Josephine Heap

Josephine Heap

Research Coordinator
Telephone: +46852485813
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Socialgerontologi Lennartsson, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I hold a degree in Sociology and obtained a PhD in Social Work at Stockholm University in 2016. I currently work as a research coordinator and am involved in the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old - SWEOLD,  where I take part in managing the fieldwork, data documentation and outreach activities. Moreover, I am involved in teaching, research, and write reports commissioned by public authorities.

Research

  • My research has mainly been focused on the co-existence of financial, social, and health disadvantages in old age and over the latter part of the lifecourse. The commissioned work has lately been centred around mental health in the older population. I have previously been part of the European Social Policy Network - contracted by the European Commission - between 2016-2024. This resulted in reports on various topics, including long-term care for older people, and the access to social protection for different groups in the population.  

Teaching

  • I have been running the course "Working life, ageing and health" within the Bachelor's programme in Education and Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University since 2022. Moreover, I am involved in managing the course "Life-course perspectives on ageing and health" within the Master's programme in Public Health Sciences: Societal and individual perspectives, also at Stockholm University. 

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All other publications

  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2024
    Access for domestic workers to labour and social protection - Sweden
    Fritzell J; Heap J
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2022
    ESPN Thematic Report on Social protection for people with disabilities
    Heap J; Schön P
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2021
    ESPN Thematic Report on Social protection and inclusion policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis [Sweden]
    Fritzell J; Nelson K; Heap J; Palme J
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2021
    ESPN Thematic Report on Access to social protection for young people [Sweden]
    Fritzell J; Heap J; Nelson K; Palme J
  • Report: ORGANISATIONEN MIND. 2021
    På tal om ålder. Psykiskt välbefinnande - oavsett generation. Kunskapsöversikt av den vetenskapliga litteraturen
    Lennartsson C; Heap J; Agahi N
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2020
    Sweden: Boosting education and employment of the long-term care workforce in the wake of the pandemic, ESPN Flash Report 2020/46
    Fritzell J; Heap J; Schön P
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2020
    ESPN Thematic Report on Access to essential services for low-income people [Sweden]
    Fritzell J; Heap J
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2019
    ESPN Thematic Report on National strategies to fight homelessness and housing exclusion [Sweden]
    Knutagård M; Heap J; Nelson K
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2019
    ESPN Thematic Report on Financing social protection [Sweden]
    Palme J; Heap J
  • Report: FOLKHÄLSOMYNDIGHETEN. 2019
    Skillnader i psykisk ohälsa bland äldre personer: en genomgång av vetenskaplig litteratur samt en epidemiologisk studie
    Lennartsson C; Fors S; Heap J; Sundberg L
  • Other: ÄLDRE I CENTRUM. 2018;(4):26-31
    Depression och ångest har ökat
    Lennartsson C; Heap J; Fors S; Sundberg L
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2018
    ESPN Thematic Report on Challenges in long-term care, Sweden
    Schön P; Heap J
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2017
    ESPN Thematic Report on Progress in the implementation of the 2014 EU Recommendation on Investing in children: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage, Sweden 2017
    Fritzell J; Heap J; Nelson K; Palme J; Schön P
  • Doctoral thesis: 2016
    Living conditions in old age: Coexisting disadvantages across life domains
    Heap J
  • Report: EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK, EUROPEAN COMMISSION. 2016
    Significant increase in local welfare spending in Sweden, ESPN Flash Report 2016/58
    Fritzell J; Heap J; Palme J

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