The research group in sociological and childhood sociological studies explore children's lives in and beyond educational settings. The research examines how discourses, institutions, and actors shape childhoods and children’s living conditions through concepts such as class, gender, ethnicity, age, space, and culture. The profile draws on diverse theories and methods from the humanities and social sciences.

Our Research

At the Department of Childhood, Education and Society, sociological and childhood sociological studies form a research profile that addresses questions concerning children's living conditions and childhood within and beyond preschool, leisure-time centres, and schools. The research is conducted at the intersection of childhood, education, and society, with a particular focus on how discourses, institutions, and social actors contribute to the construction of childhoods and children's living conditions. Analytical perspectives are drawn from concepts such as class, gender, ethnicity, age, space/place, and culture, and are grounded in a broad range of theories and methods from the humanities and social sciences.

Research group leaders

Anne Harju

Anne Harju - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer

anne.harju@mau.se
+46 40 665 83 82

Department of Childhood, Education and Society