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Helena Andersen

Doctoral student

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Contact details
  • Email: helena [dot] andersen [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Department of Sociology
  • Service point: 31
Webpage

Main research areas

  • Criminology and Sociology
  • Intersectionality and identity politics
  • Hate violence, hate speech, hate crime

Current Research

  • Doctoral student at Lund University with the ERC project “VIRTUTRIALS”.
  • Body- and surface negotiations in court spaces, both online and in physical court spaces.
  • Minority representation in trials, potential experiences of stigmatisation and hypervisibility.
  • Impacts of distance vs. proximity in “high stakes” environments.

     

Background

Master’s degree: Cultural Criminology 2022-2024, Lund University. Thesis: Hate Violence as Attacks on Bodies, Identities, and Futures: A qualitative study of LGBTQIA+ persons’ experiences of hate violence in Latin America.

Bachelor’s degree: International & Intercultural Social Work 2018-2022, University College Copenhagen. Thesis: Masculinity and Crime: A small qualitative study of gender in relations to power and criminality.

Last updated: 17 Apr 2025