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Sociology@MaU: Men as "natural minimalists" and women as project leaders?

Youth and Sexuality

The research group Youth and Sexuality brings together interdisciplinary research on how sexuality, identity, relationships, and health of children and young people are shaped through the interplay of individual experiences, social contexts, and societal...

Gender studies

Gender studies explores how power, norms and identity shape our lives, societies and institutions. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it integrates different perspectives on gender, sexuality and intersectionality, promoting critical reflection and...

Social Validation - A Study on the Socialization Process of Newly Arrived Children and Adolescents

Children, youth, family; living conditions, vulnerability and social change

The research area brings together researcher and teaching staff at the faculty interested in the living conditions of children, young people and families at both the individual and societal levels, where aspects of vulnerability, participation, everyday...

Sex education empowers young people – but also shapes norms

Sweden likes to see itself as a pioneer in gender equality and openness. However, sex education in schools contains a duality: it gives young people tools to understand themselves while at the same time it reproduces norms.

Migration and cultural adaptation in relation to change in body-image and attitudes toward female genital mutilation/cutting

Fighting for Rights: Ukraine's Rainbow Soldiers and the Politics of Citizenship

Occult female power highlighted in new book

Leah Hirsig was one of the “modern women” of the 20th century: independent, norm-breaking, and central to the controversial religion of Thelema. Now her complete diaries are being published for the first time, providing an insight into her life and her...