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Methodological flexibility in the context of far-right research: The case of Sweden as ‘the rape capital of the world’
Date & Time
22/05/2024 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Mathilda Åkerlund
Umeå University
Mathilda is a postdoctoral researcher in digital sociology at Umeå. She currently works in a project that is funded by the Swedish Research Council and investigates how far-right groups in the US imagine Sweden and Swedishness. She is also affiliated with the Center for Digital Social Research (DIGSUM).
About the Event
Mathilda Åkerlund, a postdoctoral researcher at Umeå University, explored how digital platforms and social media enable far-right political expressions and gender-based hate. Using computational methods for content analysis, she highlighted the challenges of conducting research in this area, particularly the risks researchers face, including doxxing and threats from far-right communities. She also discussed protective measures to safeguard researchers’ privacy and safety. Additionally, she pointed out how ethical review processes often focus primarily on risks to research participants while neglecting the potential dangers such research poses to the well-being of the researchers themselves.
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