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Anne-Charlott Callerstig

Position: Researcher School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

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Research subject

Gender Studies

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About Anne-Charlott Callerstig

Anne-Charlott Callerstig is a gender studies and political science scholar with a focus on governance, organizational change, and transformation processes related to equality and sustainability. She earned her PhD in 2014 from Linköping University with the dissertation Making Equality Work: Ambiguities, Conflicts and Change Agents in the Implementation of Equality Policies in Public Sector Organisations. The full text is available here: http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:704692/FULLTEXT01.pdf

Her research centers on the implementation and compliance of equality and inclusion goals within organizations, often using an interactive approach that aims to foster collaboration and support developmental processes through practice-oriented research. She investigates change processes and local strategies, focusing on the dilemmas and tensions that arise in the practical pursuit of greater equality. A central thread in her work is how equality objectives are translated into policy and practice, and the factors that influence their effectiveness.

In recent years, her research has expanded to include social sustainability within technology-intensive and innovation-driven sectors, such as the energy transition, marine technologies, and digitalization. She combines perspectives from gender studies, organizational theory, and sustainability studies to examine how change efforts in technological development and climate policy can be made more inclusive.

Anne-Charlott has extensive experience with interactive and follow-up research in close collaboration with public agencies, civil society, and private sector actors. A recurring focus in her work is on mutual learning processes between researchers and practitioners, and on developing methods to promote horizontal governance and the integration of equality perspectives in complex organizations.

Her research interests include:
– Gender equality and diversity policy (in Sweden and Europe)
– Implementation and policy analysis
– Discrimination, human rights, and intersectionality
– Organizational learning and change processes
– Social sustainability in technology-intensive environments
– Gender and innovation

Anne-Charlott has also worked as a senior analyst at the Swedish Equality Ombudsman and served as an expert in several governmental inquiries, including the Swedish Government’s Equality Inquiry (Jämställdhetsutredningen, SOU 2015:86).

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Publications

Articles in journals

Callerstig, A. , Lindvert, M. , Ljunggren, E. C. , Breivik-Meyer, M. , Alsos, G. A. & Balkmar, D. (2024). Contextualising gender policy in tech entrepreneurship: a cross national and multiple-level analysis. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 30 (7), 1678-1697. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. & Strid, S. (2023). Gender mainstreaming in times of crisis: Missed opportunities in pandemic policymaking. Papers: Revista de Sociologia, 108 (3). [BibTeX]
Sjöö, K. & Callerstig, A. (2023). The challenges in integrating horizontal perspectives in sectoral policy evaluation. Policy Studies, 44 (2), 174-194. [BibTeX]
Andersson, S. , Balkmar, D. & Callerstig, A. (2022). From glass ceiling to firewalls: Detecting and changing gendered organizational norms. NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 30 (2), 140-153. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. (2014). Can public procurement be an instrument for policy learning in gender mainstreaming?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 18 (4), 51-71. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. C. & Lindholm, K. (2011). Det motsägelsefulla arbetet med jämställdhetsintegrering. Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap (2-3), 81-96. [BibTeX]

Articles, book reviews

Callerstig, A. (2012). Recension av Politik och kritik. En feministisk guide till statsvetenskap. Tidskrift för genusvetenskap (1-2), 137-138. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

