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Sofia Strid
Professor
Department of Sociology and Work ScienceDeputy Head of Department
Department of Sociology and Work ScienceAbout Sofia Strid
Sofia Strid is Professor of Sociology and Associate Professor (docent) in Gender Studies at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg. She's a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the Deputy Head of Department and the former Director of Research Studies at the Institution for Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg. She has previously held positions in Gender Studies, Policy Studies, Political Science, and Sociology in Austria, Belgium, Sweden and the UK; most recently in Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. Her research profile is international, multi-disciplinary and collaborative, with a focus on European multi-partner project and collaborations. She has communicated her research results via more than two hundred academic publications and one hundred and fifty conference presentations in 30 countries.
Research
Sofia Strid's research interests are oriented towards the social and political sciences and focuses on different forms of inequalities, their intersections and consequences thereof in different domains, systems and regimes. Her research has recently primarily focused on: 1) inequalities produced in times of crises (e.g. the financial crisis, covid crisis, climate crisis) and political and social mobilisation to mitigate these; 2) the concept, theory and measurement of violences and their interconnectedness; and 3) obstacles and barriers for the realisation of socially just and gender equal sustainability politics.
Sofia Strid's research has been published in in e.g., Current Sociology, Feminist Theory, Journal of European Social Policy, Journal of Gender Studies, Journal of Sex Research, Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Politics and Governance, Social Politics, Social Problems, Sociologisk Forskning, Sociology, Studies in Higher Education, Theory & Society and Violence Against Women. Her research is funded by the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Institute for Gender Equality, the Swedish Research Council and FORTE.
Current research projects
- GenderSAFE: Advancing the zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence in higher education and research in the European Research Area (2024-2027). The overall objective of GenderSAFE is to contribute to building safe, inclusive and respectful research and higher education environments, with zero-tolerance to violence. The UGOT team consists of Sofia Strid (PI), Fredrik Bondestam, Anne Laure Humbert, and Sarah Philipson Isaac. GenderSAFE is funded with 2 million euro by EU Horizon Europe
- ST4TE: Strategies for just and equitable transitions in Europe (2024-2027). The project aims to investigate the impact of the green, digital and twin transition on inequalities among individuals and territories on the one hand and, on the other, to explore the way in which existing inequalities affect the transition paths creating cycles of inequalities and slow transition. The UGOT team consists of Sofia Strid (PI), Anna Davidsson, Sebastian Svenberg, Martin Hultman and Christopher Ali Thorén. ST4TE is funded with 3 million euro by EU Horizon Europe.
- SUPPORTER: Securing sports education through innovative and inclusive gender equality plans (2023-2025) aims to advance inclusive gender+ equality within the European Research Area. Sofia Strid is UGOT PI and leader of WP2. The UGOT team includes Nathalie Wuiame, Karin Grahn and Suzanne Lundvall. SUPPORTER is funded with 1,1 million euro by EU Horizon Europe
Previous projects
- ACCTING: Advancing behavioural change through an inclusive green deal (EU 2022-2025). PI: Sofia Strid, University of Gothenburg. Funded with 5 million euro by EU Horizon 2020.
- UniSAFE: Gender-based Violence and Institutional Responses: Building a Knowledge-base and Operational Tools to make Universities and Research Organisations Safe (EU, 2021-2024). PI: Sofia Strid, University of Gothenburg. Funded with 3,2 million euro by EU Horizon 2020.
- RESISTIRÉ: Responding to Outbreaks through Co-creative Inclusive Equality Strategies (EU, 2021-2023). PI: Sofia Strid, University of Gothenburg. Funded with 5,2 million euro by the EU H2020.
- Women's Safety during and beyond Covid (2021-2022). Funded by Roks.
- Violence Regimes: Theorising and Explaining Variations in the Production of Violence in Welfare State Regimes (VR, 2018-2022). PI: Sofia Strid, Örebro University, Sweden. Funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
- Between Romance and Sexual Commerce: Sugar Dating and the renegotiation of the boundaries between economy and intimacy (FORTE, 2019-2022). PI: Lena Gunnarsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
- Femicide Across Europe (EU, 2015-2022), PI: Shalva Veil, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Funded by the European Commission H2020.
- Feminist Theories of Intersectionality, Transversal Dialogues and New Synergies (VR, 2012-2018). PI: Nina Lykke, Linköping University, Sweden. Funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
- FATIMA: Preventing Honour Related Violence by Education and Dialogue Through Immigrant NGO:s (2015-2018), PI: Yevgenia Averhead, Uppsala University, Sweden. Funded by the European Commission H2020.
