Sofia Björk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4193020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Björk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Björk |
| SIGNATURE | BJÖRK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9374-1507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Power of Words. Manifested Capital in the Processing of Claims of Compensation for Occupational Disorders
Decisions on compensation vary according to the insured person’s access to relevant resources. Socioeconomic inequalities also affect, and manifest themselves in, the communication between primarily insurers and applicants, which in turn plays an important part in obtaining approval when applying for life insurance benefits. This article examines administration of the insurance for occupational disorders, focusing on power relations made visible …
Avsked i coronatider
I vårt samhälle läggs stor vikt vid att vi ska kunna säga farväl till våra nära och kära när de ligger för döden. Covid-19-pandemin har inte bara orsakat ett stort antal dödsfall utan också medfört hinder för anhörigas möjligheter att närvara i döendeprocessen. I en studie som genomfördes 2020 intervjuades nio personer som hade förlorat en nära anhörig under en tid av restriktioner till följd av covid-19. Några hade avlidit av covid-19, några av …
Emotions and empathic imagination
This article examines how Swedish parents relate emotionally to norms regarding parenthood, work and gender equality. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with seven mothers and six fathers, and using perspectives from the sociology of emotions, the article shows how norms influence parents’ lives through the feelings they evoke and prescribe, and how these emotions are managed. The parents’ responses reveal how they managed emotions via ‘empath…
Swedish fathers choosing part-time work
In Sweden, both parents have a legal right to reduce their working hours to 30 hours per week. Quantitative analysis of 20,000 Swedish parents with children aged between 2 and 7, however, shows mothers to be 14 times more likely to work part time than fathers. Gender imbalance in parents’ part-time employment is thus even more pronounced than in their parental leave take-up, at least in Sweden. An analysis of 14 in-depth interviews with Swedish f…
Doing, Re-doing or Undoing Masculinity? Swedish Men in the Filial Care of Aging Parents
This article examines how men's involvement in the care of aging parents is accounted for in relation to discourses of masculinity and femininity. The article draws on semi-structured interviews with Swedish men and women caring for elderly parents. Using the concepts of doing, re-doing, and undoing gender as a theoretical tool, both reproduction and renegotiation of gendered understandings of caregiving were found. When accounting for men's lack…
Swedish fathers choosing part-time work
In Sweden, both parents have a legal right to reduce their working hours to 30 hours per week. Quantitative analysis of 20,000 Swedish parents with children aged between 2 and 7, however, shows mothers to be 14 times more likely to work part time than fathers. Gender imbalance in parents’ part-time employment is thus even more pronounced than in their parental leave take-up, at least in Sweden. An analysis of 14 in-depth interviews with Swedish f…
Doing, Re-doing or Undoing Masculinity? Swedish Men in the Filial Care of Aging Parents
This article examines how men's involvement in the care of aging parents is accounted for in relation to discourses of masculinity and femininity. The article draws on semi-structured interviews with Swedish men and women caring for elderly parents. Using the concepts of doing, re-doing, and undoing gender as a theoretical tool, both reproduction and renegotiation of gendered understandings of caregiving were found. When accounting for men's lack…
Doing, Re-doing or Undoing Masculinity? Swedish Men in the Filial Care of Aging Parents
This article examines how men's involvement in the care of aging parents is accounted for in relation to discourses of masculinity and femininity. The article draws on semi-structured interviews with Swedish men and women caring for elderly parents. Using the concepts of doing, re-doing, and undoing gender as a theoretical tool, both reproduction and renegotiation of gendered understandings of caregiving were found. When accounting for men's lack…
Emotions and empathic imagination
This article examines how Swedish parents relate emotionally to norms regarding parenthood, work and gender equality. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with seven mothers and six fathers, and using perspectives from the sociology of emotions, the article shows how norms influence parents’ lives through the feelings they evoke and prescribe, and how these emotions are managed. The parents’ responses reveal how they managed emotions via ‘empath…
Swedish fathers choosing part-time work
In Sweden, both parents have a legal right to reduce their working hours to 30 hours per week. Quantitative analysis of 20,000 Swedish parents with children aged between 2 and 7, however, shows mothers to be 14 times more likely to work part time than fathers. Gender imbalance in parents’ part-time employment is thus even more pronounced than in their parental leave take-up, at least in Sweden. An analysis of 14 in-depth interviews with Swedish f…
Avsked i coronatider
I vårt samhälle läggs stor vikt vid att vi ska kunna säga farväl till våra nära och kära när de ligger för döden. Covid-19-pandemin har inte bara orsakat ett stort antal dödsfall utan också medfört hinder för anhörigas möjligheter att närvara i döendeprocessen. I en studie som genomfördes 2020 intervjuades nio personer som hade förlorat en nära anhörig under en tid av restriktioner till följd av covid-19. Några hade avlidit av covid-19, några av …
The Power of Words. Manifested Capital in the Processing of Claims of Compensation for Occupational Disorders
Decisions on compensation vary according to the insured person’s access to relevant resources. Socioeconomic inequalities also affect, and manifest themselves in, the communication between primarily insurers and applicants, which in turn plays an important part in obtaining approval when applying for life insurance benefits. This article examines administration of the insurance for occupational disorders, focusing on power relations made visible …
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Androgyny (1 work)