävle.
• A survey study on Meaning-making coping methods among bereaved parents (2019-2020), financed by the University of Gävle.
• A survey on diversity Barometer, (2013-2020), financed by the University of Gävle.
• A survey of children and relationality (2015), financed by the University of Gävle.
  A Survey study on Religious and spiritual coping methods among cancer patients. University of Gävle. Financed by the University of Gävle (2004-2006).
• The old Flying Dutchmen: Shuttling immigrants with double assets External link. (1995-1996). Uppsala University. The project was financed by The Swedish Council for Social Research and The Faculty of Social Sciences at the Uppsala University.
• Religious and spiritual coping methods among cancer patients. Uppsala University. The project was financed by FORTE/ The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research.
• Islamic Feminism. A case of Study of Islamic Feminism in Iran External link. (2001-2006). Uppsala University. The project was financed by RJ/ The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.
• Music as a coping method: a study of the role of music in coping with cancer from patients' perspective (2006-2009). Uppsala University. The project is financed by VR/The Swedish Research Council.
• The impact of "ways of thinking" on gerotranscendence and wisdom External link. (1997-1999). Uppsala University. The project was financed by VR/The Swedish Research Council and The Faculty of Social Sciences at the Uppsala University. (2001-2006).

Editorial board and Reviewer of books and articles (selected)

• Editorial board of the International journal Illness, Crisis & Loss.
• Editor of the special number of the international journal, Religions on Meaning-making Coping.
• Member of Editorial board of Sociologisk Forskning (Sociological Research), 2008-2011.

Ahmadi has been reviewer of several manuscripts. Some of them are listed below:

• Reviewer for the Journal Illness, Crisis & Loss. 2020-2022
• Reviewer for the journal Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 2022.
• Reviewer for the Research Institute of Asian Women at Sookmyung Women's University (RIAW, located in Seoul, Korea), 2020.
• Reviewer for “Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies” 2019
• Reviewer for four manuscripts for publishing in ”Mental Health Religion & Culture”. 2009-2012.
• Reviewer for a manuscript for publishing in “Health and Quality of Life Outcomes” 2007.
• Reviewer of a manuscript for publishing in International Migration, 2006.
• Reviewer of a manuscript for publishing in “Housing, Theory and Society” 2003.
• Reviewer of a manuscript for publishing in ”Sociologisk forskning” 2001.

Visiting and working universities and research institutions abroad

1. Ahmadi was visiting Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Portugal, March 2018.
2. Ahmadi was visiting Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Portugal, April-May 2017.
3. Ahmadi was visiting research fellow at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul for four months, April –May 2016 and September-October 2016; grant was obtained from The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ).
4. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul wit title “A study on Existential Meaning- Making Coping with Cancer” , November, 7, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
5. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul about “Islamic Feminism in Iran: Feminism in a New Islamic Context wit title “A study on Existential Meaning- Making Coping with Cancer” , October 13, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.
6. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture on Existential Coping with Cancer in Turkey at the Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19, 2016.
7. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture on Existential Coping with Cancer in Turkey at the 29 May University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 20, 2016.
8. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture on Existential Coping with Cancer in Turkey at the Cancer Institute, the American Hospital in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2016.
9. Ahmadi was invited to give a lecture on the Meaning-Making Coping at the University of Waseda University; Tokyo, Japan, July 2016.
10. Ahmadi has been invited to lecture on coping and meaning-making Coping at the Department of Social Work, Soongsil University, Soul, South Korea. 5 November. 2014.
11. Ahmadi has taught in two courses, a "Research Methods” and the other "Gerontology Research” for master students (in English), in April 2013 at the Department of Economics, Guizhou University, China, in the framework of the Linnaeus-Palme program.
12. Ahmadi was invited to lecture at the Institute of Public Health, Research Unit of Health Man and Society, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, May 2-3, 2012.
13. Ahmadi was invited to lecture at the Chukyo University, Faculty of Contemporary Sociology, Nagoya, Japan. 17 June 2010.
14. Ahmadi was invited to lecture at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tokyo, Japan. 24 June 2010.
15. Ahmadi was the keynote speaker at the “Conference on Research in Faith and Health in Secular Society The University of Southern Denmark External link., Odense External link., Denmark. May 18
16. Ahmadi was invited as a keynote speaker at conference on “women’s Movements in Middle-East and Turkey: Experiences, Gains and Problems within the Socio-Cultural and Historical Process”. Conference was organized by “Research Canter for Female Labour and Employment” and “Department of sociology” at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 7-9, 2008.
17. Fereshteh Ahmadi was invited by The Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio to present in October 2004 her research concerning The religious and spiritual coping strategies among cancer patients. Her trip is financed by STINT (The Swedish Foundation for Internationalization of Swedish Research and Higher Education).
18. Fereshteh Ahmadi was invited by The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science External link., Stanford University External link. (USA) for collaborating with the research group at The Psychosocial Treatment Laboratory External link. in relation to her study on the religious and spiritual coping strategies among cancer patients. She worked during her visit - April-June 2003 - at Stanford School of Medicine. The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) has financed Ahmadi‘s visit to Stanford.
19. Ahmadi was responsible for an exchange program for teachers and students - Linnaeus-Palme between the Department of Caring Sciences and Sociology External link. at the University of Gävle and the Department of Sociology at the University of Tehran External link. in Iran.
20. Fereshteh Ahmadi has been invited as the keynote speaker at the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 1999 in Bournemouth, September 1999. The conference was organized by Bournemouth University and the University of Southampton.
21. Evaluator of a research project for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 2006.
22. Member of the scientific committee for the evaluation of the abstracts sent for the World conference on the Social Work and Social Development, July 2012, Stockholm.
23. Ahmadi has taught in two courses, a "Measurement and Scaling" and the other "Cultural meeting from a sociological perspective", (in English), in October 2009 at the Department of Sociology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey in the framework of the Erasmus program

Membership (international and national network):

• Member of the International Sociological Association, RC 46. Clinical Sociology (2006-ongoing).
• Member of the International Sociological Association, RC26 Sociotechnics and Sociological Practice: Research Strategies and Practices (2005-ongoing).
• Member of the Network for Sustainable Development External link., University of Gävle
• Member of The Network for Research in Faith and Health (http://tro-helbred.org/?page_id=45 External link.).
• Member of the Toda International Advisory Council, Toda Institute for Global Policy and Peace Research External link..
• Member of the Office of the Gender Equal Opportunities Leader Group at the Department of Social work and Criminology, University of Gävle (2005-20016).
• Member of the Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University (1995-… 2008)
• Member of Gender Studies Seminar, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University (2004-…ongoing)
• Member of the British Society of Gerontology (1999-2009)
• Member of The Geological Society of America (1995-2009)
• Member of the Board of the Union of the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, 1997.
• Member of the Equal Gender Opportunities Group at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University1996-2001.