- Gender Based Violence in Sports (2015-2016), PI: Lut Mergaert, Yellow Window, Belgium. Funded by the European Commission.
- Female Genital Mutilation: Girls at Risk in the EU (2014), PI: Lut Mergaert, Yellow Window, Belgium. Funded by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
- Rape and Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones (2014-2015), PI: Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University, UK. Funded by the European Parliament.
- Worldwide Best Practices for Rape Prevention and for Assisting Women Victims of Rape (2013-2014), PI: Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University, UK. Funded by the European Parliament.
- The Strength of Feminist Civil Society Organisations in the EU27 (2010-2013), PI: Sofia Strid, Lancaster University, UK. Funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR), Sweden.
- Physical and Legal Security and the Criminal Justice System (2009-2011), PI: Sylvia Walby, Lancaster University, UK. Funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, UK.
- QUING: The Quality of Gender + Equality Policy (2006-2011), PI: Mieke Verloo, Radboud University, the Netherlands. Funded by the European Commission 6th Framework.
Teaching
Sofia Strid has designed and delivered courses related to her research interests, and lectures and supervises on all academic levels and in many disciplines, including Gender Studies, Law, Media and Communication, Political Science, Sociology, Social Work and the Teacher Education Programmes. She also develops and delivers workshops on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and gender-based violence for university staff, practitioners, and policymakers.
She has supervised seven PhD students (two as main supervisor, five as assistant) and examined four PhD theses in three countries; she currently supervises three PhD students (Ida Maria Börjesson, Rukaya Al Zayani, Isabel Köhler).
Sofia Strid welcomes research students and post docs with an interest in feminist violence studies and gendered and intersectional perspectives on sustainability.
Collaborations and service
Sofia Strid is active in well-established European wide networks and collaborations. She is the previous Chair of the Nordic Association for Feminist Research and Gender Studies, NORA; the Chair of SO9: Gender-Based Violence Section of the ECPG of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR); a member of the EU COST Action on Femicide; and the European Representative in the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC32: Women and Society.
Sofia Strid serves as Deputy Head of Department responsible for internationalisation, work environment, including gender+ equality and equal opportunities, and sustainability. She has previously served as Director of Research Studies in the Department for Sociology and Work Science, and as Head of Undergraduate Studies, member of the Faculty Board for Humanities and Social Sciences, and the representative in the Regional Administrative County's Resource Group on Violence against Women, at Örebro University. She's was an organising member of the annual National Gender Dialogue with gender researchers and Members of Parliament, and a founding member of the Regional Gender Dialogue with gender researchers and practitioners working with gender issues.
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Non-binary experiences of (gender-based) violence at
work
Anne Laure Humbert, Charikleia (Charoula) Tzanakou, Sofia Strid, Anke Lipinsky
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - 2025 -
“If it was my account with my name, I would be scared for my life”: queer online sex work in
Turkey.
Rukaya Al Zayani, Maria Jansson, Sofia Strid
Journal of Gender Studies - 2025 -
Gender-based violence in academic and research workplaces: Pervasiveness in higher education and research performing
organisations
Sofia Strid, Jeff Hearn
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift - 2025 -
Könsrelaterat våld på akademiska arbetsplatser och forskningsarbetsplatser: Prevalens och konsekvenser inom högre utbildning och forskningsorganisationer i
Europa
Sofia Strid, Jeff Hearn
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift - 2025 -
Resisting a narrow vision of public interest. Insights and policy recommendations from the ACCTING
project.
Carolin Zorell, Esin Düzel, Sofia Strid
2025 -
Transformative resistance for a just and inclusive European Green Deal. ACCTING
Factsheet.
