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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 1d

We’re happy to share new research co-authored by one of our colleagues: How do Europeans want to fight climate change?
Comparing and explaining public support for a wide variety of policies. By @mfair.bsky.social and @joakimkulin.bsky.social, and Ingemar Johansson 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S014...

How do Europeans want to fight climate change? Comparing and explaining public support for a wide variety of policies | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core

How do Europeans want to fight climate change? Comparing and explaining public support for a wide variety of policies

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 8d

🔔We are happy to share a new article about care workers: Robot dilemmas: Deception and digital emotional labor in dementia care work @davidredmalm.bsky.social @claraiversen.bsky.social
👉 tidsskrift.dk/njwls/articl...
#CareWork #Sociologyresearch #AcademicResearch

Robot dilemmas: Deception and digital emotional labor in dementia care work | Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 9d

📢 Call for Papers! Our colleagues at REMESO – the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society – will host the LiU 50 Years Conference: Migration in an Era of Crises.
🗓 6 November 2025
📍 Linköping University, Campus Norrköping
🔗 Full program: liu.se/en/event/mig...

REMESO Conference: Migration in an Era of Crises

The Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society organises a LiU 50 years conference Call for papers and registration If you would like to attend the conference, please use the registrat...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting online seminar hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology, "The Shadow Side of Rootedness: How Geographic Stability Across Generations Increases Radical-Right Attitudes"
👤 Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University 🗓 Thu 2 Oct, 14:30 CET📍https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/69925595285

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 15d

🔔We’re happy to share new research from our department
Impersonal Intimacy: A Situational Approach
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0803...
#Sociology #Research #Emotions #AcademicPublishing

Impersonal Intimacy: A Situational Approach

How come that in semi-anonymous contexts characterized by flux and exchangeability, people experience affection, closeness and some sense of trust? The answer, proposed in this article, is that int...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 20d

🎓 Reminder of doctoral thesis defense at our department: Hannes Landén. 🗓 Fri 19 Sept 2025, 14:15–16:00
📍 University Main Building, Room X
Organised by the Department of Sociology.
#ThesisDefense #UppsalaUniversity #Sociology

Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 26d

📖We are happy to share a new book: Constructing Objectivity: Emotions in Legal Decision-making 👉 uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Exploring emotions in legal decision-making and the sociology of emotions #Sociology #Emotions #AcademicResearch uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 28d

📚 Reminder: Today, we host the book launch of Rational Anger – An International Comparison between Legal Systems, arranged with the Higher seminar series in Sociology.

🗓 Wed 10 Sept, 15:30–17:00
📍 Room 22-0025, Uppsala University
#BookLaunch #Sociology #UppsalaUniversity

Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 29d

Read Cecilia Nordquist's full thesis here 👉 uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
#Disputation #Sociology #UppsalaUniversity

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Disputation at our department: Cecilia Nordquist defends her thesis “The Weight of the Bargain: Investigating Prosecutors' Emotions in Plea Bargaining Interaction in a United States Court”
🗓 12 Sept 2025, 13:15–15:00-📍 Humanistiska teatern, Engelska parken #Disputation #SociologyOfEmotions

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Sep 7

📢 The Center for Gender Studies will host the following seminar: Making violence invisible and blaming women in sexual crime convictions. 🗓 September 10, 2025, 14:15–16:00
📍 Center for Gender Studies, Room 12:07 (KWB)
👩‍🏫 Lecturer: Sofia Orrbén

#GenderStudies #UppsalaUniversity #ResearchSeminar

Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨New article out: Attitudes towards childbearing, population, and the environment in Sweden. The article examines the connection between climate change worry and fertility outcomes 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Attitudes towards childbearing, population, and the environment: prevalence, correlates, and connections with fertility outcomes in Sweden - Population and Environment

Environmental concerns may influence personal fertility decisions and general opinions about childbearing and population dynamics, but research on this topic remains scarce. In two analyses based on l...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 31

New editorial out: Constructing objectivity: emotions in legal decision-making. Read it here 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
#LegalStudies #SociologyofEmotions #Sociology #Research

