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Charlotte Löfgren
Doctoral Student
Department of Psychology - Applied PsychologyAbout Charlotte Löfgren
Biography
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Ph.D. student at the Department of Psychology since January 2023.
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Assistant researcher at the Department of Psychology 2022.
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M.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in 2021.
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B.A. in Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in 2019.
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Member of the research group for Criminal, Legal, and Investigative Psychology (CLIP).
Research interests
My research interests are legal psychology in general, particularly children's testimonies, reliability and credibility assessments, legal decision-making, and the psychology of memory.
Current research
Ph.D. student in the project: Where are the boys? Gender differences in child sexual abuse victims' possibilities to advance within the legal system. The project aim to investigate possible differences in how child sexual abuse (CSA) cases are handled by the legal system depending on the child's gender since previous research has found that boys may be disadvantaged during the legal process.
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Credibility, sympathy and culpability in child sexual abuse cases: the role of gender and
age
Charlotte Löfgren, Pontus Wihlborg Wassenius, Susanna Karlkvist, Emelie Ernberg
Psychology, Crime and Law - 2026 -
“I will be angry and then happy too”: Observational research into preschoolers understanding of emotion
symbols
Sara Landström, Iida Kurkilahti, Charlotte Löfgren, Emelie Ernberg, Mikaela Magnusson
European Association of Psychology and Law | EAPL - 2026 -
Professionals’ views on communication aids when talking to children at
Barnahus
Sara Landström, Emelie Ernberg, Charlotte Löfgren, Mikaela Magnusson
European Association of Psychology and Law | EAPL - 2026 -
Witness Anonymity in Sweden: Perceptions, Willingness, and Legal
Implications
Charlotte Löfgren, Sara Landström, Emelie Ernberg, Timothy Luke, Pär-Anders Granhag
European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) annual conference - 2026 -
Exploring gender biases in the Swedish legal system’s handling of child sexual
abuse
cases
Charlotte Löfgren, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL) annual conference - 2026 -
Child Sexual Abuse: The Effects of Gender and Age on
Assessment
Charlotte Löfgren, Emelie Ernberg, Pontus Wihlborg Wassenius, Susanna Karlkvist, Sara Landström
The Nordic Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NFBO) - 2025 -
Interpreter-Mediated Child Interviews: Recommendations for Interviewers Based on Current
Research
Emelie Ernberg, Charlotte Löfgren
APSAC Alert - 2025 -
Perceptions of children’s eye- and earwitness testimony in domestic violence
investigations
Mikaela Magnusson, Malin Joleby, Naiara Ferreira Vieira Castello, Sara Landström, Ellen Eklund, Charlotte Löfgren
The Nordic Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NFBO) - 2025 -
Examining Swedish child sexual abuse cases: Are male and female victims treated
equal?
Charlotte Löfgren, Sara Landström, Emelie Ernberg
The Nordic Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NFBO) - 2025 -
When the victim is a boy: Examining possible gender biases in Swedish child sexual abuse cases from 2019 to
2022
Charlotte Löfgren, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN) Congress - 2024 -
Social workers’ knowledge about children’s memory and child
interviewing
Charlotte Löfgren, Emelie Ernberg, Sara Landström
Children and youth services review - 2024 -
Swedish Courts’ Evaluations of Interpreter-Mediated Child Investigative
Interviews
Emelie Ernberg, Charlotte Löfgren, Linnea Koponen, Mikaela Magnusson
Child Maltreatment - 2023