Sociology
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Research domains
- Humanities-Social sciences
Areas of research
- Arbetsliv
- Working science
- Family sociology
- Sustainable Development
- Environmental sociology
- Omsorg
- Organizational theory
- Risk sociology
- Science and Technology Studies
Research environments
Sociological research at Örebro University is practiced within a variety of different areas, and sociologists are active within a number of inter- and multidisciplinary research teams and environments. The research is organised within two areas:
These areas gather most of the senior researchers and doctoral students in sociology. Below you will find more information about research groups and research projects connected to sociology.
Researchers
- Jenny Alsarve
- Monika Berg
- Magnus Boström
- Jan-Magnus Enelo
- Karin Gustafsson
- Natalia Krzyzanowska
- Rolf Lidskog
- Erik Löfmarck
- Helen Peterson
- Christine Roman
- Helena Römmelmann
- Lisa Salmonsson
- Lina Sandström
- Daniel Sjödin
- Adam Standring
- Ylva Uggla
- James White
- Sverre Wide
- André Alvinzi, PhD student
- Hanna Samzelius, PhD student
- Sebastian Svenberg, PhD student
- Merve Tuncer, PhD student
- Oskar Waara, PhD student
Research projects
- Academic Ignorance: A necessary prerequisite for research and teaching in higher education
- After the early childhood years. A longitudinal study of parenthood and work
- Chess, sociology and social interaction
- Conceptual development of environmental sociology
- Energy-related practices in transition ? e-bikes, policies and everyday life
- Environment, consumption and everyday life practices
- Exchange of care between generations in Stepfamilies
- Explaining social action: A triptych
- Green public ethics: exploring and elaborating value conflict handling of public administrators
- How diversity make a difference. A comparative study of how issues of ethnic and national diversity are managed in mass media organizations in Sweden and Germany
- HVS: Honour, Violence and Society. The expressions and prevalence of honour-related violence and the challenges to society (2017-2020)
- Learning to consume less: Can experiences during the C ovid-19 pandemic trigger lifestyle transformation?
- Making knowledge usable. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary challenges for international environmental expertise
- Newbreed
- RESISTIRÉ: Responding to outbreaks through co-creative inclusive equality strategies (2021-2024)
- The child as a project. Parenting ideals, parenting practices, and the professionalization of parenthood.
- The legitimacy of the welfare state - New mechanisms of trust in a hollow state development?
- The line between secondary and higher education
- The shaping of environmental expertise. Institutionalized expertise, boundary organizations and global environmental matters