Callerstig, A. , Balkmar, D. & Andersson, S. (2025). Developing norm-reflexivity in technical innovation. In: Marit Breivik-Meyer; Marta Lindvert; Anne-Charlott Callerstig; Dag Balkmar; Gry Agnete Alsos, Gendering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Levelling the Field (pp. 185-198). New York/Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Alsos, G. A. , Balkmar, D. , Breivik-Meyer, M. , Callerstig, A. & Lindvert, M. (2025). Levelling the field: Towards more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems. In: Marit Breivik-Meyer; Marta Lindvert; Anne-Charlott Callerstig; Dag Balkmar; Gry Agnete Alsos, Gendering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Levelling the Field (pp. 1-16). New York/Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. & Lindholm, K. (2024). Putting theory into practice through feminist interactive research methods. In: Anália Torres, Paula Campos Pinto, Tamara Shefer, Jeff Hearn, Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms and Gender Studies: Convergences, Divergences, and Pluralities (pp. 304-316). . Taylor & Francis. [BibTeX]
Delaney, C. , Sandström, L. , Izaguirre Choperena, A. , Callerstig, A. , Beloki Marañon, U. , Cacace, M. & Aglietti, C. (2024). The 'why' and the 'how' of using narratives in intersectional research: The experience of RESISTIRÉ. In: María López Belloso; Sara Clavero; Sofia Strid, Resisting the pandemic: Better stories and innovation in times of crisis (pp. 131-155). . Peter Lang Publishing Group. [BibTeX]
Mellström, U. , Balkmar, D. & Callerstig, A. (2023). Tracing the superheroes of our time: Contemporary and emergent masculinities in tech entrepreneurship. In: Jeff Hearn; Kadri Aavik; David L. Collinson; Anika Thym, Routledge Handbook on Men, Masculinities and Organizations: Theories, Practices and Futures of Organizing (pp. 417-429). . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. (2020). The future of gender equality in academia, and what I learnt from Liisa Husu about it. In: Sofia Strid; Dag Balkmar; Jeff Hearn; Louise Morley, Does knowledge have a gender? A Festschrift for Liisa Husu on gender, science and academia (pp. 358-369). Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Ahrens, P. & Callerstig, A. (2017). The European Social Fund and the Institutionalisation of Gender Mainstreaming in Sweden and Germany. In: Heather MacRae and Elaine Weiner, Towards Gendering Institutionalism: Equality in Europe. London: Rowman & Littlefield International. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. & Lindholm, K. (2016). Collaboration as a tool for implementing equality politics. In: Mathias Ericson, Ulf Mellström, Masculinities, Gender Equality and Crisis Management (pp. 105-119). London: Routledge. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. (2016). Gender Training as a Tool for Transformative Gender Mainstreaming: Evidence from Sweden. In: Maria Bustelo, Lucy Ferguson and Maxime Forest, The Politics of Feminist Knowledge Transfer: Gender Training and Gender Expertise (pp. 118-138). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
Lindholm, K. & Callerstig, A. C. (2015). Implementering av jämställdhets och mångfaldsmål. In: Deverell, Edward, Dan Hansen, Eva-Karin Olsson, Perspektiv på krishantering (pp. 219-238). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. , Lindholm, K. , Sjöberg, K. & Svensson, L. (2012). Gender mainstreaming as a sustainable development process. In: Gender Mainstreaming in Public Sector Organisations (pp. 31-58). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Callerstig, A. (2012). Public servants as agents for change in gender mainstreaming - the complexity of practice. In: Susanne Andersson, Karin Berglund, Ewa Gunnarsson, Elisabeth Sundin, Promoting Innovation: Policies, Practices and Procedures (pp. 239-269). Stockholm: VINNOVA. [BibTeX]
Lindholm, K. , Callerstig, A. C. & Svensson, L. (2011). Jämställdhetsintegrering som hållbar utvecklingsprocess. In: Lindholm Kristina, Jämställdhet i verksamhetsutveckling (pp. 13-40). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Lindholm, K. , Callerstig, A. C. , Svensson, L. & Sjöberg, K. (2011). Mot framtiden. In: Jämställdhet i verksamhetsutveckling (pp. 243-261). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]

Collections (editor)

Breivik-Meyer, M. (ed.) , Lindvert, M. (ed.) , Callerstig, A. (ed.) , Balkmar, D. (ed.) & Alsos, G. A. (ed.) (2025). Gendering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Levelling the Field. New York/Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

