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Mats Andrén

Associate Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit

Mats Andrén is Head of Division at Child Studies. His research interests revolve around social interaction and rationality in everyday life.

Publications

2025

Alexandra Mouratidou, Mats Andrén (2025) Affective construal in deictic gestures as evidence for awareness in choice making Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11097-025-10110-6

2024

Mats Andrén, Karin Zetterqvist Nelson (2024) Listening to children: theories and ethics of listening (Report) https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/report-204274
Johanna Sjöberg, Mats Andrén, Joel Löw (2024) Uppdragsutbildning på distans: Pedagogisk utveckling av digitala distanskurser vid Tema Barn, Linköpings universitet (Report) https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/LLLUU-203051

2022

Mats Andrén, Karin Zetterqvist Nelson (Editorship) (2022) Specialnummer: Att lyssna på barn (Collection (editor))
Mats Andrén, Karin Zetterqvist Nelson (2022) Introduktion: Att lyssna på barn - nya infallsvinklar, nya perspektiv Barn, Vol. 40, p. 1-7 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.23865/barn.v40.5077

Organisation

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Child Studies (TEMAB)

Education and research at Child Studies is about childhood and family with a focus on interaction and language, children's culture and consumption, and childhood over time and space, all to better see the perspectives of children and young people.
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Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.
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About LiU

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