Mikael Lundholm
Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer
- Professional title: Senior Lecturer
- Academic title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Other title: LL.M.
- Area of responsibility: Head of Discipline (law)
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428691
- Email: mikael.lundholm@miun.se
- Room number: A215
- Location: Östersund
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- Employed at the subject:
- Law
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- Research centers:
- The Centre for Research on Economic relations, CER
Collegiate responsibilities:
Teacher representative at University Board (Universitetsstyrelsen)
Member of Faculty Council for Education (GRU)
Background
PhD in Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden
LL.M. (Master of Laws) at Stockholm University, Sweden
Formerly occupied as senior enforcement officer at the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden)
Area of interest
Sociology of Law
Take up of welfare programs
Preventive work
Early interventions
Overindebtedness
Foreclosure
Debt relief/personal bankruptcy
Debt counseling
Perceptions of fairness
Social trust
Research
My research focuses on understanding the take-up of welfare programs, particularly among disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. I examine both preventive (early) interventions, which aim to support households and prevent social problems, and remedial or restorative programs that help households address existing difficulties. In this work, I have studied municipal debt counseling as a preventive intervention and debt relief as a remedial measure.
I also have an interest in overindebtedness, foreclosures, and perceptions of fairness and trust.
My work is interdisciplinary, and I collaborate with researchers in areas such as economics and social work.
Teaching and tutoring
Various law courses, including administrative law, jurisprudence/legal methodology.
Supervision of bachelor theses
Other information
Ongoing research projects/collaborations:
The Statistics Department and Urban lab, Uppsala University:
Urban lab, Uppsala University:
The Sociology of Law Department, Lund University:
Publications
Articles in journals
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Manuscripts
Reports
Articles in journals
Lundholm, M. , Angelin, A. & Bülow O´Nils, W. (2026). Gräsrotsbyråkraten och den motvillige brukaren : Erfarenheter från en tidig insats med förebyggande skuldrådgivning. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, vol. 32: 3-4, pp. 396-418.
Lundholm, M. (2022). Can Closer Lender-Borrower Relations Save Homes during Foreclosure?. Housing, Theory and Society, vol. 39: 1, pp. 41-65.
Lundholm, M. (2022). Credit expansion and socio-economic heterogeneity of debtors in foreclosure : the case of Sweden 2000–2014. Housing Studies, vol. 37: 1, pp. 1-25.
Lundholm, M. (2021). Compensation and Socio-Economic Status of Borrowers in Foreclosure : Evidence from Swedish Micro-data. Journal of Consumer Policy, vol. 44: 1, pp. 95-116.
Conference papers
Dahlberg, M. , Lundholm, M. , Nordin, M. & Schouten, H. (2025). On the Discount in Foreclosure Sales : Theory and RCT Evidence from Sweden. Paper presented at the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025), Seoul, Korea, 18-22 August, 2025.
Lundholm, M. (2025). Rätt hjälp i rätt tid till skuldutsatta hushåll : Erfarenheter från interventioner hos kommun och Kronofogden. Paper presented at the Skuldtyngd - Överskuldsättning bland unga vuxna och andra, Campus Helsingborg, 5 december, 2025
Lundholm, M. (2025). The Social Life of Conflict Resolution : Socio-legal Method to Study Legal and Other Ways to Resolve Conflicts. Paper presented at the Nordic Conference on Legal Method 2025, Kalmar, Linneaus University, 14-16 May, 2025.
Dahlstrand, K. , Bergwall, P. & Lundholm, M. (2023). Less repressive and fairer foreclosure. Evidence from a randomized experiment at Kronofogden regarding the possibilities to break economic exclusion. Paper presented at the Law, Society and Digital Pasts, Presents and Futures Annual meeting Research committee on sociology of law, Lund, August 30 - September 1, 2023
Doctoral theses
Lundholm, M. (2021). The social contingency of law : Studies of social control during foreclosure in Sweden. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Lund : Media tryck, Lund university, 2021 (Lund Studies in Sociology of Law : 52)
Manuscripts
Dahlberg, M. , Lundholm, M. , Nordin, M. & Schouten, H. Prices in Different Modes of Sale : Theory and RCT Evidence from Forced Sales.
Reports
Evertsson, L. & Lundholm, M. (2026). Färre avhysningar genom samverkan - en intervjustudie med hyresvärdar, socialtjänsten och Kronofogden : Slutrapport för projekt finansierade från samverkansavtalet mellan Mittuniversitetet och Östersunds kommun.