Publications:

Books

1. Ahmadi, F., & Ahmadi, N. (2018). Meaning-Making for Coping with Serious Illness: Studies in Secular and Religious Societies. New York: Routledge.
2. Ahmadi, F., Palm, I. & Ahmadi, N. (2017) Mångfaldsbaromtern 2016 . FoU-rapport Nr 44. Gävle: Gävle university press. http://hig.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1085307/FULLTEXT01.pdf
3. Ahmadi, F., Mella, O., Irving, I. Darvishpoor, M. (2015). Mångfaldsbarometern: tio år av attitydmättningar I Sverige. (Diversity barometer: decade of attitude surveys In Sweden). Gävle: Gävle University Press.
4. Ahmadi, F. (2015) (red.). Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia sociologica Upsaliensia, 63.
5. Ahmadi, F. & Larsson, S. (2014). Hälsa, livsmiljö och arbetsliv – ett socialt arbete perspektiv (Health, Living envirenmetn and Workings life (A Social Work Perspective). Gävle University Press.
6. Ahmadi, F. & Lilja, M. (2014). Ensamkommande flyktingbarn utifrån perspektivet socialt arbete (Red). Gävle University Press.
7. Ahmadi, F. (2008). Kultur och Hälsa. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
8. Ahmadi, F. (2006). Culture, Religion and Spirituality in Coping; The Example of Cancer Patients in Sweden. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. 53.
9. Ahmadi, N. & Ahmadi, F. (1998). Iranian Islam; The Concept of the Individual. MacMillan Press.
10. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, N. (1995). Iranian Islam and the Concept of the Individual; On the Non-Development of the Concept of the Individual in the Ways of Thinking of Iranians, Uppsala universitet (akademisk avhandling för filosofie doktors­examen).

Chapter in book

1. Zandi, S., Ahmadi, F. (2024). Religious/Spiritual Coping and Secular Existential Coping. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_24-1
2. Ahmadi, F. Darvishpoor, M., Munobwa, J.; Palm, I. (2021). Attityder till etnisk mångfald i Sverige: Mångfaldsbarometern (2005-2020). Migration och Etnicitet(ed.) M. Darvishpoor & Westin. Studentlitteratur.
3. Rambaree, K. & Ahmadi, F. (2017). Eco-social work for sustainable development: Implications for social work education, practice and research, in Arne Arne Fagerström and Gary M. Cunningham, Editors, A Good Life for All Essays on Sustainability Celebrating 60 years of making Life Better. Mjölby: Atremi AB.
4. Ahmadi, F. (2016). Coping with Cancer through Music :Three Studies among Cancer Patients in Sweden, in Mandana Hashefi, Music Therapy in the management of Medical Conditions. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
5. Ahmadi, F. (2015) Definition of Concepts, i F. Ahmadi (ed.) Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia sociologica Upsaliensia, 6.3
6. Ahmadi, F. (2015) A Qualitative study on religious and spiritual coping with cancer in Sweden i F. Ahmadi (ed.) Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
7. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi N. & Mousavi F. (2015) Results on Use of Religious Coping among Cancer Patientsin Sweden, i F. Ahmadi (ed.) Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
8. Ahmadi, F., Ahmadi N. & Mousavi F. (2015), Results on the Use of Spiritual Coping among Cancer Patients in Sweden, i F. Ahmadi (ed.) Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
9. Ahmadi, F., Ahmadi N. & Mousavi F. (2015), Results on the Use of Secular Existential Coping among Cancer Patients in Sweden, i F. Ahmadi (ed.) Coping with Cancer in Sweden – A Search for Meaning. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
10. Ahmadi, F. (2014) Ensamkommande barn i ett internationellt och nationellt perspektiv (Unaccompanied children in an international and national perspective), i Ahmadi & M. liljan.(ed.) Ensamkommande flyktingbarn (Unaccompanied refuge children). Gävle University Press.
11. Ahmadi, F. (2014). Coping och arbetsliv: Arbetsliv som en coping-strategi [Coping and working life: Working life as a coping strategy]. In F. Ahmadi & S. Larsson (Eds.), Hälsa, livsmiljö och arbetsliv: ett socialt arbete-perspektiv [Health, living environment and workings life: A social work perspective] (pp. 61-74). Gävle: Gävle University Press.
12. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, B. (2012) Ethnic identity and the meaning of context: a study of second generation Iranians in Sweden; in Hassan Hosseini-Kaladjahi (ed.) The Iranian Community in Sweden. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International.
13. Ahmadi, F. (2010). “Kultuuriperspektiiviline uurimus Rootsi vähipatsientide religioossetest ja vaimsetest toimetulekumeetoditest” (A study of the religious and spiritual coping methods among Swedish cancer patients from a cultural perspective) i Paal & E. Kalmre
    (eds.) Inimene, tervis ja haigused. Terviseteemaline artiklikogumik "Medica". /Human Health and Illness from Cultural Perspective.
    Tänapäeva folkloorist 9/ Contemporary Folklore 9
    Tartu 2010: ELM Scholarly Press
14. Ahmadi, F. (2008). “kulturens indvirkning på åndlig coping med kraef” (The impact of culture in coping with cancer) i N. C. Hvidt & C. Johansen (red.) kan bjerge flytte Troen (Can the mountain move the faith?). Copenhagen: Gyldenda, Nordisk forlag: 211-232.
15. Ahmadi, F. (2008) ”Den postmoderna islamiska feminismen i Iran och religionens tillfälliga aspekter” (The post modern Islamic feminism in Iran and the accidental aspects of religion), i Svensk religionshistorisk årsskrift 2006-2007 (The Swedish religion historical yearbook 2006-2007). Svenska Samfundet för Religionshistorisk forskning. Swedish Science Press. 151-180.
16. Ahmadi Lewin[1], F. (2005). Elderly Migrants and the Concept of Home: A Swedish Perspective”, i Graham, D. Rowles & Habib Chaudhury (red.) Home and Identity in Later Life. International Perspectives. New York: Spring Publishing Company. 143-170.
17. Ahmadi Lewin, F. & Lewin, B. (2003). ”Sexualitet och heder: Identitet i kris hos unga människor med utländsk bakgrund” i N. Ahmadi (red.) Ungdom, kulturmöte, identitet. Stockholm: Liber AB.
18. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2002). "The Late Modern Age and Adoption to Social and Value Changes in Later Life", i Gomes N.B, Bigestans A., Magnusson, L. Ramberg, I. (red.) Reflections on Diversity and Change in the Modern Society. Stockholm: Multicultural centre.
19. Ahmadi Lewin, F. & Tornstam, L. (2000). “Elderly Iranian Immigrants in Sweden”, i Proceedings, Vol. II. Social and Emvironmental Issues of Aging. Tehran. Goroh Banovan-e Nikokar publishing.

