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Patrik Vulkan

Senior Lecturer

Department of Sociology and Work Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 48 26
Mail
patrik.vulkan@socav.gu.se
Visiting address
Skanstorget 18
41122 Göteborg
Room number
F314
Postal address
Box 720
40530 Göteborg

About Patrik Vulkan

Background


Patrik Vulkan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Work Science. He received his PhD in 2016 with the dissertation The Microfoundations of Flexicurity – Employees’ Well-Being and Attitudes to Labour Market Policy in a Swedish and Nordic Welfare State Setting. The dissertation examines how employment security, job security, and income security interact for employees in the Nordic countries, and how these dimensions of security affect employees’ mental health and attitudes towards labour market policy.

Research Areas


Patrik Vulkan’s main research interests concern working life and labour market issues. His research focuses on employee flexibility and employment security, trade union organisation, the development of low-wage work in Sweden, the Swedish wage-setting model, and class-based analyses of inequalities in the uptake of parental leave. In addition to his current research agenda, Vulkan has a particular interest in Marxist perspectives and research within the field of Industrial Relations.

Current Research


Patrik Vulkan is currently involved in two research projects: The Role of Parental Insurance in Shaping an Equal and Equitable Everyday Life: A Question of Class? and Low-Wage Jobs in the Swedish Labour Market, 2005–2023: What Jobs Are They, Where Are They Located, and What Explains Their Development?

He also leads two pedagogical development projects at the University of Gothenburg. One examines opportunities for developing more accessible and inclusive teaching practices, while the other investigates the potential for further developing group work as a teaching method and its implications for student well-being.

Teaching and Supervision


Vulkan primarily teaches courses on working life, labour markets, and quantitative methods at both undergraduate and advanced levels. He is the course coordinator for the Master’s-level course SC2321 Applied Statistical Methods. He supervises theses in Sociology and Work Science on labour market related topics, as well as theses employing quantitative research methods.

He is also the programme coordinator for the Bachelor’s Programme in Work Science, where he serves as course coordinator for XX5160 Research Methods in Work Science. In addition, he supervises the doctoral student in Work Science Johan Røed Steen.