Åsa Wettergren (born 1969) is an associate professor in the Department of

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

at the

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. Her research interests include

social movement A social movement is either a loosely or carefully organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a Social issue, social or Political movement, political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to re ...

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

, processes of identification and change in organization and society, and the

sociology of emotions The Sociology of emotions applies a Sociology, sociological lens to the topic of emotions. The discipline of Sociology, which falls within the social sciences, is focused on understanding both the mind and society, studying the dynamics of the s ...

Education

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from Karlstad University, 2005

Notable publications

*Wettergren, Å., "Like Moths to a Flame: Culture Jamming and the Global Spectacle" *Fun and Laughter: Culture Jamming & the Emotional Regime of Late CapitalismWettergren, Åsa (2009) "Fun and Laughter: Culture Jamming & the Emotional Regime of Late Capitalism." Social Movement Studies 8:1 Dissertation

References

External links

Faculty Listing for Åsa Wettergren at the University of Gothenburg
Living people 1969 births Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Karlstad University alumni Swedish women sociologists Swedish women academics Journalism academics {{Europe-sociologist-stub