Articles

International referee articles:

1. Ahmadi, F., & Oghani Esfahani, F. (2024). Dimensions of gerotranscendence among Iranian older adults: A phenomenological study. Educational Gerontology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2024.2417451
2. Ahmadi, F.; Zandi, S. & Poblete, M-L. (2024). Religion, culture, and cancer: insights from a qualitative study on coping experiences of Filipino patients. Front. Psychol., Sec. Psycho-Oncology, Volume 15 - 2024
3. Ahmadi F. (2023) Integration of Sufi Ideas into the Ways of Thinking of Iranians. EIJH (The International Journal of Humanities External link.) 30 (3) :12-32

URL: http://eijh.modares.ac.ir/article-27-67225-en.html External link.

1. Groglopo A, Ahmadi F, Munobwa JS. (2023). Structural Racism in Sweden: Framing Attitudes towards Immigrants through the Diversity Barometer Study (2005–2022). Social Sciences 12(7):421. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070421
2. Ahmadi, F., Zandi, S., Khodayarifard, M., Cetrez, Ö. A., & Akhavan, S. (2023). Job Satisfaction and Overcoming the Challenges of Teleworking in Times of COVID-19: A Pilot Study Among Iranian University Community. SAGE Open, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231173654 External link.
3. Munobwa, J. S., Ahmadi, F. & Öberg, P.(2023) ‘Anxiety, frustration and understanding’. Swedish personal social service workers’ cognitive appraisals of encounters with violent clients, Nordic Social Work Research, 13:2, 188-201, DOI: 1080/2156857X.2021.1911836 External link.
4. Ahmadi F, Cetrez ÖA, Zandi S. (2023) Living through a Global Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Psychological Resilience of the University Population in Iran. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(6):4844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064844
5. Munobwa, J., Ahmadi, F. & Öberg, P. (2023). Creeping under the skin: manifestations of client violence towards social workers in Swedish individual and family services. Nordic Social Work Research, 13(2), 202-216
6. Zandi, S., Ahmadi, F., Cetrez, Ö. A., & Akhavan, S. (2023). Coping Orientation of Academic Community in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Multi-Country Survey Study. Illness, Crisis & Loss. DOI: 1177/10541373221088391 External link.
7. Munobwa, J.S.; Öberg, P.; Ahmadi, F. (2023) Helping or Controlling? Choice of Coping Methods When Dealing with Violent Clients in Statutory Social Work. Sci.2023, 12, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12020058
8. Yavari, M., Esmaeili, M., Kazemian, S., & Ahmadi, F., (accepter, 2023) Compilation of the establishment counseling model of the immigrant’s identity status based on "returning to oneself" extracted from the metaphors of Masnavi Manavi stories. Monthly Journal of Psychological Science 7(4).
9. Cetrez, Önver Andreas, Saeid Zandi, and Fereshteh Ahmadi. (2022). "When a Pandemic Strikes: Resilience of Swedish Academics in the Face of Coronavirus" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19, no. 20: 13346. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013346
10. Munobwa, J. S., Ahmadi, F., Zandi, S., Davidsson, N. & Akhavan, Sh. (2022). Coping Methods and Satisfaction with Working from Home in Academic Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. | DOI: 3390/ijerph191912669 External link.
11. Ahmadi F, Zandi S, Cetrez ÖA, Akhavan S. (2022) Job satisfaction and challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in a Swedish academic setting. Work. 71(2):357-370. doi: 10.3233/WOR-210442. PMID: 35095001.
12. F.; Khodayarifard, M.; Rabbani, M.; Zandi, S. & Sabzevari, M. (2022). Existential meaning-making coping in Iran: A qualitative study among patients with cancer. Social Sciences, 11(2). 10.3390/socsci11020080 External link.
13. Ahmadi External link., F.; Cetrez External link., Ö, Akhavan External link.; Sh. Khodayarifard External link., M & Zandi, S. (2022). How has the University Community Been Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic? An Iranian Survey. Front. Sociol., 18 January 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.645670 External link.
14. Ahmadi, F., Khodayarifard, M, Zandi, S. Khorrami-Markani, A. Ghobari-Bonab, B, Sabzevari, M. &Ahmadi, N. (2021). Religion, culture and illness: a sociological study on religious coping in Iran. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 21 (7). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2018.1555699
15. Ahmadi, & Zandi. S. (2021). Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Bereaved Parents: A Pilot Survey Study in Swede. Behavioral Sciences11, no. 10: 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11100131
16. Ahmadi, F., Akhavan, sh., Zandi, S. & Cetrez. Ö. A. (2021) Job satisfaction and challenges of working from home at the time of COVID-19: A study in a Swedish academic setting. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation.
17. Ahmadi,, Cetrez, Ö. A. Akhavan, Sh. & Zandi. S. (2021). Meaning-Making Coping with COVID-19 in Academic Settings: The Case of Sweden. Illness, Crisis & Loss. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10541373211022002
18. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, N. (2021). Sanctification in coping from a cultural perspective". Illness, Crisis& https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137320982203 External link..
19. Munobwa JS, Ahmadi F, Darvishpour M. (2021) Diversity Barometer 2020: Attitudes towards Immigration and Ethnic Diversity in Sweden. Social Sciences. 2021; 10(10):401. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10100401 External link.
20. Ahmadi, F., & Mohamed Hussin, N. A. (2020). Cancer patients’ meaning making regarding their dreams: A study among cancer patients in Malaysia. Dreaming, 30(1), 79–91. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000122 External link.
21. Ristiniemi, J. & Ahmadi, F. (2020): Where to and why? Children on meaning and value from a new materiality perspective, International Journal of Children's Spirituality, DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1860913
22. Ahmadi, F. Darvishpour, M., & Palm, I. (2020). Changes regarding attitudes towards ethnic and cultural diversity in Sweden: The Diversity Barometer (2005-2018). International Journal of Social Science Studies 8(5). http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/4937 External link.
23. Cetrez, Ö. Ahmadi, F. Erbil E. (2020) A Comparative Survey Study on Meaning‐Making Coping among Cancer Patients in Turkey. Religions/ Special Issue "Meaning-Making Coping, Health and Crisis".
    Doi: 10.3390/rel11060284.

https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/review_info/16681988e7f021e66533a1d70899fed1 External link.

