Teaching in the disciplines of sociology, social work, and social psychology with a focus on exclusion, stigmatization, and emotions, as well as research on violence in intimate relationships, masculinities, honor violence, violence against women, violence against children, and therapeutic interventions against violence in intimate relationships.
I began teaching sociology at Dalarna University in 2001, having previously earned a Master’s degree in Sociology from Örebro University, a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Dalarna University, and a degree in Folk High School Teaching from Linköping University.
I completed my doctoral studies at the School of Health and Welfare in Jönköping and defended my dissertation in 2016 in Social Work on the topic “The Vicious Circles of Violence,” which examines the relationship between feelings of shame, masculinities, and violence in intimate relationships. I was appointed associate professor in Sociology in 2025.
I teach sociology and social work in the social science program and the social work program, as well as independent courses in criminology and deviant behavior.
I am an assistant professor of sociology and a senior lecturer in social work in the Department of Culture and Society at Dalarna University, Sweden. My area of specialization is the relationship between childhood experiences, masculinities, emotions, and intimate partner violence. My scholarship on the topic has appeared in Children and Youth Services Review, Aggression and Violent Behaviour, Deviant Behaviour, Masculinities and Social Change, Journal of Applied Social Science, Violence an International Journal, European Journal of Social Work and Partner Abuse. The research interests include sociology of emotions, philosophy of science (i.e., critical realism, critical theory, phenomenology), social psychology (i.e., symbolic interactionism, role theory), and the clinical applications of theories of emotions and cognitive theories in therapy.