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.
Thursday 19 September
Intimate Communities of Hate: Why Social Media Fuels Far-Right Extremism
Presenter: Anton Törnberg, University of Gothenburg, Petter Törnberg, University of Amsterdam
Discussant: Måns Lundstedt, University of Gothenburg
Anton Törnberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. His research chiefly focuses on far-right movements online, particularly radicalization processes and violent extremism, by combining computational methods with qualitative approaches. He is currently involved in a research project that addresses the far right online and the interplay between online discourses and offline action.
Petter Törnberg is Assistant Professor of computational social science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In addition to his work at the University of Amsterdam, Petter Törnberg holds appointments at the University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and is Associate Professor of Complex Systems at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology. His concerns revolve around how digital technology is reshaping our politics, media, and cities. He uses computational methods and digital data to examine the consequences of datafication, platformization, and AI from a critical perspective.
Thursday 10 October
Strategies and Actions in Swedish Mining Resistance
Presenter: Daniel Fjellborg, Luleå University of Technology
Daniel Fjellborg is a researcher in political science at Luleå University of Technology. He recently defended his doctoral thesis on Swedish mining resistance and is currently researching how corporate dialogue influence local acceptance/resistance to natural resource projects. At the seminar Daniel will focus on how movement actors relate to their legal context when strategizing. Recommended reading before the seminar are primarily Papers 4 and 2 in the thesis, which you can download: https://ltu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1852071/FULLTEXT02.pdf
Thursday 24 October
From Collusion to Autonomy: Patterns of Hybrid Repression and Human Rights Activism
Presenter: Larissa Meier, Bielefeld University
Larissa Meier is a political sociologist working at Bielefeld University. Her research focuses on political conflicts with particular emphasis on high-risk activism and repression, political protests around war and peace, and armed group politics during civil wars. Her work has appeared in Social Problems, Perspectives on Politics and Sociological Forum. In the Autumn of 2024, she is a guest researcher at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg.
Thursday 31 October
Legal means in the struggle for climate justice
Presenter:Lotte Schack, University of Gothenburg
Lotte Schack is a PhD student in sociology at the University of Gothenburg. In her research, she examines how Swedish climate activists’ conceptions of justice and responsibility inform movement strategies and visions for a fossil free future.
Thursday 21 November
Rooted in Time and Place: Youth Engagement in Local Collectivities
Presenter: Maja Adolfsson, Umeå University
Maja Adolfsson is a PhD candidate in sociology at Umeå University and part of a research project exploring the role of place in young people's political engagement in rural areas. Her research examines how young people in rural areas participate in local groups and how various dimensions of place influence their involvement in societal issues, particularly in the political borderlands. Her research project is co-funded by the non-profit national organization Rural Sweden, the Department of Sociology at Umeå University, and the Industrial Doctoral School at Umeå University.
Thursday 12 December
Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds: three waves of fatherhood activism in Europe
Presenter: Katarzyna Wojnicka, University of Gothenburg
Katarzyna Wojnicka is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Work Science and associated researcher at the Centre for European Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is also the editor-in-chief for NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies. In 2023, she received the Emma Goldman Award, funded by the Flax Foundation. Currently, she leads three externally funded research projects on fatherhood activism in Europe, transnational abortion mobilization, and European queer memorials.
Thursday 23 January
Book circle seminar
In this seminar we will discuss the book Social Movements: A Theoretical Approach (2023), by Dieter Rucht.