1. Ahmadi, F; Mohamad Hussin, N. A. (2020) Patients` meaning making regarding their dreams: A study among cancer patients in Malaysia. Dream Journal. DOI: 1037/drm0000122 External link.
2. Ahmadi, F.; Rabbani, M; Yi, X; Kase, H; Ahmadi, N. (2019) Spiritual and Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Japanese Cancer Patients. International Journal of Social Science Studies 7(6):109-122.. Available online: October 18, 2019, doi:10.11114/ijsss.v7i6.4527 URL: https://doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v7i6.4527 External link.

ISSN 2324-8033 E-ISSN 2324-8041

1. Ahmadi, F.; Ristiniemi, J. ; Linblad, I. & Schiller, L. (2019). Perceptions of death among children in Sweden. International Journal of Children's Spirituality 24(4):415-433. ID: 1672627 DOI:10.1080/1364436X.2019.1672627
   
   
2. Ahmadi, F., M. (2019) Religious Coping Methods among Cancer Patients in Three Islamic Countries: A Comparative Perspective. International Journal of Social Science Studies 7(5): 72-82. doi:10.11114/ijsss.v7i5.4417

http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/4417/4652 External link.

1. Ahmadi, F., Tavares, R., Matos, P. M., Tomás, C., Ahmadi N. (2019). Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Among Cancer Patients in Portugal: A Qualitative Study. Illness, Crisis & Loss.
   https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZACYMZFSUMEXQ9XZKSD8/full External link.
   org/10.1177/1054137319864854 External link.
2. Ahmadi, F.; Khodayarifard, M; Zandi, S.; Khorrami-Markani, A.; Ghobari-Bonab, Sabzevari, M; Ahmadi, N., (2018). Religion, Culutre and Illness: A Sociological Study on Religious Coping in Iran. Mental Helath, Religion & Culture 21(7):721-736. doi: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1555699

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13674676.2018.1555699

1. Ahmadi, F. Darvishpour, M., Ahmadi, N., & Palm, I. (2018). Diversity Barometer: Drastic attitude changes in Sweden. Nordic social Work Research. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2156857X.2018.1527242
2. Ahmadi, F. Mohamed Hussin, N. Ahmadi. Taufik Mohammad, M. (2018) Religion, Culture and Meaning- Making Coping: A study among Cancer Patients in Malaysia. Journal of Religion and Health. 58:1909–1924 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-018-0636-9 External link.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0636-9
3. Ahmadi, F. Erbil, P. Ahmadi, N. Cetrez, Ö. A. (2018) Religion, Culture and Meaning-Making Coping: A Study Among Cancer Patients in Turkey. Journal of Religion and Health. 58(4), 1115-1124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0646-7
4. Rambaree, K., Mousavi, F. & Ahmadi, F. (2017) Sports Participation and Drug Use among Mauritian Youth. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02673843.2017.1325756
5. Ahmadi, F., Cetrez Ö., A.Erbil, P., Ahmadi, N., Ortak, A. (2017) A Survey Study among Cancer Patients in Turkey: Meaning-making Coping. Illness, Crisis and Loss. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1054137317720751 External link.
6. Ahmadi, F, Park, J, Kim, K. M. & Ahmadi, N. (2017). Meaning-making coping among cancer patients in Sweden and South Korea: A comparative perspective. Journal of religion and Health. J Relig Health External link.. 56(5): 1794–1811.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-017-0383-3 External link.

1. Ahmadi, N. & Ahmadi, F. (2017). The Use of Religious Coping Methods in a Secular Society: A survey study among cancer patients in Sweden. Illness, Crisis & Loss. 25(3):171-199. doi: 10.1177/1054137315614513. Epub 2015 Nov 18.
2. Ahmadi, N., Ahmadi, F. Erbil, P., Cetrez, Ö. A. (2016), Religious meaning-making coping in Turkey: a study among cancer patients. Illness, Crisis and Loss. Article first published online: October 6, 2016 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137316672042 External link.. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1054137316672042
3. Ahmadi, F.; Park, J.; Kim, M. K. & Ahmadi, N. (2016) Exploring existential coping resources: the perspective of Koreans with cancer. Journal of Religion and Health. DOI 10.1007/s10943-016-0219-6; http://rdcu.be/ksP2 External link.
4. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, N. (2015). Nature as the Most Important Coping Strategy among Cancer Patients: A Swedish Survey. Journal of Religion and Health 52(4):1177-90.
5. Ahmadi, F. (2013). Music as a method of coping with cancer: a qualitative study among cancer patients in Sweden. Art and health. 5(2):152-165.

(To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2013.780087)

1. Landahl, J. & Ahmadi, F. (2012). Mode, senmodernitet, identitet. Sociologisk Forskning, årgång 49, nr 2, 2012, s. 129–144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37062/sf.49.18398 External link.
2. Ahmadi, F. (2010). Song lyrics and the alteration of self-image. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 20(3):225-241.
3. Ahamdi, F. & Norberg, M. (2010). Aggressiv musik som copingstrategi (Aggressive music as a coping method) Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 87(2):78-86) (Journal of Social Medicine), Tema Kultur och hälsa.
4. Ahmadi, F. (2009). Hard and Heavy Music: Can It Make a Difference in the Young Cancer Patients’ Life? Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 9(2). (A referee online journal). Retrieved July 2, 2009, from http://www.voices.no/mainissues/mi40009000302.php
5. Ahmadi, F. (2006). Islamic Feminism in Iran: Feminism in a New Islamic Context. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 22(2): 33-54. (The article got recognition as the Honorable Mention for the Journal of Feminist Studies of Religion’s New Scholar Award for 2006) (bilaga 5).
6. Ahmadi Lewin F. (2001). Gerotranscendence and Different Cultural Settings. Ageing and Society 21(4):395-415. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0100828 External link.
7. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2001). Investigating the Religious and Spiritually-oriented Coping Strategies in the Swedish Context: A review of literature and directions for future research. Illness, Crisis & Loss 9(4):336-356.
8. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2001). Identity Crisis and Integration. The divergent Attitudes of Iranian Immigrant Men and women towards Integration into Swedish society. International Migration 39(3):121-135.
9. Ahmadi, F. (2000). Abendländisches Gedankengut im Rahmen des islamischen Feminismus im Iran. Inamo, nr 21/6:38-41.
10. Ahmadi, F. (2000). Development Towards Wisdom and Maturity: Sufi Conception of Self. Journal of Aging and Identity 5(3):137-149.
11. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2000). The Meaning of Home among Elderly Immigrants: Directions for Future Research and Theoretical Development. Housing Studies16(3):353-370.
12. Ahmadi Lewin, F. & Thomas, L. E. (2000). Gerotranscendence and Life Satisfaction: Studies of religious and secular Iranians and Turks. Journal of Religious Gerontology 12 (1):17-41.
13. Ahmadi, F. (2000). Reflections on Spiritual Maturity and Gerotranscendence: Dialogues with Two Sufis. Journal of Religious Gerontology 11(2):43-74.
14. Ahmadi, F. (1998). Sufism and Gerotranscendence: The impact of way of Thinking, Culture and Aging on Spiritual Maturity, Journal of Aging and Identity 3(4):189-211.
15. Ahmadi, F. & Tornstam, Lars. (1996). The Old Flying Dutchman: Shuttling Immigrant with Double Assets. Journal of Aging and Identity 1(3): 191-210.