Esin Düzel, Burcu Borhan Türeli, Marina Cacace, Sofia Strid, Carolin Zorell
2025 -
Interconnecting violences for research, policy and
activism
Jeff Hearn, Sofia Strid, Bob Pease, Kate Seymour
Interconnecting the Violences of Men. Continuities and Intersections in Research, Policy and Activism - 2025 -
Interconnecting the violences of men: Continuities and intersections in research, policy, and
activism
Kate Seymour, Bob Pease, Sofia Strid, Jeff Hern
Interconnecting the Violences of Men. Continuities and Intersections in Research, Policy and Activism - 2025 -
Interconnecting the Violences of Men. Continuities and Intersections in Research, Policy and
Activism
Kate Seymour, Bob Pease, Sofia Strid, Jeff Hearn
2025 -
The role of intersectionality and context in measuring gender-based violence in universities and research performing organisations in Europe for the development of inclusive structural
interventions
Anne Laure Humbert, Sofia Strid, Jagriti Tanwar, Anke Lipinsky, Claudia Schredl
Violence against Women - 2024 -
Resisting the Pandemic. Better Stories and Innovation in Times of
Crisis
María Belloso López, Sara Clavero, Sofia Strid
2024 -
Navigating crisis through innovation: A multifaceted
journey
María Belloso López, Alain Denis, Sofia Strid
Resisting the Pandemic. Better Stories and Innovation in Times of Crisis - 2024 -
Sons of honour, honour of sons. Expectations of chastity and restrictions of marriage to identify boys with culture of honour in
Sweden
Jan-Magnus Enelo, Rúna í Baianstovu, Sofia Strid
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research - 2024 -
Institutional confidence, underreporting and academic consequences of gender-based violence among university staff and students in
Europe.
Anne Laure Humbert, Sofia Strid
Studies in Higher Education - 2024 -
Intersectionality and gender-based violence: An empirical multi-level examination of prevalence and frequency in universities and research
organisations
Anne Laure Humbert, Sofia Strid
Violence against Women - 2024 -
Operational Guidelines and Recommendations for an Inclusive European Green Deal. ACCTING Deliverable D5.1 for the European
Commission
Nikita Sharma, Nikos Zaharis, Alain Denis, Sofia Strid, Ayse Gül Altinay, Martin Felix Gadjusek, Carolin Zorell, Carina Green, Gabor Szüdi, Aart Kerremans, Gabriele Quinti, Manousos Klados, Guiseppe Pellegrini Masini, Ana Vivas, Marina Cacace, Burcu Borhan Türeli, Esin Düzel
2024 -
Kvinnors trygghet 2021 (Version 1) [Data
set].
Hans Ekbrand, Sofia Strid, Jenny Westerstrand
Svensk nationell datatjänst (SND) - 2024 -
Inclusive gender+ equality policy and practice in sports higher education institutions. SUPPORTER Deliverable D2.1 for the European
Commission
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Report on zero-tolerance approaches to gender-based violence in higher education and research. GenderSAFE Deliverable D2.1 for the European
Commission
Fredrik Bondestam, Sofia Strid, Michaela Fikejzová, Marcela Linková
2024 -
‘Better stories’ of feminist+ witnessing and co- creativity in dark
times
Ayşe Gül Altınay , Sofia Strid
Resisting the Pandemic. Better Stories and Innovation in Times of Crisis - 2024 -
Research project methodology during and about crisis for innovations to address
inequalities
Sofia Strid, Alain Denis
Resisting the Pandemic. Better Stories and Innovation in Times of Crisis - 2024 -
Better stories and innovations as resistances to inequalities in
crisis
María Belloso López, Sofia Strid, Sara Clavero
Resisting the pandemic. Better stories and innovation in times of crisis - 2024 -
Men's economic abuse towards women in Sweden: Findings from a national
survey
Linnéa Bruno, Sofia Strid, Hans Ekbrand
Violence against Women - 2024 -
Complexities facing social work: Honor-based violence as lived reality and
stereotype
Runa i Baianstovu, Sofia Strid
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK - 2024 -
Genusbaserat våld i
akademin
Sofia Strid, Liisa Husu
Tidskriften Astra. Samhälle, kultur, feminism - 2024 -
Open Studios: Using better stories and personas to develop inclusive solutions to reduce
inequalities
Sofia Strid, Alain Denis
SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research - 2024 -
Using design-thinking approaches to diversify and co-create solutions to wicked problems with multiple
stakeholders
Sofia Strid, Alain Denis
SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research - 2024 -
SUPPORTER Report on Design of Institutional
Roadmaps
Faye Ververidou, Zoi Tatsioka, Eugenia Vilarchao, Sofia Strid, Ildiko Ipolyi
2024 -
Capacity Building Scheme (D3.1
SUPPORTER)
Eugenia Vilarchao, Faye Ververidou, Zoi Tatsioka, Suzanne Lundvall, Nikos Zaharis, Sofia Strid, Ildiko Ipolyi
2024 -
Narratives on inequalities in enablers and hindrances for advancing behavioural change through an inclusive Green Deal in Europe. ACCTING
dataset
Sofia Strid, Dag Balkmar, Carolin Zorell, James White, Magnus Boström
ACCTING Community. Zenodo - 2024 -
Advancing behavioural change through an inclusive green deal. Report on first cycle experimental
studies.
