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MATTIAS WAHLSTRÖM is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg. His research mainly concerns social movements, protest, political violence and state governance of dissent. He has published research on political mobilizations by climate, labour, LGBTQ, and radical right movements. He is currently doing research on preventive work against “violent extremism” and on links between right-wing violence and social media. His main teaching areas are criminology and political sociology.

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Employment (2)

Göteborgs universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten: Goteborg, SE

2015-08-25 to present | Associate professor (Dept. of sociology and work science)
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University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2013-07-18 to 2015-07-31 | Postdoctoral research fellow (Department of sociology and work science)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2004-02-01 to 2011-05-13 | PhD (Department of sociology and work science)
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Works (8)

Pandemic Possibilities

2024-12-03 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lotte Schack; Mattias Wahlström
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Political icon and role model: Dimensions of the perceived ‘Greta effect’ among climate activists as aspects of contemporary social movement leadership

Acta Sociologica
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Mattias Wahlström; Katrin Uba
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Local Conditions for Anti-immigrant Violence: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Asylum Housing Attacks in Sweden

Terrorism and Political Violence
2023-08-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Anton Törnberg; Mattias Wahlström; Måns Lundstedt; Hans Ekbrand
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Climate change or what? Prognostic framing by Fridays for Future protesters

Social Movement Studies
2023-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Anders Svensson; Mattias Wahlström
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Constructing “violence-affirming extremism”: a Swedish social problem trajectory

Critical Studies on Terrorism
2022-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mattias Wahlström
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Dynamics of violent and dehumanizing rhetoric in far-right social media

New Media & Society
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Mattias Wahlström; Anton Törnberg; Hans Ekbrand
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New kids on the block: taking stock of the recent cycle of climate activism

Social Movement Studies
2021-09-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Joost de Moor; Michiel De Vydt; Katrin Uba; Mattias Wahlström
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Social Media Mechanisms for Right-Wing Political Violence in the 21st Century: Discursive Opportunities, Group Dynamics, and Co-Ordination

Terrorism and Political Violence
2021-05-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Mattias Wahlström; Anton Törnberg
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Theory and society. (1)