Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch PhD student

Contact

Name and title: Madeleine Eriksson KirschPhD student

Mail: madeleine.eriksson@sofi.su.se

Workplace: Swedish Institute for Social Research Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Universitetsvägen 10 F

Postal address Institutet för social forskning106 91 Stockholm

Research group

Social policy (SOCPOL)

About me

Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch holds a PhD in Sociology and is a lecturer in Gender Studies at Stockholm University. Her research focuses on lesbian couples and queer kinship practices, with particular interest in how families navigate normative structures of motherhood, care, and gender equality in everyday life.

Teaching

Power and Social Stratification (bachelor level)

Qualitative Analysis II (bachelor level)

Thesis supervision (bachelor level)

Publications

Eriksson Kirsch, M. (2026). Scripts Wanted? Lesbian Couples in Sweden after the Transition to Motherhood. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 1–16.

Eriksson Kirsch, M. (2025) “’We are seriously two equals’: Lesbian mothers-to-be reason about in/equalities and sharing motherhood in Sweden”, Gender & Society, 39(5).

Eriksson Kirsch, M. (2025). (Re)Imagining equality and care: parental leave plans among lesbian mothers-to-be in Sweden. Families, Relationships and Societies.

Eriksson Kirsch, M. (2025). Promising Sameness? Lesbian couples in Sweden at the transition to motherhood. Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University

Eriksson Kirsch, M., & M., Evertsson. (2023). Taking Turns: Lesbian Couples’ Decision of (First) Birth Mother. Journal of Family Studies.

Evertsson, M., Eriksson Kirsch, M. & Geerts, A. (2021). Family sociological theories questioned: Same-sex parent families sharing work and care. In: Schneider, N.F. & Kreyenfeld, M. (Eds.) Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK and Northampton MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.373–385.

Hyvönen, M., Karlsson, M., Eriksson M. (2020). The politics of true crime: Vulnerability and documentaries on murder in Swedish public service radio’s P3 documentary. In: Dancus AM, Hyvönen M, Karlsson M (eds) Vulnerability in Scandinavian Art Culture. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 291–314.

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Contact

Name and title: Madeleine Eriksson KirschPhD student

Mail: madeleine.eriksson@sofi.su.se

Workplace: Swedish Institute for Social Research Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Universitetsvägen 10 F

Postal address Institutet för social forskning106 91 Stockholm

Research group

Social policy (SOCPOL)