Based on children's and young people's stories, and using theoretical tools from medical anthropology and sociology, childhood sociology and science and technology studies (STS), I examine how children and young people negotiate societal discourses on health and well-being. The research aims to shed light on complex social processes – to identify and analyse the cultural and societal ideas that characterise various activities, and how children and young people interpret, reformulate and sometimes challenge established assumptions and beliefs.
Ethnographic approach
I strive to anchor my research in current social issues and to make the research results accessible and useful in practice. Through collaboration with various social institutions that children and young people encounter during their lives, I have the opportunity to contribute to public discourse and promote a deeper understanding of the living conditions of children and young people.
I apply a broad spectrum of ethnographic methods, based on the premise that it is in everyday life that material and structural conditions, as well as human strategies, become comprehensible. My research includes fieldwork among families in rural areas in north-eastern South Africa and in dental care, schools and school health services in Sweden.
Through continuous collaboration with practitioners, I gain valuable insights that not only enrich my research but also help me to identify relevant knowledge needs.