Rapport

1. Ahmadi, F. Cetrez, Ö. (2022). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.
2. Ahmadi, F. & Palm, I. (2020). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.
3. Ahmadi, F. & Palm, I. (2020). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.
4. Ahmadi, F. & Palm, I. (2020). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.
5. Mella, O., Ahmadi, F. & Palm, I. (2014). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.
6. Mella, O,; Ahmadi, F. & Palm, I. (2013). Mångfaldsbarometern Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle.

Articles published in Swedish journals and others

1. Ahmadi, F. & Akhavan. Sh. 2023. Western Efforts to Interfere in Iran’s Civil Uprising External link.. Socialist Project. https://socialistproject.ca/2023/02/western-efforts-to-interfere-in-irans-civil-uprising/ External link.
2. Ahmadi, F. & Akhavan. Sh. 2022. Förändring i Iran måste komma inifrån. Dagens Arena.

https://www.dagensarena.se/essa/forandring-iran-maste-komma-inifran/

1. Ahmadi, F. (2022). Minoriteterna måste komma med i forskningen. Forskning och Framsteg. https://fof.se/artikel/minoriteterna-maste-komma-med-i-forskningen/
2. https://fof.se/artikel/minoriteterna-maste-komma-med-i-forskningen/
3. Ahmadi, F. (2017). Islamic feminism. Lisetten.
4. Ahmadi, F. (2017). Ethnic Identity from a Macro-Sociological Perspective: Second-generation Iranian “immigrants”. JOSHA - Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts vol.1(22). February 2017. DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.1.266
   http://josha-archive.org/en/categories/life-sciences/articles/ethnic-identity-from-a-macro-sociological-perspective-second-generation-iranian-immigrants
5. Ahmadi, F. (2013) Musik som en copingstrategi ökar kontakten med det inre. Bröstfästet, Bröstcancerföreningarnas Riksorganisation 3/2013.
6. Ahmadi, F. (20 augusti, 2008). Feministisk tolkning av Koranen. Svenska Dagbladet, Under strecket.

http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/understrecket/artikel_1587309.svd External link.

1. Ahmadi Lewin, F. & Lewin B.. (2002). Är blod tjockare än vatten?. Invandrare & Minoriteter, nr 2/2002:1014.
2. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2000). Hemmets betydelse för äldre invandrare: En litteraturöversikt och riktlinjer för fortsatt forskning och teoribildning, Arbetsrapport No 29. Institutet för bostadsforskning.
3. Ahmadi, F. & Tornstam, L. (1996). Den Gamla Flygande Holländarna: Pendlande invandrare med dubbla tillgångar, Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, årg.73, nr 7-8/96:379-384 (referee tidskrift)
4. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2000). Islam och feminism. Sofia: centrum för kvinnoforskning:1/2000:13-21.
5. Ahmadi, F. (1999). Islamisk feminism och västerländska idéer i Iran. Kvinnor och Fundamentalism, nr 6/99:5-13.
6. Ahmadi, F. (1997). Identitetsproblem och skilda attityder gentemot det svenska samhället hos iranska flyktingmän och kvinnor, Invandrarrapport, årg. 25, nr 2/97:14-20.
7. Ahmadi, F. (1997). Pendlande iranska äldre bygger bro mellan kulturer. Invandrare & Minoriteter, nr 6/97:36-39.
8. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, N. (1995). Iranierna i Sverige: annorlunda individbegrepp, Invandrare & Minoriteter, nr 6/95:16-21.
9. Ahmadi, F. (1994). Iranska flyktingars identitetsproblem, Kvinnor & Fundamentalism, nr.2/94:14-17 & 34.
10. Ahmadi, F. (1999). Pendlande iranska äldre bygger broar mellan kulturer. Äldre i Centrum, årgång. 13, nr.1/99:16-19.
11. Ahmadi, F. (1998). Recension av Boken ”iranier möter Sverige” skriven av Reza Eyramlu. 1997. Invandrare & Minoriteter, 1/98:39-41.
    • Articles in Persian
12. Ahmadi, F. & Ahmadi, N. (2016). Mafhome fardiyat dar islame irani (the concept of the indivual in irnain islam). Tehran: Kavir publication.
13. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2004). Fardiyat, sang banaye democraci (individualism, the cornerstone of democracy), interview. Social science Monthly review, Iranian book review and informational journal 7 (7).
14. Ahmadi Lewin, F. (2004). Fardiat, sangbanaye demokraci ast (Individualism is the cornerstone of democracy). Ketabe Mah nr 2: 37-40.
15. Ahmadi, F. (2000). Mohajeran-e Irani v bohran-e mohajerat (Iranian Immigrants and Identity crisis). Andishe Jamehe 17.
16. Ahmadi, F. (1999). Feminism-e eslami dar Iran (Islamic feminism in Iran), Avay-e Zan (Persian language quarterly women’s bulletin), nr.35-36/99:11-16.
17. Ahmadi, F. (1998). Aya dar jammeh-e ma an payehayeh fardi v ejtemaii myane afrad ke baraye-e takamole-e demokraci zarorist hozor darad? (Does it exist in Iranian society the social and individual prerequisites necessary for a development towards democracy?), Payam-e Iran (A Persian journal of political science), nr.4-5/98:272-284.
18. Ahmadi, F. (1997). Bohran-e hovviat (Identity Crisis), Pooyesh (A Persian Socio-Cultural Review), 9, nr.31-32/97:71-79.
19. Ahmadi, F. (1997). Emtena'-e mafhom-e fard dar tafakor-e irani (The Non-development of the Concept of the Individual in the Iranian Ways of Thinking), Kiyan (Monthly Persian language journal in the field of philosophy and religion), vol.6, nr.34/97:52-57.
20. Ahmadi, F. (1995). Aya farhang-e Irani Tahamol-e Digar-andishi ra Nadarad? (Has the Iranian culture any tolerance for the non- confirmentory thoughts?), Kankash (A Persian journal of history and politics), nr.12/95:86-123.

