Margot Bengtsson
Encyclopedia
Margot Bengtsson is a Swedish social psychologist
, considered to be one of the leading gender studies
academics of Scandinavia. She is a Docent
(i.e. Reader) and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Lund University
. Her research focuses on gender, power, identity and social class. She has published extensively on women's and gender studies since the early 1970s.
Social psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all...
, considered to be one of the leading gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
academics of Scandinavia. She is a Docent
Docent
Docent is a title at some European universities to denote a specific academic appointment within a set structure of academic ranks below professor . Docent is also used at some universities generically for a person who has the right to teach...
(i.e. Reader) and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
. Her research focuses on gender, power, identity and social class. She has published extensively on women's and gender studies since the early 1970s.
Selected publications
- Tid, rum, kön och identitet ; om föräldraidentifikationens omvandlingar 1959-1993, Studentlitteratur, 2001, ISBN 9789144016719
- Könssocialisation och social förändring, 1990
- Om maskulinitet ; mannen som forskningsprojekt (with Jonas Frykman), 1987
- Makt och kön (ed.), 1986
- Identifikation, kön och klass, 1983
- "Det personliga är politiskt - en berättelse om hur jag upplevt kvinnorörelsen", in Ord & bild 86(1977):2/3