Main research areas
- China
- Family-state
- Transformation
Current research
I have expertise within the anthropology of China and have a profile within existential/psychological anthropology. I am now PI (Principal Investigator) of the project New Relational Horizons for Institutionalized Youth in Denmark: Loneliness and Belonging, which investigates young people’s experiences of institutionalization and their relationships to significant others. The project offers policy advice on how to decrease experiences of loneliness and increase a sense of belonging.
In addition to this, I am co-editing a book called Flygtningefamilier i forandring, about changing family relationships for refugee families in Denmark, and a special issue/book on The Transformative Power of Love, which investigates the force of love in social life in a global perspective.
Teaching
I teach social anthropology at the BA, MA, and Ph.D. level.
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
The discomfort of identity thinking : Towards a politics of love?
Susanne Bregnbæk
(2026) Action Scenarios in Intercultural Pedagogy and Education : Perspectives from Northern European Multicultural Societies
Book chapterIndledning: Flygtningefamilier i forandring : Kærlighed, omsorg og nære relationer
Mikkel Rytter, Emilie Lund Mortensen, Susanne Bregnbæk
(2025) Antropologiske studier , p.8-31
Book chapterKvindeliv og længslen efter frihed : i Iran og i Danmark
Susanne Bregnbæk
(2025) Antropologiske studier , p.124-136
Book chapter
Background
Susanne Bregnbæk is a senior lecturer in social anthropology at the Department of Sociology, Lund University and holds a ph.d. in anthropology from the University of Copenhagen (2010).
Media inquiries
Chinese society, refugees, institutionalized youth
Research projects
New Relational Horizons for Institutionalized Youth in Denmark: Loneliness and Belonging (Spor 1 - Anbringelse — NUBU).