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Doctoral Student
Sociology
Main research areas
- Social trust
- Victimization
Current research
The aim of my dissertation is to explore the factors that generate social trust among adolescents. Specifically, I am interested in the potentially detrimental effect of volatile events upon particularized, institutional and generalized trust. I also wish to explore the effects of inherited trust and peer influence during adolescence.
Background
I took my Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at Gothenburg University and after that I took my Master’s degree in Criminology at Gothenburg University.