Carolin Zorell, Sofia Strid
2023 -
Mäns våld mot kvinnor i det jämställda Sverige: Resultat från en
prevalensstudie
Sofia Strid, Hans Ekbrand, Jenny Westerstrand, Astrid Carsbring
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning - 2023 -
D5.3. ACCTING Research Agenda – 1st cycle. Report delivered to the European
Commission
Manousos Klados, James White, Carolin Zorell, Martin Felix Gadjusek, Giuseppe Pellegrini Masini, Pariman Boostani, Sofia Strid, Patricia Abrantes, Luís Moreno, Daniela Ferreira, Maria Lucinda Fonesca, Ana B. Vivas, Vasileios Chatzimpyros,, Dag Balkmar, Gabriele Quinti, Marina Cacace
2023 -
Inclusive gender+ equality policy and practice in sport higher education institutions (SUPPORTER
D2.1)
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Navigating the pandemic: Gendered perspectives
on vulnerability, resilience and institutional change
in times of
crisis
María López Belloso, Sofia Strid
Papers. Revista de Sociologia - 2023 -
Training materials and tools for institutional transformation (SUPPORTER
D2.2)
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Covid, crisis and public policy: Analysis of the impact of the pandemic and social policies implemented on gendered
inequalities.
María Lopéz Belloso, Sofia Strid
Papers. Revista de Sociologia - 2023 -
Recommendations for research funding organisations towards ending gender-based
violence
Liisa Husu, Sofia Strid, Fredrik Bondestam, Lut Mergaert, Nathalie Wuiame, Vasia Madesi
2023 -
RESISTIRE D4.4: Summary report on qualitative
indicators
Alexandra Kent, Sofia Strid, Lina Sandström, Anne-Charlott Callerstig
2023 -
RESISTIRE: Agenda for future research. Addressing the impacts of Covid-19 policies on gendered inequalities - cycle
3
Lina Sandström, Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Sofia Strid
2023 -
Gender mainstreaming in times of crisis: Missed opportunities in pandemic
policymaking
Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Sofia Strid
Papers. Revista de Sociologia - 2023 -
Theorising Gender-Based Violence Policies: A 7P
Framework
Lut Mergaert, Marcela Linková, Sofia Strid
Social Sciences - 2023 -
Local is beautiful. ACCTING
Factsheet
Ayşe Gül Altinay, Türeli Borhan, Marina Cacace, Ana B Vivas, Sofia Strid, Esin Düzel
2023 -
UniSAFE D6.2 Assessment framework to take stock, measure progresses, and identify strengths and weakness in organisational responses to gender-based violence along the
7Ps
Sofia Strid, Fredrik Bondestam, Anne Laure Humbert, Charoula Tzakanou, Lut Mergaert
2023 -
Integrating gender equality in economics and
management
F. Costanza, Sofia Strid, M. Ortega Gil, L. Barez Lopez
Gender-Competent Legal Education - 2023 -
Feminist political and legal
theories
Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo, Fabio Macioce, Sofia Strid
Gender-Competent Legal Education - 2023 -
Assessment framework to take stock, measure progresses, and identify strengths and weakness in organisational responses to gender-based violence along the
7Ps.
Sofia Strid, Fredrik Bondestam, Anne Laure Humbert, Charoula Tzanakou, Lut Mergaert
2023 -
Crisis as a Continuum: Learning from an Inclusive Feminist Crisis Response. RESISTIRÉ
Factsheet
Ayşe Gül Altınay, Nazlı Türker, Pınar Ensari, Charoula Tzanakou, Sofia Strid, Maria López Belloso, Audrey Harroche
2023 -
Digital Transformation for an Inclusive Post-COVID Recovery. RESISTIRÉ
factsheet
Lina Sandström, Sofia Strid, Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Roberto Cibin, Agnieszka Kolasińska, Charikleia Tzanakou, Audrey Harroche
2023 -
Narratives on inequalities caused by policy and societal responses to Covid-19 in Europe – second cycle [Data
set]
Sofia Strid, Lina Sandström, Claudia Aglietti, Anne-Charlott Callerstig
2023
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