Anders Sjöborg
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Theology; Social Sciences of Religion and Practical Theology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 62 05
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 234 12 44
- E-mail:
- Anders.Sjoborg@teol.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
- Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA
- CV:
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Short presentation
Sjöborg's research interests include youth, school and religion, especially new ways of getting in touch with religion, attitudes towards religion and what role religion plays for young people's attitudes towards human rights. He is PI of Teaching Religion in Late Modern Sweden: Professionalism on the borders between public and private. The research is part of the research programme The Impact of Religion. Currently, Sjöborg is head of department at the Department of Theology.

Publications
Selection of publications
Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
Part of Unga och religion. , Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2019
Mapping a field of ”religious” and “nones”: Lessons from a survey on youth and religion in Sweden
Part of Understanding Religion, p. 79-96, Waxmann Verlag, 2019
Part of Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations, p. 271-300, Springer, 2019
Part of Political and judicial rights through the prism of religious belief, p. 255-274, Springer, 2018
Part of Religious Experience and Experiencing Religion in Religious Education, p. 171-186, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers
Part of Challenging Life, p. 83-100, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
Religion, Education and Human Rights: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Springer, 2017
'One Needs to be Free': Making sense of young people's talk about religion in multicultural Sweden
Part of Journal of Religious Education, p. 117-128, 2015
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 69-89, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
A comparative study of the relation between religion and human rights among young people
Part of Secular and Sacred?, p. 236-260, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014
Part of British Journal of Religious Education, p. 36-54, 2013
Views on Human Rights among Christian, Muslim and non-religious youth in Norway and Sweden
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 67-81, 2012
2006
Recent publications
Schools and religious complexity: Lessons from four Nordic countries
Part of Changing religiosities in the Nordic countries, Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
Religion och unga: Vardagsliv och skola
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 117-138, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2022
Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid
Part of Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv, p. 113-119, 2020
Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
Part of Unga och religion. , Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2019
All publications
Articles in journal
Editorial: The Intersection of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures
Part of Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, p. 1-7, 2017
'One Needs to be Free': Making sense of young people's talk about religion in multicultural Sweden
Part of Journal of Religious Education, p. 117-128, 2015
Part of British Journal of Religious Education, p. 36-54, 2013
Förstå andra, samhället, mig själv - eller inte alls?
Part of Religion & Livsfrågor, p. 10-12, 2013
Views on Human Rights among Christian, Muslim and non-religious youth in Norway and Sweden
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 67-81, 2012
Gymnasieeleven och religionskunskapen.: Religionsmöte med förhinder?
Part of Nyckeln till Svenska kyrkan, p. 79-93, 2012
Gymnasieeleven och religionerna: Vad betyder den förändrade religiösa socialisationen för skolan?
Part of Religion och livsfrågor, p. 6-6, 2012
Part of Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 2006
Vad söker dagens konfirmander?
Part of Locus, 2000
Books
Från vatten till vin?: Kristna ungdomars attityder till alkohol
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2013
Chapters in book
Schools and religious complexity: Lessons from four Nordic countries
Part of Changing religiosities in the Nordic countries, Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
Religion och unga: Vardagsliv och skola
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 117-138, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2022
Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid
Part of Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv, p. 113-119, 2020
Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
Part of Unga och religion. , Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2019
Mapping a field of ”religious” and “nones”: Lessons from a survey on youth and religion in Sweden
Part of Understanding Religion, p. 79-96, Waxmann Verlag, 2019
Part of Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations, p. 271-300, Springer, 2019
Part of Political and judicial rights through the prism of religious belief, p. 255-274, Springer, 2018
Part of Religious Experience and Experiencing Religion in Religious Education, p. 171-186, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers
Part of Challenging Life, p. 83-100, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
Education in the context of religious pluralism and human rights – an introduction
Part of Religion, Education and Human Rights, p. 1-9, Springer, 2017
The influence of the socio-cultural environment and personality on attitudes towards Human Rights
Part of Religion, Education and Human Rights, p. 139-164, Springer, 2017
Part of Religion and Human Rights, p. 208-217, Springer Publishing Company, 2015
Ungdomar, religion och livsåskådning
Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 142-154, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
Dealing with Religious Diversity: The Aims and Realities of Religious Education in Sweden
Part of The State as an Actor in Religion Policy, p. 119-132, Springer, 2015
"Man behöver va' lite fri": Gymnasieelevers tal om religion i mångfaldens Sverige
Part of Religiös förändring, p. 39-50, Föreningen lärare i religionskunskap, FLR, 2015
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 69-89, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
A comparative study of the relation between religion and human rights among young people
Part of Secular and Sacred?, p. 236-260, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014
Aiming for the Stars?: State intentions for Religious Education in Sweden and pupils’ attitudes.
Part of Religious Education Politics, the State and Society., Ergon-Verlag, 2013
Part of Social Identities Between the Sacred and the Secular, Ashgate, 2013
Centralt eller perifert?: Ungas kontakter med religion i vardagen.
Part of Religion som resurs?, p. 107-129, Artos, 2012
The Impact of Religion on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech Among Young Swedes.
Part of Tensions between and within religions and human rights, p. 147-175, Brill Academic Publishers, 2012
Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 132-144, Malmö, 2010
Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 132-144, Gleerups, 2009
Part of Unga och nätverkskulturer, Ungdomsstyrelsen, 2007
Part of Religion och medier, p. 227-247, Studentlitteratur, 2006
Bibeln, de unga och Internet - några studier
Part of Öppna ringen., 2004
Part of Taizé - au vif de l'espérance, Bayard, Paris, 2002
Part of Konfirmand 2001, 2001
Vad vill tonåringarna med konfirmationen?
Part of Med livet som läsebok, Svenska kyrkans forskningsråd, Uppsala, 1998
Collections (editor)
Religion, Education and Human Rights: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Springer, 2017
Religiös och social förändring i det glokala samhället: Samtida religionssociologiska perspektiv
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2014
Conference papers
Monograph doctoral thesis
Monograph licentiate thesis
Reports
Other
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 95-97, 2015
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 169-172, 2014
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 212-213, 2010
Analys av jämställdhetsstatistiken vid Teologiska institutionen 2003-2005
2006
Part of YOUNG: Nordic journal for Youth Research, 2002
Rec av Göran Larsson: Virtuell religion
Part of Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, 2002
2002
Sverigeräkningen: En intressant och viktig undersökning. Rec. av Skog (red) Det religiösa Sverige
Part of Svensk kyrkotidning, p. 533-535, 2001
2001
Ungdomars värderingar: Rec: Ny tid- nya tankar. Ungdomsstyrelsens utredningar 10
Part of Svensk kyrkotidning, p. 64, 1996