David Cardell

About me

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies

Keywords

children, consumption, happiness, emotions, ethnography, leadership, sport

Research

Happiness, consumption and childhood are key components in my research - published in international journals, and also in my Ph.D. dissertation (2015), Family theme parks, happiness and children’s consumption: From roller-coasters to Pippi Longstocking. 

With an interdisciplinary background (cultural studies and sociology), I am inspired by work in critical theory, STS and the sociology of childhood. Current interests: happiness (theory and concepts), leisure studies, corporations and the business of childhood, leadership.

Research projects

Ongoing

Completed

Fathers and children in child health care: an ethnographic study of institutional practices

The project ‘Fathers and children in child health care’ is an ethnographic study about institutional talk. The aim of the study is to investigate the interaction between fathers and professionals (nurses) in child health care (BVC).

Swedish sex education 1882-2014: Norms about sexuality in an educational historical perspective

The project Swedish sex education 1882-2014: Norms about sexuality in an educational historical perspective has been granted 4.2 million from VR. Researchers involved in the project are Professor Anne-Li Lindgren and senior lecturer Sara Backman Prytz. The project will run for four years.