Frontiers | Editorial: Constructing objectivity: emotions in legal decision-making

The field of Law and Emotion originated in discussions that disputed the bifurcation of emotion and law and inspired, among other topics, socio-legal researc...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 28

📝 Ahead of Wednesday’s book launch, don’t miss this blog post by Nina Törnqvist: “Time and Time Again: The Role of Time and Timing in Access Negotiation”
🔗 www.in-court.org/blog/2025070... #Sociology #Research #LegalSociology #UppsalaUniversity

Time and time again – the role of time and timing in access negotiations

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 27

📚 Warm welcome to the book launch of Rational Anger – An International Comparison between Legal Systems. 🗓 Wednesday 10 Sept, 15:30–17:00📍 Room 22-0025, Dept. of Sociology, Uppsala University. 🔗 doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 Doctoral Thesis Defense Sociology Department: Cecilia Nordquist defends her dissertation, “The Weight of the Bargain: Investigating Prosecutors' Emotions in Plea Bargaining. 🗓 12 Sept 2025, 13:15–15:00 📍English Park, Humanities Theatre. uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are pleased to share a new publication: Occupational Earning Potential: A New Measure of Social Hierarchy in Europe and the US.' The study introduces Occupational Earnings Potential (OEP), a simple measure of economic advantage across occupations. 🔗 academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

Occupational earning potential: a new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the US

Abstract. Social stratification is interested in unequal life chances and assumes the existence of a hierarchy of more or less advantageous occupations. Ye

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re excited to share new research from our department using large-scale social network analysis. Read here: Anatomy of a Swedish population-scale network osf.io/preprints/so...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jul 24

We’re happy to share more research from our department: “Navigating Constraints: Activist Strategies in the Vietnamese LGBT Movement”
Published in TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
📖 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Navigating Constraints: Activist Strategies in the Vietnamese LGBT+ Movement | TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia | Cambridge Core

Navigating Constraints: Activist Strategies in the Vietnamese LGBT+ Movement - Volume 13 Issue 1

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're happy to share a new research article co-produced by Miia Bask from our department. "Participation of Children in the Process of Matching With Foster Families":
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#sociology #NewPublication #AcademicResearch #ChildAndFamilyStudies

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎓 One of our PhD students is preparing to defend her thesis next semester! Today, we want to share her research on the sociology of emotions:
🔗 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

#AcademicResearch #EmotionsInSociology #Sociologyresearch

Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and Flourishing | M

This book offers new empirical research and policy-relevant care practices from across the globe to understand the interrelation of care, emotion, and

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 We’re happy to share a new opportunity in our department!
Check out the details and apply here:
🔗 www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...
#JobOpening #UppsalaUniversity #AcademicJobs

En till två biträdande universitetslektorer i sociologi - Uppsala universitet

En till två biträdande universitetslektorer i sociologi, Sociologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jun 24

📊 Research on Gender Gaps in Sickness Benefits in Sweden (1994–2018): A recent study using administrative data over three decades reveals persistent gender disparities in the withdrawal of sickness benefits in Sweden. 🔍 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #PublicHealth #AcademicResearch

Does higher education make women sicker? A study of the gender gap in sickness absence within educational groups

This study describes changes in the withdrawal of sickness benefits among men and women in Sweden over a period of three decades (1994–2018), based on administrative data. During this period there was...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨Research from our department exploring the relationship between postpartum depression and social status #sociologyresearch #sociologyandinequality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does mistreatment during institutional childbirth increase the likelihood of experiencing postpartum depressive symptoms? A prospective cohort study in Nepal

Postpartum depression is associated with low socioeconomic status, adverse birthing processes, and life stress. Increasing evidence of mistreatment during childbirth, negative birth experiences, an...

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · Jun 11

📢 Commentary on ageing and migration by Prof. Sandra Torres, part of the Welfare Research Group in our department. 🔍 Read here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🔗 About the research group: www.uu.se/en/departmen... #Ageing #Sociology

Deploying an ageing‐astute lens in migration studies: Current research and future directions

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