Tobias Axelsson
Tobias Axelsson Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: dG9iaWFzLmF4ZWxzc29uO29ydS5zZQ==
Phone: +46 19 301269
Room: F2243
About Tobias Axelsson
Tobias Axelsson holds a PhD in Gender Studies. He works as senior lecturer in Civics/Social Science, and postdoctoral researcher in Gender Studies. His research interests are: 1) feminist perspectives on fatherhood, fathers, and fathering; 2) gender and parenting support; 3) gender and early childhoold education and care; 4) violence.
Research
In 2021 and 2022, Axelsson works as postdoctoral researcher in the project RESISTIRÉ: Responding to Outbreaks through Co-creative Inclusive Equality Strategies (funded by the EU Horizon 2020).
Axelsson defended his PhD thesis in gender studies, När män möts som pappor (When men meet as fathers), in 2019. It investigates the conditions of fathering during early childhood by exploring fathers' relations to other fathers in ’fathering spaces’: social services that are directed to fathers on parental leave. The thesis ends with an English summary.
Axelsson has been involved in international projects on men's parental leave. He has written a report on parental leave policies in Sweden and Germany for 'The EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality' (2018), and a report on men's parental leave in Sweden for the Austrian project 'Paternity leave: Impacts on male careers' (2014).
Axelsson has co-authored two articles on men's attitudes towards female genital mutilation: the first paper is focused on health; the second paper focuses on violence and intersectionality.
Teaching
Axelsson teaches mainly at the teacher education programme.
Research projects
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Publications
Articles in journals
- Axelsson, T. K. (2025). Gender theory approaches to fathers' parental leave experiences of primary childcare: a review of Nordic publications 1992–2020. Norma, 1-18. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2023). Norm-critique as revitalizer of gender equality? Local policy actors’ norm-critical understandings of Swedish preschool’s gender-equality mission. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 9 (2), 101-112. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. & Frödén, S. (2021). Mellan styrning och pedagogisering: En analys av hur förskolans ledningspersoner förstår förskolans jämställdhetsuppdrag. Utbildning och Demokrati, 30 (2), 59-84. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. & Wetterberg, T. (2020). Från något till synes stabilt och välbekant till något där konturerna bara skymtar. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 97 (2), 170-176. [BibTeX]
- Strid, S. & Axelsson, T. (2020). Involving men: The multiple meanings of female genital mutilation in a minority migrant context. NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 28 (4), 287-301. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2020). Kan man forska om pappor och föräldraskapsstöd utan genusteori?. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 97 (2), 208-222. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. & Strid, S. (2020). Minority migrant men's attitudes toward female genital mutilation: Developing strategies to engage men. Health Care for Women International, 41 (6), 709-726. [BibTeX]
Articles, book reviews
- Axelsson, T. (2013). Marion Pajumets: Post-Socialist masculinities, identity work, and social change: An analysis of discursive (re)constructions of gender identity in novel socialsituations. Norma, 8 (2), 189-194. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Axelsson, T. & Gunnarsson, L. (2020). Extending the uses of Liisa's notion of 'non-event': The cases of gender equality work and sexual violence. 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. 390-401). Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Axelsson, T. (2011). 'Fathers' Spaces': Making Room for Fathering Between Care and Privileges. In: Alp Biricik & Jeff Hearn, GEXcel Work in Progress Report Volume XV. Proceedings from GEXcel Theme 9: Gendered Sexualed Transnationalisations, Deconstructing the Dominant: Transforming men, "centres" and knowledge/policy/practice. Paper presented at Men and Masculinities Moving On Again! Transnationalising Flows, Technologies, Institutions, Theory. (pp. 67-78). Linköping/Örebro: [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, monographs
- Axelsson, T. (2019). När män möts som pappor: Fadrandets politik och praktik i det jämställda och pappavänliga Sverige. (Doctoral dissertation). Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]
Other
- Axelsson, T. (2020). Del 1: Föräldraskapsstöd och jämställdhet. [Inspelad föreläsning]. Örebro [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2020). Del 2: Anpassade insatser för pappor. [Inspelad föreläsning]. Örebro [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2020). Del 3: Hur ska vi göra för att främja ett jämställt föräldraskap? [Inspelad föreläsning]. Örebro [BibTeX]
Reports
- 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]
- 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]
- Axelsson, T. (2019). Att tolka och praktisera jämställdhet i förskola och grundskola: Slutrapport av projektet Forskningsbaserad samverkan – med målet att förbättra jämställdhetsarbetet i Askersunds kommuns förskolor och grundskolor. Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2018). Instruments to foster long-term paternal involvement in family work: Fostering paternal involvement, gender equality and caring masculinities.. ÖSB Consulting (The EU Mutual Learning Programme in Gender Equality ). [BibTeX]
- Axelsson, T. (2014). Men's parental leave in Sweden: policies, attitudes, and practices. Vienna: JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. [BibTeX]