Lucas Gottzén Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Lucas Gottzén
Birth Name:Lucas Forsberg
Birth Date:8 November 1977
Nationality:Swedish
Discipline:Men's studies
Workplaces:Stockholm University

Lucas Martin Gottzén (born 8 November 1977), formerly Lucas Forsberg, is a Swedish social scientist and an expert on men's studies and violence. He is full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University.[1] He was editor-in-chief of the men's studies journal Norma from 2014 to 2018; he was also editor of the child and youth studies journal Locus 2009–2010, and was editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies. He is particularly noted for his research on the relation between the perception of masculinity and physical and sexual violence, and is a frequent commentator in the media in Scandinavia on men and violence.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Gottzén earned a BA in history at Linköping University in 2001, an MA in journalism at Stockholm University in 2003 and a PhD in child studies at Linköping University in 2009. He was appointed as senior lecturer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2009, was appointed as docent (reader) in social work at Linköping University in 2013, and was promoted to full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2017. In 2014 he became editor-in-chief of the journal Norma.

Selected books

Notes and References

  1. http://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.363271.1513762153!/menu/standard/file/Protokoll%20RF%20171220.pdf Stockholm University
  2. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2024&artikel=5491238 Om manlighet, sexualitet och våld med maskulinitetsforskare Lucas Gottzén
  3. https://www.genus.se/nyhet/pappafeminismen-vacker-debatt-om-maskulinitet/ Pappafeminismen väcker debatt om maskulinitet
  4. https://www.svt.se/kultur/mans-vald-gloms-bort-i-bilden-av-upploppen Mäns våld glöms bort i bilden av upploppen
  5. http://kjonnsforskning.no/nb/2012/08/menn-slar-enna Menn slår ennå
  6. https://weekend.di.se/nyheter/soker-basta-mannen Söker bästa mannen