Submitted:

Ahmadi, F. (2024), An Introduction to the Foundation of the Concept of the Individual in the Western Ways of Thinking. Humanities.

• Ahmadi, F. (2024), Persian Sufism and the Concept of the Individual, Contributions to the History of Concepts.

Ahmadi, F. Oghani, F. (2004) Dimensions of gerotranscendence among Iranian older adults: A phenomenological study. Journal of Educational Gerontology

Conference papers:

1. Coping Orientation of Academic Community in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Survey Study. 7th International Conference on New Findings on Humanities and Social Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. 2022
2. Stabilities and changes in attitudes to diversity in Sweden. Social Work, social Education and Social Development SWSD Conference . Identity, discrimination and social exclusion. July 2018
3. Meaning-Making Coping: An Intentional project on Meaning-making Coping with Cancer (The case of Sweden, South Korea and Turkey. The International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), Hamar, Norway. Augusti. 2017.

1. Ett nytt Sverige: mångfaldsbarometern 2016. Conference: ”Att bemöta och förbygga Främlingsfientlighet och rasism i skolan. (To deal with and prevent alienhood and racism in school). Conference is organized by Skolporten.
2. Hur svenskarnas attityder till mångfald har förändrats, både inom arbetslivet och I samhället i stort? (How Swedes' attitudes to diversity have changed, both in working life and in society at large?) Key speaker. Lecturer at the FOU conference; Researchers meet trainees. May 26, 2016 at Bollnäs University.

