Magdalena Sjöberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 6559434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Magdalena Sjöberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Magdalena |
| FAMILY NAME | Sjöberg |
| SIGNATURE | SJÖBERG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-7392-6639 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking Progress in a Fragmented Swedish Welfare System
Young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) are positioned within policy discourses that assume linear movement from school to work and clear distinctions between participation and non-participation. Such perspectives risk obscuring how trajectories are shaped by the institutional arrangements through which support is organised and encountered. This study examines how decentralised and activation-oriented welfare arrange…
Too risky for mothering? A study of the maternal identity work of young mothers in relation to discourses of risk, life course and good motherhood
This article explores how young Swedish mothers aged between 13–25 years of age understand and position their maternal identity in relation to discourses of risk, life course, and good motherhood. Drawing on 17 in-depth qualitative interviews, the analysis reveals how perceptions of risk and life trajectory intersected to shape the degree of a mother’s perceived risk, which in turn was described as influencing the conditions under which maternal …
The Paradox of Meeting Complex Needs in a Fragmented System
Young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) often face complex and overlapping challenges, yet the welfare services intended to support them are fragmented across organisational boundaries. This article contributes to the literature by exploring how street‐level bureaucrats in a Swedish municipality understand and navigate this paradox, using a qualitative case study informed by wicked problems theory. The findings show how stru…
Youthful mothering? Exploring the meaning of adulthood and youthfulness within the maternal identity work of young Swedish mothers
In this paper, we explore meanings of adulthood and youthfulness in relation to notions of life course, good motherhood, and girlhood among young mothers in Sweden. Our analysis was informed by a discursive psychological approach and was based on interview conversations with 17 mothers who were 13–25 years old at the birth of their first child. In our analysis, we identified two repertoires – the ‘social age’ repertoire and the ‘chronological age…
Classroom bodies
The aim of this paper is to analyse how Swedish grade three children are discursively positioned as pupils when they are taking national tests in mathematics and when they reflect on the testing situation afterwards. With support from theories about affective-discursive assemblages, we explore children’s body language, emotions, and talk in light of the two overarching discourses that we believe frame the classroom: the ‘testing discourse’ and th…
Who is the mother? Exploring the meaning of grandparental support in young Swedish mothers’ narratives
Within the western understanding of a nuclear family and the idea of good motherhood, the need for grandparental support is commonly viewed as an expression of deficient motherhood. Young mothers are often seen as incapable of maternal practices and as being in need of support from their extended family. An alternative view is that too much support might result in the grandmothers taking on the role of mother. This paper explores research around …
Classroom bodies
The aim of this paper is to analyse how Swedish grade three children are discursively positioned as pupils when they are taking national tests in mathematics and when they reflect on the testing situation afterwards. With support from theories about affective-discursive assemblages, we explore children’s body language, emotions, and talk in light of the two overarching discourses that we believe frame the classroom: the ‘testing discourse’ and th…
Youthful mothering? Exploring the meaning of adulthood and youthfulness within the maternal identity work of young Swedish mothers
In this paper, we explore meanings of adulthood and youthfulness in relation to notions of life course, good motherhood, and girlhood among young mothers in Sweden. Our analysis was informed by a discursive psychological approach and was based on interview conversations with 17 mothers who were 13–25 years old at the birth of their first child. In our analysis, we identified two repertoires – the ‘social age’ repertoire and the ‘chronological age…
Who is the mother? Exploring the meaning of grandparental support in young Swedish mothers’ narratives
Within the western understanding of a nuclear family and the idea of good motherhood, the need for grandparental support is commonly viewed as an expression of deficient motherhood. Young mothers are often seen as incapable of maternal practices and as being in need of support from their extended family. An alternative view is that too much support might result in the grandmothers taking on the role of mother. This paper explores research around …
Who is the mother? Exploring the meaning of grandparental support in young Swedish mothers’ narratives
Within the western understanding of a nuclear family and the idea of good motherhood, the need for grandparental support is commonly viewed as an expression of deficient motherhood. Young mothers are often seen as incapable of maternal practices and as being in need of support from their extended family. An alternative view is that too much support might result in the grandmothers taking on the role of mother. This paper explores research around …
Youthful mothering? Exploring the meaning of adulthood and youthfulness within the maternal identity work of young Swedish mothers
In this paper, we explore meanings of adulthood and youthfulness in relation to notions of life course, good motherhood, and girlhood among young mothers in Sweden. Our analysis was informed by a discursive psychological approach and was based on interview conversations with 17 mothers who were 13–25 years old at the birth of their first child. In our analysis, we identified two repertoires – the ‘social age’ repertoire and the ‘chronological age…
Classroom bodies
The aim of this paper is to analyse how Swedish grade three children are discursively positioned as pupils when they are taking national tests in mathematics and when they reflect on the testing situation afterwards. With support from theories about affective-discursive assemblages, we explore children’s body language, emotions, and talk in light of the two overarching discourses that we believe frame the classroom: the ‘testing discourse’ and th…
Rethinking Progress in a Fragmented Swedish Welfare System
Young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) are positioned within policy discourses that assume linear movement from school to work and clear distinctions between participation and non-participation. Such perspectives risk obscuring how trajectories are shaped by the institutional arrangements through which support is organised and encountered. This study examines how decentralised and activation-oriented welfare arrange…
Too risky for mothering? A study of the maternal identity work of young mothers in relation to discourses of risk, life course and good motherhood
This article explores how young Swedish mothers aged between 13–25 years of age understand and position their maternal identity in relation to discourses of risk, life course, and good motherhood. Drawing on 17 in-depth qualitative interviews, the analysis reveals how perceptions of risk and life trajectory intersected to shape the degree of a mother’s perceived risk, which in turn was described as influencing the conditions under which maternal …
The Paradox of Meeting Complex Needs in a Fragmented System
Young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) often face complex and overlapping challenges, yet the welfare services intended to support them are fragmented across organisational boundaries. This article contributes to the literature by exploring how street‐level bureaucrats in a Swedish municipality understand and navigate this paradox, using a qualitative case study informed by wicked problems theory. The findings show how stru…
Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Life course approach (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ambivalence (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)