Anna Lund Professor of Sociology, Deputy Head of Department

Anna Lund is teaching Micro Sociology at the Undergraduate level, as well as lecturing on topics such as migration, gender, modern and classical sociological theory and qualitative methods on an advanced level. She is also supervising PhD students at the Department of Sociology and the Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University. 

Cultural sociological perspectives and ethnographic methods characterize her research, as well as a theoretical concern with social change and cultural transformation under conditions of adversity. Her research interest is connected to how modes of incorporation is performed in school settings among and for migrant students as well as in Swedish children’s theater. She employs civil sphere theory, with intersectional perspectives, at the microlevel by investigating interactional and organizational processes in school and theater contexts. Her current research also explores strong emotions in practitioner-client interactions within a super-diverse society. 

Keywords

Cultural sociology, ethnography, arts, gender, sociology of education, multicultural incorporation, youth studies

Research network

Nordic Network for New Social Pragmatism, NOS-HS, Academy of Finland. PI: Eeva Luhtakallio (2021-2022).

Research projects, a selection

Emotions and Rituals in Practitioner-Client Interaction in a Heterogenous Society

(Hur starka känslor blir vardag - emotioner och ritualer i mötet med klienter i ett heterogent samhälle), Swedish Research Council. (2025-2028)

Against all Odds. Succesful School in a Stigmatized Area.Swedish Research Council.

(2023-2026)

Influx of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian Migrants. Integration and Governance dynamics in Nordic and Baltic States. Project leader HVL and CMI.

Municipality Strategies for Integrated Schools: Imposed desegregation of schools for transformative social change (Att ta skolan i egna händer – styrd skolintegration och social förändring), Swedish Research Council. PI: Stefan Lund. (2021-2025).

Staging Migration: Rhetoric, Representation, and Reception in Swedish Children’s Theater (Att gestalta migration. Retorik, representation och reception i svensk barnteater), Swedish Research Council. PI: Anna Lund. 2020-2025.

Teaching that Matters for Migrant Students: Understanding Levers of Integration in Scotland, Finland and Sweden.NordForsk. PI: Natasa Pantic, 2020-2024.

Opportunity structures for inclusion and successful schooling of newly arrived youth (Nyanlända elevers möjlighetersstrukturer för inkludering och skolframgång), Swedish Research Council. PI: Nihad Bunar, 2017-2020.

Cultural entrepreneurship in music festivals (Efter Hultsfred. Kulturella entreprenörer i spåren efter festivalen), Kamprad Family Foundation. PI: Mats Trondman, 2015-2017.

On the Path Toward a New Everyday Life: A Social Inequality Perspective on Individuals’ Meaning Making at the Onset of Retirement. (På väg mot en annan vardag. Individers meningsskapande vid pensionens inträde ur ett socialt ojämlikhetsperspektiv), Kamprad Family Foundation. PI: Anna Lund, 2014-01-01– 2016-06-30.

Creative school (Skapande skola), The Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis. PI: Anna Lund, 2011-12-13 – 2013-09-30.

An educational Dilemma. School achivement and Multicultural Incorporation (Ett utbildningspolitiskt dilemma: skolprestationer och mångkulturell inkorporering), The Swedish Research Council. PI: Mats Trondman, 2010-2014.

Organized Producers of Young Net Cultures (Organiserade producenter av unga nätkulturer), The Swedish Knowledge Foundation. PI: Tobias Olsson, 2009-2013.