Lucas Martin Gottzén (born 8 November 1977), formerly ''Lucas Forsberg'', is a Swedish social scientist and an expert on
men's studies and
violence. He is full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at
Stockholm University
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...
. He was editor-in-chief of the men's studies journal ''Norma (journal), Norma'' from 2014 to 2018; he was also editor of the child and youth studies journal ''Locus'' 2009–2010, and was editor of the ''Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies''. He is particularly noted for his research on the relation between the perception of masculinity and physical and sexual violence, and is a frequent commentator in the media in Scandinavia on men and violence.
Söker bästa mannen
''Dagens Industri''
Gottzén earned a BA in history at Linköping University in 2001, an MA in journalism at Stockholm University
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...
in 2003 and a PhD in child studies at Linköping University in 2009. He was appointed as senior lecturer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2009, was appointed as docent (Reader (academic rank), reader) in social work at Linköping University in 2013, and was promoted to full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2017. In 2014 he became editor-in-chief of the journal ''Norma''.
Selected books
*''Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence'', London, Routledge, 2020, with Margunn Bjørnholt and Floretta Boonzaier
*''Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies'', London, Routledge, 2020, with Ulf Mellström and Tamara Shefer
*''Genus'', with Mia Eriksson, Liber, 2020
*''Av det känsligare slaget: Män och våld mot kvinnor'', Göteborg, Makadam, 2019
*''Sociologins teoretiker'', Malmö, Gleerups, 2014
*''Hjältar och monster: Samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på män och våld'', Stockholm, Ungdomsstyrelsen, 2013
*''Andra män. Maskulinitet, normskapande och jämställdhet, Malmö, Gleerups, 2012
*''Involved Parenthood: Everyday Lives of Swedish Middle-Class Families'', Linköping, 2009
References
1977 births
Living people
Men and masculinities scholars
Academic staff of Stockholm University
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