The general seminar invites international and national guests to present and discuss ongoing research. The general seminar is also an important forum to collectively discuss and contribute to the quality of ongoing research and doctoral theses at the department. Book releases, associate professor- and professor’s lectures are followed by a reception.
Book launch: Alternative Futures in a Heating World: Visions and Vision Work of the Swedish Climate Movement
Presenters: Mattias Wahlström, University of Gothenburg and Lotte Schack, Lund University
Discussant: Martin Hultman, University of Gothenburg
Chair: Håkan Thörn, University of Gothenburg
Lotte Schack and Mattias Wahlström present their new book Alternative Futures in a Heating World: Visions and Vision Work of the Swedish Climate Movement, co-authored with Joost de Moor (UC Louvain), Katrin Uba (Uppsala University) and Magnus Wennerhag (Södertörn University).
Lotte Schack, PhD in sociology, works as researcher at the Sociology of Law department at Lund University. Her PhD thesis Children of the Crisis examined how Swedish climate activists construct and negotiate ideas of political subjectivity, responsibility, and justice.
Mattias Wahlström, Professor of sociology at GU, has published widely on social movements, protest, political violence and repression.
Martin Hultman is Professor of sociology at GU with a specialization in science and technology studies (STS) focusing primarily on four areasRead more about the book: energy, climate, environmental legislation and economics. Among Hultman's books are Climate Obstruction (2022); and Ecological Mascit (2018).
Read more about the book
Final seminar: Nathan Siegrist
Title: AUTONOMOUS SPACE: Squatting, Neoliberal Urbanism, and the Problem of Subsumption in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Discussants: Margit Mayer, Center for Metropolitan Studies Technische Universität, Berlin.
Anton Törnberg, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg
Chair: Stefano Longo, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg
For participation via Zoom, please contact hakan.thorn@gu.se
NOTE! Room K002
Nathan Siegrist is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Gothenburg. His research focuses on how urban movements connected to squats and autonomous spaces influence urban development in contemporary Europe. For these purposes, he has a particular interest in current developments in Central and Eastern Europe.
Margit Mayer is Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at TU Berlin. Her research focuses on critical urban studies, social movements and U.S. politics and she has published numerous books and articles on these topics. Her latest book is Die US-Linke und die Demokratische Partei: Über die Herausforderungen progressiver Politik in der Biden-Ära (2022).
Anton Törnberg is Associate Professor in Sociology. His research primarily focuses on far-right movements on the Internet, with an emphasis on radicalization processes and violent-extremist and xenophobic rhetoric. His latest book is Intimate Communities of Hate. Why Social Media Fuels Far-Right Extremism (2024).
Associate Professor Lecture: Patrik Vulkan
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NOTE! Room D143
Associate Professor Lecture: Ylva Wallinder
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Chair: Mattias Wahlström, University of Gothenburg
NOTE! Room D138
Associate Professor Lecture: Elena Bogdanova
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NOTE! Room D250
Final seminar: Veronica Flyman
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Discussants: Kerstin Jacobsson, University of Gothenburg
Andreas Henriksson, Karlstad University
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NOTE! Room D250