1. Meaning-Making Coping: An Intentional project on Meaning-making Coping with Cancer: The case of Sweden, South Korea and Turkey. Psychology orientation, organized by “Cancer Warriers“, founded by American hospital. Istanbul Turkey, 10 June 2016.
2. Meaning-Making Coping: Exploring ways of coping with cancer in an International Perspective. EC RSH 16, European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health, May 14, 2016, Gdansk, Poland,
3. Meaning-Making Coping: Exploring ways of coping with cancer in an international perspective. IAGG-ASIA/OCEANIA, 2015 Congress Chiang Mai, China.
4. Meaning-Making Coping: Exploring ways of coping with cancer in an international perspective. The case of Sweden and south Korea. 5th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health. “Religion and Spirituality in Health Care: Risk or Benefit for the Patient?” May 12-14, 2016 • Gdansk. Poland.
5. Stabilities and changes in attitudes to diversity in Sweden, International conference in Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalens högskola, Eskilstuna, September 9
6. Meaning-making coping with cancer. The 4th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health May 2014, Malta
7. Gerotranscendence in different cultural settings: results from a Cross-cultural study in Sweden and Turkey. IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Seoul, Korea. June 24th. 2013.
8. Nature as the most important coping strategy among cancer patients-A Swedish study. IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Seoul, Korea. June 24 2013.
9. Att studera ensamkommande flykting barn ur ett socialt arbete. En konferens om Globalisering och Socialt arbete: Kopplingar i praktiken, forskning och utbildning. May 15 2104, Gävle.
10. Coping and Working: Working life as a coping strategy with cancer. The 41st IIS World Congress, UPPSALA, ISA RC-26. 24 April 2013.
11. Nature as the Most Important Coping Strategy with Cancer: A Swedish Survey. Presented at the Fagkonferanse i religionspsykologi – Psykoser og eksistensielle temaer, Honne, Norge, 22-23 October, 2012
12. Nature as the Most Important Coping Strategy with Cancer: A Swedish Survey. Presented at the symposium Spirituality and coping with disease, at European Conference on Religion, spirituality and Health, May 19, 2012, Bern, Switzerland. (written together with Nader Ahmadi)
13. Music as a Method of Coping with Cancer: A Qualitative Study among Cancer Patients in Sweden. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 6, 2011.
14. A Quantitative Study of the Spiritually-Oriented Coping Methods among Cancer Patients in Sweden. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 6, 2011.
15. Song lyrics and the alteration of self-image. 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences organized by the Social Sciences Research Society (SoSReS). External link. İzmir, Turkey 8 October 2010.
16. Spiritual Song lyrics and the alteration of self-image. European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health, Bern, Switzerland :May 13-15, 2010.
17. Qualitative studies on health, religion and spirituality. Key note speaker. Conference on Research in Faith and Health in Secular Society,
    Congress Center External link. of the University of Southern Denmark External link., Odense External link., Denmark: May 17-19, 2010.
18. On definition of religiousness and spirituality. A critique of Pargament’s approach. 30th ISSR The Challenges of Religious Pluralism. International Society for the Sociology of Religion) Conference. Santiago de Compostela, Spain: July, 2009.
19. Feminism in Iran: feminism in a new Islamic context. Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions related to Religion, Minorities and Gender, International Research Conference at Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden: March, 2009.
20. Äldres välmående. Konferens på Uppsala universitet, Forskning pågår om äldre och åldrande. Arrangerad av Regionförbundet, Uppsala län och Uppsala universitet. Uppsala, Sverige: mars, 2009.
21. Hard and heavy music: can it make a difference in the young cancer patients’ life? Sveriges Sociologförbundets årsmöte 2009..
22. Hard and Heavy music as a coping method with cancer, First ISA Forum of Sociology Sociological Research and Public Debate. Barcelona, Spain: September, 2008.
23. Spirituality in coping: the case of cancer patients in Sweden. 2nd International conference on Sociology. Athens, Greece: May, 2008.
24. Culture and Health. International Sociological Association. ISA Research Committee Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice RC26. Molyvos, Greece: May, 2008.
25. Spirituality in Coping: the case of cancer patients in Sweden. International Conference of Spirituality. Prague, The republic of Czech: External link.September, 2007.
26. Culture, religion and spirituality in coping in Scandinavian countries. Forum for Professionsbachelornes forskningstillknytning (FPR). Tro og helbredelse. Syddansk Universitet, Odense, Danmark: May, 2007.
27. Culture and spiritual coping: a study of coping with cancer among Swedes. International conference on Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic Study of Religion. Södertörn University College, Stockholm, Sweden: april, 2007.
28. Islamic Feminism in Iran: Feminism in a New Islamic Context. International conference on Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic Study of Religion. Södertörn University College, Stockholm, Sweden: April, 2007.
29. Åldrandets betydelse I användandet av religiösa och andliga resurser. Konferens på Uppsala universitet, Forskning pågår om äldre och åldrande. Arrangerad av Regionförbundet, Uppsala län och Uppsala universitet. Uppsala, Sverige: mars, 2007.
30. Islamic feminism in Iran: feminism in a new Islamic context. International conference: A world in transition: New challenges to gender justice. Gender and Development Network (Gadbnet), Sweden & Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS). Delhi, India: December, 2006.
31. Culture, religion and spirituality in coping. International Conference of Clinical Sociology, Theme: “Health vs. Illness, Normal vs. Pathological Dimension in Society: A Problem for a Clinical Sociologist.” Università Suor Orsola Benincasa and Associazione di Sociologia Clinica, Naples, Italy: June, 2006.
32. Islamic feminism in Iran: Feminism in a new Islamic Context. Paper presented at The word Meeting of Democracy, Promoting Foundations, Stockholm: The Swedish Parliament house. August, 2005.
33. Islamic feminism in Iran: Feminism in a new Islamic Context. Paper presented at New Challenges for Gender Justice: Fundamentalism, Markets and Rights. Conference arranged by The Collegium for Development Studies at Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden: November, 2005.
34. Immigrants and Globalization: identity crisis and the concept of the Individual. The XXIX Conference on Sociotechnics - Sociological Practice. “Networks and Partnership for learning Regions in an area of Micro-globalization in Everyday Practices. The International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee Conference RC # 26 in Association with the Sociology Department of the University of the Aegean. Molyvos, Greece: June, 2005.
35. The Late Modern Age and Adaptation to Social and Value Changes in Later life. The XXVIII Conference on Sociotechnics - Sociological Practice. “Social Capital and Social Transformation in the Age of Globalization.” The International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee Conference RC # 26 in Association with the Sociology Department of the University of the Aegean. Molyvos, Greece: June, 2004.
36. Examining some Assumptions on Religious Coping and Styles of Religious and Spiritually Oriented Coping among Swedish Cancer Patients. Sociologiförbundetsårsmöte. Stockholm, Sverige: februari, 2004.
37. Presentation of some results of a sociological study on religions and spiritual coping strategies among men and women cancer patients in Sweden. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: June, 2003.
38. The Late Modern Age and Adaptations to Social and Value Changes in Later life. Hawaii Internationell Conference on Social Sciences. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: June, 2003.
39. Gerotransandens og utvikling. Den 3. Nordiske kongress i äeldrepedagogikk. Bergen, Norge: april, 2003.
40. A sociological study on religious and spiritual coping strategies among men and women cancer patients in Sweden. Hawaii International conference on social sciences. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: June, 2002.
41. Gender, age and Spiritually Oriented Coping in Sweden. The XVIIth Wolrd Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Vancouver, Canada: July, 2001.
42. The Meaning of Home among Elderly Immigrants: Direction for Future Research and Theoretical Development. The XVIIth Wolrd Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Vancouver, Canada: July, 2001.
43. Investigating the Religious and spiritually oriented coping strategies in the Swedish context. Third International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology, Visby: June, 2001.
44. Gerotranscendence och åldrande. Sveriges Sociologiska årsmöte, Uppsala, Sverige: januari, 2001.
45. Investigating the Religious and spiritually oriented coping strategies in the Swedish context. Sveriges Sociologiska årsmöte, Uppsala, Sverige: januari, 2000.
46. Islam och Feminism. Den andra genusvetenskapliga Stockholmskonferens: Utopier och dystopier. Stockholm, Sverige: oktober, 2000.
47. Investigating the Religious and spiritually coping strategies among Elderly ill person. 5th Global Conference on Aging. Mar del Plata, Argentina: September, 2000.
48. The Meaning of Home among Elderly Immigrants. 5th Global Conference on Aging. Mar del Plata, Argentina: September, 2000.
49. The Meaning of Home among Elderly Immigrants. International Research Conference, ENHR (European network for Housing Research) 2000. Gävle, Sweden: June, 2000.
50. Gerotranscendence and life Satisfaction. The Gerontological Society of America’s 52st Annual Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, USA: November, 1999.
51. Aging, Spirituality and Sufism: Sufi Conception of Self and “Other-than-self”. The Gerontological Society of America’s 52st Annual Scientific Meeting. San Francisco, USA: November, 1999.
52. Elderly Iranian Immigrants in Sweden: Alienated or Successful in Adoption of the Best of the Two Culture. Iran’s First International Conference on Aging. Tehran, Iran: October, 1999.
53. Conceptions of Self: Older Iranian Sufis in Sweden. Huvudföreläsare vid British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 1999 (BSG '99 Wessex conference. Bournemouth: United Kingdom: September, 1999. The conference was organised by Bournemouth University and the University of Southampton.
54. Föreställningar om begreppet “hem” bland äldre invandrare med skilda kulturella bakgrunder. Nordiskt Bostads- urbanforskningsseminarium. Institutionen för bostadsforskning. Gävle, Sverige: april, 1999.
55. The Late Modern Age and Adaptation to Societal Change and Values change in Later Life. Sociologförbundets årsmöte 1999. Stockholms universitet. Stockholm, Sverige: januari 1999.
56. Reflection on spiritual Maturity and Gerotranscendence: Dialogues with Two Sufis. The Gerontological Society of America’s 51st Annual Scientific Meeting. Philadelphia, USA: November, 1998.
57. Societal Change, Values and Adjustment in Later Life. European Research Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Euroconference NR.21 on: Elderly Immigrants and the European Welfarestate. Mallorca, Spain: April, 1998.
58. Wisdom and Spiritual Maturity among Sufi Iranians in Sweden. Konferens kring ”Åldrandets Kultur”. Röringe, Sverige: januari, 1998.
59. Wisdom and Spiritual Maturity in Secular and Sufi Iranians in Sweden. The 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Gerontological Society of America. Cincinnati, USA: November, 1997.
60. The Old Flying Dutchmen: Shuttling Immigrants with Double Assets. The 16the Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Adelaide, Australian: August, 1997.
61. The Problem of Identity Crisis among Female Iranian Refugees. The 3rd European Feminist Research conference, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal: July, 1997.
62. The Philosophical Obstacle for The Development of The Concept of The Individual in The Ways of Thinking of Iranians. Fourteenth Annual Conference of The Centre for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA). Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom: March, 1996.
63. The Problem of Identity Crisis among Female Iranian Refugees. The Fourth International Conference on Women. Beijing, China: September, 1995.

