Seminars on Civil Society, Social Movements and Resistance Research
The Research Group organises seminars and workshops with the aim of developing and deepening the understanding of social movements, resistance and social change. Throughout the 2010s, scholars from international and Swedish universities have been invited to present their latest work. The seminars are open to anyone interested in these topics.
CSM-RESIST SEMINARS
Forum for civil society and social movement research (CSM) and The Resistance Studies research group (RESIST).
When and where
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held in room F417, Skanstorget 18, at 13:15-15:00. Most seminars are also hybrid. If you intend to join us via zoom, please notify us via e-mail.
Seminars will be held in English unless otherwise noted.
Papers are distributed latest one week in advance if not otherwise noted.
CSM-RESIST SEMINARS
Forum for civil society and social movement research (CSM) and The Resistance Studies research group (RESIST).
When and where
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held in room F417, Skanstorget 18, at 13:15-15:00. Most seminars are also hybrid. If you intend to join us via zoom, please notify us via e-mail.
Seminars will be held in English unless otherwise noted.
Papers are distributed latest one week in advance if not otherwise noted.
Thursday 13 February
Discourses and Practices of Climate Movements: The Case of Italy
Mario Garofalo, University of Padua Mario Garofalo
Mario Garofalo, University of Padua Mario Garofalo is a PhD candidate at the University of Padua, Italy, where his research focuses on climate movements in Italy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Calabria and a master’s degree in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento. Mario’s academic interests lie at the intersection of social movements studies, environmental sociology and sociology of culture.
Tuesday 18 February
CO-ORGANISED SEMINAR (Please note time and place):
Time: 16:00 (sharp) -18.00
Place: Husaren, Pilgatan 19A and online
A free university? Student protests, freedom of speech, and the crisis of democracy
Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (FOAA)
Panel:
Anna Lundberg, Lund University, Catharina Thörn and Jenny Kronman, Gothenburg University and Isra Barham, Chalmers University
Co-organized by GUPAS, MAGS (Department of Social Work), School of Public Administration and CSM-RESIST
More information about the seminar (PDF)
Thursday 20 March
Beyond the climate change countermovement: Climate obstructionist reactionary politics
Kjell Vowles, University of Gothenburg
Kjell Vowles is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg. His research focuses on questions related to why society has failed to achieve the necessary climate transition. He has taken a particular interest in issues such as climate denial, nationalism, and resistance to climate policy. He also has a background as a journalist, including serving as editor for the now-defunct Klimatmagasinet Effekt.
Wednesday 9 April
Final Seminar: Children of the crisis: political subjectivity, responsibility, and justice in the Swedish climate movement
Lotte Schack, University of Gothenburg
Reviewers: Thomas Olesen, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University;
Kerstin Jacobsson, Dept. of Sociology and Work Science, Univ. of Gothenburg
Chair: Håkan Thörn
Thursday 24 April
Emotions and temporality in postapocalyptic environmentalism
Karl Malmqvist & Åsa Wettergren, University of Gothenburg
Åsa Wettergren is Professor in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg. Wettergren is an internationally recognized scholar in the Sociology of Emotions. Since 2012 her empirical research has concentrated on the fields of Emotions in the environmental/climate movement, and of Law and Emotions.
Karl Malmqvist is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, specializing in the sociology of emotions. His research currently focuses on collective emotions and temporalities in regional 'green-green' conflicts as well as on emotion work in postapocalyptic environmental movements.
Friday 16 May
(Room F17, Skanstorget 18. Donatella presents via Zoom)
Moral Panic and Repression: the contentious politics of anti-Semitism in Germany
Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Donatella della Porta is Full Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore. directs COSMOS - Center on Social Movement Studies actually at the Scuola Normale Superiore, the DEMOS project (Democracy in Europe and the Mobilisation of the Society) founded by the European Commission. She is a world-leadning social movement scholar, also known for research in the areas of corruption, political violence, police and policies of public order.
Thursday 5 June
A new movement from the ashes of the old: Global civil society, social movements, and the conjuncture of border struggles
Ludvig Sunnemark, University of Oslo
Ludvig Sunnemark works as a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Oslo. His doctoral thesis theorizes the Climate Justice, Black Lives Matter, and Palestine Solidarity movements in relation to the concept of global civil society, using a neo-Gramscian approach. Apart from social movements, his research interests include post-colonialism, cultural studies, Marxism, and the history and politics of higher education.