Sara Eldén

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Sociology

• Sociology of Family and Personal Life
• Critical/feminist Theory
• Qualitative Methods

Current research and teaching

My research interests are feminist theory, sociology of family and personal life, and childhood sociology. I am currently researching narratives of care by grandparents, their adult children, and grandchidlren, in the research project "Intergenerational care in Sweden. A study of relationships, commitments, and practices of care in everyday family life" (VR 2018-01053, with Terese Anving)

I have also researched the emerging market for private care (nannies and au pairs) in Sweden, and the effects this has on the “doing” of families (in ”Care for Children in an Era of Private Sector Services: A Study of Nannies, Children and Parents” (RJ P13-0603:1)).

Other research interests are care from the perspective of children, and care relationships outside the ‘nuclear family’, popular therapy and couple’s discourses, and qualitative methods.

I teach different courses, and I supervise on all levels.