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Ylva Odenbring

Professor

Department of Education and Special Education
Telephone
+46 31-786 28 40
+46 766-18 28 40
Mail
ylva.odenbring@gu.se
Visiting address
Västra Hamngatan 25
41117 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

About Ylva Odenbring

Research interests

Focus of my research is in the field of sociology of education around social justice in school. Methodically, the research draws on ethnographic studies as well as interview studies. I am interested in the construction of gender, sexuality, social class, everyday racism, student welfare, student victimization, processes of inclusion and exclusion in education as well as in the everyday lives of children and adolescents. I have extended experience of national and international research collaborations. I'm the convenor of NERA's Gender and Education network. I’m also the chair of the Colloquium Gender Perspectives in Education and the convenor of the Department of Education and Special Education’s research application working group. I’m part of the research group Critical Theories (KRIT).

Ongoing research projects

Project management

Participating researcher

  • I'm participating researcher in the research project Implementing HPV vaccination for all children in Sweden: gender equality and sexual health among young people (2021-2025), funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte). PI: Associate professor Lisa Lindén, Chalmers University of Technology.
  • I'm also participating researcher in the research project Racism and Antiracism in Middle School - A Study on how Everyday Racism Manifests and is Challenged in Different School Contexts (2025-2028). PI: Associate professor Emma Arneback, University of Gothenburg.