Lecturing, adviser/ supervisor:

• Responsible for several courses and supervising of a large number of graduate/master’s thesis as professor at the Department of Social work and Criminology, University of Gävle from 2009- ….
• Responsible for numerous courses and supervising of many graduate/master’s thesis as associate professor and Senior lecturer at the Department of Social work and Criminology, University of Gävle from 2001- 2009.
• Lecturing, adviser/ supervisor at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University from 1994-2009.
• Lecturing and adviser at the Department of social work, Stockholm University 1997-2010.
• Lecturing at other universities and university colleges.

Teaching Experiences in Brief

I have lectured in different Departments in divergent Universities in Sweden. I have lectured in different areas in sociology at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University from 1995. I have been senior lecturer at Department of Social Work and Psychology, University of Gävle from 2001, and from 2009 despite being professor and having 50% research time, have taught h in different areas.

Sociology:

- Sociological methods

- - Sociological analysis

- Sociological perspectives

- Writing scientific essays

- Writing master papers

Social Psychology

-Social psychological analysis

-Social inclusion

- Social psychology methods

Sociology, aging, disability and health, feminism:

- Social gerontology

- Sociology directed towards disability and aging

- Social perspective on aging

- Caring sciences

- Multiculturalism in health and nursing

- The current researches on disability and aging

- The encounter with elderly in health and medicine

- Geriatric caring and caring of elderly

- Elderly and migration

- Religion and elderly

- Religion, spirituality and coping

- Islam and feminism

Sociology and social work:

- Theories in social work

- Social work in a multicultural society

- Social work for elderly and disable people

Sociology and culture

- Special courses on Multiculturalism

- Cultural meeting from a social perspective

- Culture and gerotranscendence

- Culture and coping

Management experiences and decision making

I have been member in different academic committees and boards, which demands a high level of decision making and management experiences:

• Editorial Board. Journal of Illness ,Crisi & Loss. SAGE Journals.
• Guest chef editor of special number of journal Religion (2019-..)
• Members of the Quality Committee (Ledamöter i Kvalitetsutskottet) at the University of Gävle (2013- ...)
• Members of the Executive Board (Ledamöter i Examensrättskottet) at the University of Gävle (2010-2012)
• Chairman of the Diversity Group (Ordförande för mångfaldsgruppen) at the Sociological Department, Uppsala University (2008- 2009...)
• Member of the Sociological Institution Diversity Group (2000-2002, 2008- ...).
• Member of the Gender Equality Council at Gävle University, (2005- ..).
• Representative of the Department of Sociology in the network of female researchers and doctoral students in the Faculty of Social Sciences (Sam Vetet) and a member of the Sam VETET working group 1997-1998.
• Member of the Gender Equality Group of the Sociological Institute (1996-1999). I, together with some other colleagues, formed the gender equality group with the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University.
• Member of the board of SACO Association at the Department of Sociology (1997).
• Deputy member of the institutional board at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University (1994-1995).

Research Administration and Economics Administration

From 2013 I have been the only manger and responsible for an international research project in nine countries, Sweden, Japan, China, South Korea, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Portugal and Philippines. Dealing with researchers and university staff in different countries with divergent cultural backgrounds requires a high level of proficiency in both academic and administration area. I have during several years successfully conducted different quantitative and qualitative research in these countries and answered to the financial and other administrative constraints.

I have been the only responsible for three externally financed and several internally funded project, and in this regard has taken care of various administrative tasks that it requires (2000-2014).

I have completed a six-month Higher Economic Administrative Education program with accounting and financial management.

I have been during 17 years a senior lecturer at the department f social work and psychology, University of Gävle, and from 2009 a full professor at this university and therefore have administered various courses in social work and sociology and also education programs and others.

I have been in charge of several courses for several years, which requires experience in education administration (1994- ...).

List of Courses Taught at the University of Gävle

• Thesis in Social Work 15 cr, Campus, VT20 External link.
• Ethnicity and Intercultural Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, VT20 External link.
• Basic Scientific Theory and Research Methods in Social Work 7,5 cr, Ditance, HT 20 External link.
• Sociologi 30 hp, Distans, HT19 External link.
• Social Policy in a National and International Perspective II 7,5 cr, Campus, HT19 External link.
• Field Studies in Social Work 7.5 credits 7,5 cr, Campus, HT19 External link.
• Examensarbete i socialt arbete 15 hp, Distans, VT19 External link.
• Ethnicity and Intercultural Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, VT19 External link.
• Basic Scientific Theory and Research Methods in Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, HT19 External link.
• Sociologi 30 hp, Distans, HT18 External link.
• Social Policy in a National and International Perspective II 7,5 cr, Campus, HT18 External link.
• Quantitative and qualitative research methods, Spring 2018 External link.
• Livslopp och utsatthet 15 hp, Distans, HT18 External link.
• Examensarbete för masterexamen i socialt arbete 30 hp, Distans, VT18 External link.
• Ethnicity and Intercultural Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, VT18 External link.
• Basic Scientific Theory and Research Methods in Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, HT18 External link.
• Sociologi 30 hp, Distans, HT17 External link.
• Social Work in an Ethnic and Intercultural Perspective 7,5 cr, Campus, VT17 External link.
• Basic Scientific Theory and Research Methods in Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, HT17 External link.
• Sociologi 30 hp, Distans, HT16 External link.
• Basics of Scientific Theory and Research Methods in Social Work 7,5 cr, Campus, HT16 External link.
• Advanced Research Methods in Social Work and THESIS COURSE , 15 + 15 credits, Campus HT16 (SAG508, SAG800) External link.
• Basic perspectives on Scientific Theory and research Methods in Social Work, HT13 External link.
• Research methods in Social Work 15 cr, HT12 External link.
• Omvårdnad och medicinsk behandling vid hematologiska sjukdomar D, 30 hp, HK10 External link.

[1] My name during 2000-2005 was Ahmadi Lewin.