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About Signe’s research

My research focuses on the intersection of violence, social inequality, and health dynamics, with an emphasis on reproductive rights and gender-based violence in Latin America. 
 
I am currently the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) 2025 Starting Grant SeRO. This project aims to provide the first systematic account of the consequences of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health, based on an ambitious mixed-methods approach to study the case of Mexico. 
 
In a second research line, I study attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health and rights in collaboration with the World Values Survey (WVS). 

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Brief facts about Signe

Interests: Jazz and soul are a great passion. I prefer to spend my free time with my family (my husband Hampus and our Labrador Cosmos), at the gym, and reading Spanish literature.
Other: I was born in Umeå, have roots in Norrbotten, and have lived in Australia, Cuba, Spain, and the USA.

International and interdisciplinary collaborations, research communication, and creating a more sustainable research landscape for the next generation of academics are particularly engaging to me.  

Academic Activity

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Forskningspolitik
Internationellt
Alison Gerber
Cecilia Engdahl
David Marlevi
Janina Seubert
Juan C. Rocha
Laura Bacete Cano
Maria Mancilla Garcia
2025

Unga akademier från fyra kontinenter samlade i Stockholm

Den 3–4 december 2025 samlade vi unga akademier från Latinamerika, Nordamerika, Afrika och Europa i Stockholm för symposiet Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis. Under två intensiva dagar kopplades akademisk frihet till demokratins motståndskraft. Deltagare i symposiet utanför Kungl. Vetens…
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Akademimöte
Adel Daoud
Alison Gerber
Andreas Nord
Aryo Makko
Björn Lundberg
Cecilia Engdahl
David Marlevi
Elham B. Rostami
Gabriele Messori
Jan Kronqvist
Janina Seubert
Jennifer Mack
Jessica Jewell
Johan Larsbrink
Laura Bacete Cano
Marcel Tarbier
Måns Magnusson
Olle Risberg
Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
Ragnhild Lunnan
Ruth Pöttgen
Sara Tanderup Linkis
Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed
2025

Forskning och säkerhetspolitik samlade akademin på KTH och Försvarshögskolan

Den 26–27 november samlades Sveriges unga akademi för ett tvådagarsmöte i Stockholm, på Försvarshögskolan och KTH. Det gemensamma temat var relationen mellan forskning och säkerhet i en orolig tid.
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Internationellt
Alison Gerber
Cecilia Engdahl
David Marlevi
Janina Seubert
Juan C. Rocha
Laura Bacete Cano
Maria Mancilla Garcia
2025

Academic Freedom in Times of Crisis symposium

On 3–4 December, the Young Academy of Sweden bring together young academies and researchers from four continents for a two-day meeting in Stockholm to explore how academic freedom can be protected and strengthened in times of political, economic and ecological uncertainty.
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Akademimöte
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Adel Daoud
Alison Gerber
Andreas Nord
Ann-Kristin Kölln
Björn Lundberg
Carolin Schütze
Cecilia Engdahl
David Karlander
David Marlevi
Elham B. Rostami
Erik Smedler
Gabriele Messori
Iva Lučić
Jan Kronqvist
Janina Seubert
Jennifer Mack
Jessica Jewell
Johan Larsbrink
Juan C. Rocha
Karolina Kauppi
Laura Bacete Cano
Lisa Hellman
Marcel Tarbier
Maria Mancilla Garcia
Michael Schöll
Moa Lidén
Måns Magnusson
Olle Risberg
Oscar Agertz
Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
Pierre Nyquist
Ragnhild Lunnan
Ruth Pöttgen
Sara Tanderup Linkis
Sari Nauman
Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed
Wojciech Michno
2025

Idéer, berättelser och framtid på Nynäs Havsbad

Sveriges unga akademi samlades 23–24 september på Nynäs Havsbad. Olika aktiviteter – som speed-dating mellan discipliner och forskningspresentationer i regi av Linus Tunström – gav akademin en rivstart på året.
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Akademimöte
Alison Gerber
Andreas Nord
Anna Sjöström Douagi
Björn Lundberg
Carolin Schütze
Cecilia Engdahl
Christian Ohm
David Håkansson
David Karlander
David Marlevi
Elham B. Rostami
Ellen Bushell
Erik Smedler
Frida Bender
Gabriele Messori
Iva Lučić
Jan Kronqvist
Jennifer Mack
Jenny Larsson
Johan Zelano
Juan C. Rocha
Karl Wennberg
Karolina Kauppi
Laura Bacete Cano
Lisa Hellman
Lucie Delemotte
Marcel Tarbier
Maria Lindskog
Maria Mancilla Garcia
Mathias Osvath
Moa Lidén
Måns Magnusson
Oscar Agertz
Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
Philippe Tassin
Pierre Nyquist
Ruth Pöttgen
Sanna Koskiniemi
Sara Liin
Sara Tanderup Linkis
Sari Nauman
Shervin Bagheri
Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed
Sofia Lodén
Wojciech Michno
Yaffa Epstein
2025

Årsdag!

Sveriges unga akademi firade årsdag den 23 maj, med litterär prägel från den vackra Svenska Akademien. Dagens självklara höjdpunkt var att välkomna nya ledamöter. 

Academic publications

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2025

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