Associate professor in Social work whose research mainly concerns the governing of safety and gendered violence from feminist & (post)colonial perspectives.
I work as an Associate professor at the department of Social Work and have a PhD in political science. My research primarily focuses on how social and power related problems such as safety, gender equality and gendered violence are addressed in policy and practice. I am particularly interested in critical, feminist and (post)colonial perspectives of these issues and am currently leading two research projects and is participating researcher in a third:
During my post-doc position I was the main researcher in the project "Violence against Sámi women" (2022-2024, the Sámi parliament in Sweden).
In my dissertation "", from 2022 I examined how (un)safety in public space is addressed and given meaning as a political problem.
I am also affiliated to the research group Lávvuo - research and education for Sámi health, to Umeå Centre for Gender Studies and to the Arctic Centre at Umeå University.
2026
Emotion, Space and Society, Elsevier 2026, Vol. 58
Lauri, Johanna; Olsson, Josefin; Sandberg, Linda; et al.
2024
Ume氓: Ume氓 University 2024
Brand茅n, Jennie; Nilsson, Lena Maria; Burman, Monica; et al.
I have broad experience in teaching and supervising at basic, advanced and PhD levels. I have mainly taught courses related to theory and method within political science, gender studies and public health. I have experience teaching in both Swedish and English, digitally and on campus.
I am currently responsible for course "Violence in close relationships" (7,5 credits) at advanced level connected to the program for Social work at Umeå university.