Lucas Gottzén

Professor Lucas Gottzén
Born	Lucas Forsberg (1977-11-08) 8 November 1977
Nationality	Sweden
Academic work
Discipline	Men's studies
Institutions	Stockholm University

Lucas Martin Gottzén (born 8 November 1977), formerly Lucas Forsberg, is a Swedish social scientist and an expert on men's studies and violence. He is full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University and editor-in-chief of the men's studies journal Norma, published by Routledge. He is particularly noted for his research on the relation between the perception of masculinity and physical and sexual violence, and is a frequent commentator in the media in Scandinavia on men and violence.

Gottzén earned a BA in history at Linköping University in 2001, an MA in journalism at Stockholm University in 2003 and a PhD in child studies at Linköping University in 2009. He was appointed as senior lecturer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2009, was appointed as docent (reader) in social work at Linköping University in 2013, and was promoted to full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2017. In 2012 he became editor-in-chief of the journal Norma.

Selected books

• Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies, London, Routledge, 2018
• Sociologins teoretiker, Malmö, Gleerups, 2014
• Hjältar och monster: Samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på män och våld, Stockholm, Ungdomsstyrelsen, 2013
• Andra män. Maskulinitet, normskapande och jämställdhet, Malmö, Gleerups, 2012
• Involved Parenthood: Everyday Lives of Swedish Middle-Class Families, Linköping, 2009