Anders Sjöborg
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Theology; Social Sciences of Religion and Practical Theology
- 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. Projects: Religion and Citizenship; Teaching Religion in Late Modern Sweden - Professionalism on the borders between public and private. The Impact of Religion. 2017-2026, Sjöborg was head of department at the Department of Theology.
Keywords
- attitudes
- youth
- school
- human rights
- democracy
- religion
- teachers
- Religious Education

Publications
Selection of publications
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Schools and religious complexity: Lessons from four Nordic countries
Part of Changing religiosities in the Nordic countries, p. 283-300, Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
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Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 1-16, 2025
- DOI for Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
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Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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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
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Part of Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations, p. 271-300, Springer, 2019
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Part of Political and judicial rights through the prism of religious belief, p. 255-274, Springer, 2018
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Part of Religious Experience and Experiencing Religion in Religious Education, p. 171-186, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
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Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers
Part of Challenging Life, p. 83-100, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
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Religion, Education and Human Rights: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Springer, 2017
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'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
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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
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Part of British Journal of Religious Education, p. 36-54, 2013
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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
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2006
Recent publications
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Schools and religious complexity: Lessons from four Nordic countries
Part of Changing religiosities in the Nordic countries, p. 283-300, Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
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Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 1-16, 2025
- DOI for Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
- Download full text (pdf) of Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
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Religion och unga: Vardagsliv och skola
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 117-138, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2022
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Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid
Part of Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv, p. 113-119, 2020
All publications
Articles in journal
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Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 1-16, 2025
- DOI for Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
- Download full text (pdf) of Public servants on public religion: Attitudes among Swedish teachers of Religious Education
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Editorial: The Intersection of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures
Part of Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, p. 1-7, 2017
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'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
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Part of British Journal of Religious Education, p. 36-54, 2013
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Förstå andra, samhället, mig själv - eller inte alls?
Part of Religion & Livsfrågor, p. 10-12, 2013
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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
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Gymnasieeleven och religionskunskapen.: Religionsmöte med förhinder?
Part of Nyckeln till Svenska kyrkan, p. 79-93, 2012
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Gymnasieeleven och religionerna: Vad betyder den förändrade religiösa socialisationen för skolan?
Part of Religion och livsfrågor, p. 6-6, 2012
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Part of Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 2006
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Vad söker dagens konfirmander?
Part of Locus, 2000
Books
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Från vatten till vin?: Kristna ungdomars attityder till alkohol
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2013
Chapters in book
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Schools and religious complexity: Lessons from four Nordic countries
Part of Changing religiosities in the Nordic countries, p. 283-300, Brill Academic Publishers, 2025
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Religion och unga: Vardagsliv och skola
Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 117-138, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2022
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Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education
Part of A Constructive Critique of Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
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Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid
Part of Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv, p. 113-119, 2020
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Part of Unga och religion. , Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2019
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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
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Part of Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations, p. 271-300, Springer, 2019
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Part of Political and judicial rights through the prism of religious belief, p. 255-274, Springer, 2018
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Part of Religious Experience and Experiencing Religion in Religious Education, p. 171-186, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
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Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers
Part of Challenging Life, p. 83-100, Waxmann Verlag, 2018
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Education in the context of religious pluralism and human rights – an introduction
Part of Religion, Education and Human Rights, p. 1-9, Springer, 2017
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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
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Part of Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, p. 69-89, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
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Part of Religion and Human Rights, p. 208-217, Springer Publishing Company, 2015
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Ungdomar, religion och livsåskådning
Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 142-154, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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Part of Social Identities Between the Sacred and the Secular, Ashgate, 2013
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Centralt eller perifert?: Ungas kontakter med religion i vardagen.
Part of Religion som resurs?, p. 107-129, Artos, 2012
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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
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Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 132-144, Malmö, 2010
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Part of Ungdomskulturer, p. 132-144, Gleerups, 2009
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Part of Unga och nätverkskulturer, Ungdomsstyrelsen, 2007
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Part of Religion och medier, p. 227-247, Studentlitteratur, 2006
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Bibeln, de unga och Internet - några studier
Part of Öppna ringen., 2004
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Part of Taizé - au vif de l'espérance, Bayard, Paris, 2002
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Part of Konfirmand 2001, 2001
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Vad vill tonåringarna med konfirmationen?
Part of Med livet som läsebok, Svenska kyrkans forskningsråd, Uppsala, 1998
Collections (editor)
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Religion, Education and Human Rights: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Springer, 2017
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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
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Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 95-97, 2015
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Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 169-172, 2014
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Part of Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, p. 212-213, 2010
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Analys av jämställdhetsstatistiken vid Teologiska institutionen 2003-2005
2006
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Part of YOUNG: Nordic journal for Youth Research, 2002
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Rec av Göran Larsson: Virtuell religion
Part of Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, 2002
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2002
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Sverigeräkningen: En intressant och viktig undersökning. Rec. av Skog (red) Det religiösa Sverige
Part of Svensk kyrkotidning, p. 533-535, 2001
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2001
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Ungdomars värderingar: Rec: Ny tid- nya tankar. Ungdomsstyrelsens utredningar 10
Part of Svensk kyrkotidning, p. 64, 1996