Balkmar, D. , Andersson, S. & Callerstig, A. (2021). Women truck drivers and (future) mobile work: Towards gender equal transport futures?. In: Maria Chiara Leva; Augustus Ababio-Donkor; Ajeni Thimnu; Wafaa Saleh, Gender and Equality in Transport Proceedings of the 2021 Travel Demand Management Symposium. Paper presented at 10th International TDM and the EU projects DIAMOND and TInnGO’s final conference, (Virtual conference), November 17-19, 2021. (pp. 161-165). Dublin: TU Dublin. [BibTeX]
Husu, L. & Callerstig, A. (2019). Gender challenges in research funding: Nordic and European perspectives. Paper presented at Nordic Science and Technology Studies Conference, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland, June 13-14, 2019. [BibTeX]
Andersson, S. , Balkmar, D. & Callerstig, A. (2018). Moving with(in) normative firewalls: a dynamic approach to study gendered careers and innovation processes in the truck industry. Paper presented at Gender, Work and Organization, 10th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference, Sydney, Australia, June 13-16, 2018. [BibTeX]
Balkmar, D. & Callerstig, A. (2017). Varför kliver kvinnliga lastbilsförare ur lastbilen på passagerarsidan när det är dags för rast? Om kön och normer i transportsektorn. Paper presented at Hur kan forskningsresultat från fordonsindustrin bidra till Agenda 2030? Organiserat av Fordonsstrategisk forskning och innovation (FFI), Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23, 2017. [BibTeX]

Reports

Larsson, A. , Callerstig, A. , Weiss, E. , Garcia, F. & Andersson, J. (2023). Modellinstitution: Ett systematiskt förbättringsarbete kring jämställdhetsintegrering i akademin. Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Sandström, L. , Callerstig, A. , Strid, S. , Lionello, L. & Rossetti, F. (2023). RESISTIRE D4.3 Summary report on qualitative indicators - cycle 3.. . [BibTeX]
Balkmar, D. , Callerstig, A. & Eva, L. (2022). Hur kan elvägar bli socialt hållbara? Ett ramverk för social hållbarhet vid teknik- och miljöomställningar. Karlshamn: . [BibTeX]
Balkmar, D. , Callerstig, A. , Alsos, G. A. , Bedenik, T. , Breivik-Meyer, M. , Heilbrunn, S. , Lindvert, M. , Ljunggren, E. & et al. (2022). Levelling the field: A Guide to an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Dublin: Dublin City University. [BibTeX]
Balkmar, D. , Callerstig, A. , Alsos, G. A. , Bedenik, T. , Breivik-Meyer, M. , Heilbrunn, S. , Lindvert, M. , Ljunggren, E. C. & et al. (2022). My Better Entrepreneneurial Ecosystem: A Workshop on How to Promote an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Dublin: Dublin City University. [BibTeX]
Sandström, L. , Axelsson, T. K. , Callerstig, A. , Strid, S. & Bobek, A. (2022). RESISTIRÉ: Building back better? Qualitative indications of inequalities produced by Covid-19 and its policy and societal responses. Second cycle summary report. Deliverable report D4.2.. Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Balkmar, D. , Callerstig, A. , Alsos, G. A. , Bedenik, T. , Breivik-Meyer, M. , Heilbrunn, S. , Lindvert, M. , Ljunggren, E. C. & et al. (2022). The Gendered Nature of Tech Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Gender-Divide in Tech Entrepreneurship. Dublin: Dublin City University. [BibTeX]
Axelsson, T. , Callerstig, A. , Sandström, L. & Strid, S. (2021). Qualitative indications of inequalities produced by COVID-19 and its policy responses: RESISTIRÉ 1st cycle summary report.. Strasbourg: European Science Foundation. [BibTeX]
Husu, L. & Callerstig, A. (2018). Riksbankens Jubileumsfonds beredningsprocesser ur ett jämställdhetsperspektiv. Stockholm: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ rapporterar 2018:1). [BibTeX]