I have a background as a registered psychiatric nurse and as manager in health care and head of administration in social care. I am also board member in several national non-profit organizations for development of nursing-/psychiatric care. My research is mainly about social processes and power when healthcare personal meets patients and clients in vulnerable situations. I also teaches in qualitative methodology at ground level and advanced level and also supervise doctoral student. Since February 2017 I am head of the department of Health and Caring Science, Linnaeus University.