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Åsa Lundqvist
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Åsa Lundqvist

Professor

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Åsa Lundqvist
Contact details
Organisation
  • Sociology
  • Room number: 301
  • Service point: 31
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Other affiliations
  • Professor
    Metalund
  • Vice dean
    Faculty of Social Sciences

PhD, Professor

Sociology

Main research or teaching areas

  • Historical sociology
  • Welfare state and family relations
  • Family policy
  • Labour market policies

Current research and education

My research interests are broadly concerned with welfare politics and family relations. I have studied gender relations and the historical development of Swedish labour market- and family policies, lone mothers strategies to combine paid work and family life, the development of parenting support policies, and, more recently, older female workers wellbeing in the labour market.

My teaching subjects include historical sociology, qualitative methods, social policy and gender studies.

Elected memberships

I am currently serving as Chair of the Swedish Sociological Association (https://www.sverigessociologforbund.se). Since 2022, I am a member of the Scientific Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Research Council. I am also a member of Academia Europaea.

Publications

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29 Oct 2023