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Johanna Annerbäck

Assistant Professor

My work is situated at the intersection of multiple research fields and is guided by a theoretical and methodological interest in children's voice, mobilities, and participation in public space

Children and public space

I conduct qualitative research within critical child/hood studies and children's geographies, focusing on (young) children's everyday lives in relation to voice, mobilities, ritghts, and participation in public space

My work is situated within posthumanist and new materialist approaches, attuning to how children’s participation unfolds through ongoing processes that involve both human and non-human agents. This includes particular attention to weather as a shifting agent, shaping children’s everyday experiences of public space and outdoor encounters.

Methodologically, I draw primarily on ethnographic approaches, including participant observation and qualitative interviews.

Listening

I am also interested in children’s voice and in listening as a theoretical and methodological practice. Within this, I have focused on children in out-of-home care and the youngest children in preschool, i.e. within institutional settings, and explored how listening is understood, enacted, and can be broadened as a practice

Publications

2026

Johanna Annerb盲ck, Annika Manni (2026) Childhood, Article 09075682261487925 (Article in journal)
Annika Manni, Johanna Annerb盲ck, H氓kan L枚fgren, F. M氓rtensson (2026) Journal of Adventure 一本道 and Outdoor Learning (Article in journal)

2025

Johanna Annerb盲ck, H氓kan L枚fgren (2025) European Journal of 一本道al Research, Vol. 14, p. 1231-1243 (Article in journal)
Judith Lind, Cecilia Lindgren, Johanna Annerb盲ck (2025) European Journal of Social Work, Vol. 28, p. 470-482 (Article in journal)

2024

Alex Orrmalm, Johanna Sj枚berg, Anna Sparrman, Rebecka Tiefenbacher, Joel L枚w, Johanna Annerb盲ck, Johanna Sk枚ld, Emilia Strid, Sanna Hedr茅n, Lina Lago, Olga Anatoli Smith, Yelyzaveta Hrechaniuk, Alan Prout, Marek Tesar (2024) Child Studies, Vol. 6, p. 11-32 (Article in journal)

CV

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  • 2014
    Link枚ping university, Link枚ping. PhD-student Child Studies.
  • 2012-2014
    Link枚ping University, Link枚ping. Degree of Master of Social and Welfare studies, 120 credits

Teaching

I mainly teach in courses at the International Master Program in Child Studies and at the Teacher Training Program, both as a teacher and course director. I am also the assistant course director of the single subject course School and sexuality 鈥� from child to youth. 

Assignments

  • I am part of the editorial board for [Sociological research].

News

family in sunset

Return trips of adopted children fill a need for the adoptive parents as well

It used to be common that adopted children made return trips to their birth countries. Today such trips are made where the entire family travels. A doctoral thesis has studied return trips and found that in many ways the focus is also on the parents.

Organisation

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Child Studies (TEMAB)

一本道 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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