Cecilia Strand
Universitetslektor vid Institutionen för informatik och media
- E-post:
- Cecilia.Strand@im.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- Ekonomikum (plan 3)
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postadress:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
Ladda ned kontaktuppgifter för Cecilia Strand vid Institutionen för informatik och media
Nyckelord
- digital activism
- health communication
- communication for social change
- lgbtqi
- gender based violence
- intimate partner violence
Forskning
Im currently or have been involved in the following research projects and networks
Ongoing
RJ initiation grant: AI-Image-based sexual abuse in Europe. Coordinator. Project duration: 2026-02-14-26-12-31.
BROM: When the relationship has ended, but the control remains (När relationen tagit slut men kontrollen inte upphör – kvinnliga brottsoffers utsatthet och samhällets stöd). 1 January 2026- 31 December 2028. https://www.brottsoffermyndigheten.se/utveckling-och-analys/hitta-forskning/nar-relationen-tagit-slut-men-kontrollen-inte-upphor-kvinnliga-brottsoffers-utsatthet-och-samhallets-stod/
FORTE: Project grant. Strengthening intimate partners violence survivors’ resilience (Kraft att gå vidare: En intervention för att stärka kvinnor utsatta för våld i nära relationer). Project 2023-01-01- 2026-08-01
RJ initiation grant: Experiences and Expectations of Work among Ugandan LGBT+ Activists: Imaginaries of Decent Work Futures in a Global, Mobile & Connected World
https://mau.se/en/research/projects/experiences-and-expectations-of-work-among-ugandan-lgbt-activists-imaginaries-of-decent-work-futures-in-a-global-mobile--connected-world/ 1 November 2025 - 1 January 2027
CIRCUS: Trans-disciplinary approaches to intimate partner violence (Tvärvetenskapens broar - ett nätverk om mäns våld mot kvinnor & våld i nära relationer). project leader. 2024-01-01- 2025-12-31
For more information on the network: https://www.uu.se/institution/informatik-och-media/forskning/forskningsprojekt/tvarvetenskapligt-natverk-om-mans-vald-mot-kvinnor-och-vald-i-nara-relationer
https://www.uu.se/medarbetare/nyheter/2026/2026-02-10-symposium-som-kursmoment---ny-vag-for-att-integrera-forskning-praktik-och-debatt-i-undervisningen
Previous projects - past five years
CIRCUS: research project development- Legal violence in Sweden. 2024-08-01-2025-06-01.
VR/Swedish Research Council: Navigating visibility in contexts of state-sanctioned homophobia: development actors and LGBTQ rights defenders in Uganda and Russia, dnr 2020-04003. 2021-2024
Swedish Institute, Creative Force: Project Creative 2022-2023. Projekt Empowering Queer Youth through Media & Culture, 15 Dec 2022 - 14 Dec 2023.
Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
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Ingår i New Media and Society, s. 4326-4346, 2025
- DOI för Who relates to whom and according to which rationale?: Visibility and advocacy in the Ugandan LGBT+ Twittersphere
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Who relates to whom and according to which rationale?: Visibility and advocacy in the Ugandan LGBT+ Twittersphere
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Ingår i Sexualities, s. 1067-1083, 2025
- DOI för We are queer and the struggle is here!: Visibility at the intersection of LGBT+ rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av We are queer and the struggle is here!: Visibility at the intersection of LGBT+ rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda
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Ingår i European Journal of Politics and Gender, s. 107-128, 2025
- DOI för Development cooperation and the stratification of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual activism: international donors, elite activists and community members during Uganda Pride 2022
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Development cooperation and the stratification of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual activism: international donors, elite activists and community members during Uganda Pride 2022
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Ingår i Nordic Journal of Media Studies, s. 221-243, 2024
- DOI för Understanding the current backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights through the lens of heteroactivism: A case study of the International Organization for the Family’s transnational norm diffusion on Twitter
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Understanding the current backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights through the lens of heteroactivism: A case study of the International Organization for the Family’s transnational norm diffusion on Twitter
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Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
Ingår i European Journal of Politics and Gender, s. 82-106, 2024
- DOI för Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
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Ingår i New Media and Society, s. 4326-4346, 2025
- DOI för Who relates to whom and according to which rationale?: Visibility and advocacy in the Ugandan LGBT+ Twittersphere
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Who relates to whom and according to which rationale?: Visibility and advocacy in the Ugandan LGBT+ Twittersphere
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Ingår i Sexualities, s. 1067-1083, 2025
- DOI för We are queer and the struggle is here!: Visibility at the intersection of LGBT+ rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av We are queer and the struggle is here!: Visibility at the intersection of LGBT+ rights, post-coloniality, and development cooperation in Uganda
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Ingår i European Journal of Politics and Gender, s. 107-128, 2025
- DOI för Development cooperation and the stratification of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual activism: international donors, elite activists and community members during Uganda Pride 2022
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Development cooperation and the stratification of lesbian, gay, bi- and transsexual activism: international donors, elite activists and community members during Uganda Pride 2022
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Ingår i Nordic Journal of Media Studies, s. 221-243, 2024
- DOI för Understanding the current backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights through the lens of heteroactivism: A case study of the International Organization for the Family’s transnational norm diffusion on Twitter
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Understanding the current backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights through the lens of heteroactivism: A case study of the International Organization for the Family’s transnational norm diffusion on Twitter
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Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
Ingår i European Journal of Politics and Gender, s. 82-106, 2024
- DOI för Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Governing queer activism: power and visibility in state funding of international LGBTI organizations
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Ingår i Information Technology for Development, s. 329-350, 2024
- DOI för Challenging the local logics of oppression in times of post-colonial amnesia – a study of Ugandan LGBT+ activism in digital media spaces
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Challenging the local logics of oppression in times of post-colonial amnesia – a study of Ugandan LGBT+ activism in digital media spaces
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Ingår i Journal of Homosexuality, s. 2010-2029, 2024
- DOI för The Promise of Double Living. Understanding Young People with Same-Sex Desires in Contemporary Kampala
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Promise of Double Living. Understanding Young People with Same-Sex Desires in Contemporary Kampala
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Ingår i Journal of Homosexuality, s. 2806-2827, 2023
- DOI för Towards a Situated Understanding of Vulnerability: An Analysis of Ugandan LGBT plus Exposure to Hate Crimes in Digital Spaces
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Towards a Situated Understanding of Vulnerability: An Analysis of Ugandan LGBT plus Exposure to Hate Crimes in Digital Spaces
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Ingår i Information, Communication and Society, s. 2488-2505, 2023
- DOI för Challenging the legacy of the past and present intimate colonialization: a study of Ugandan LGBT+ activism in times of shrinking communicative space
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Challenging the legacy of the past and present intimate colonialization: a study of Ugandan LGBT+ activism in times of shrinking communicative space
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Foreign Norm Entrepreneurs' Misinformation and Disinformation Narratives on LGBT+ Rights in Europe
Ingår i Medijska Istrazivanja, s. 109-132, 2022
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2022
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Ingår i African Journalism Studies, s. 77-95, 2019
- DOI för ?Fake News? on Sexual Minorities is ?Old News?: A Study of Digital Platforms as Spaces for Challenging Inaccurate Reporting on Ugandan Sexual Minorities
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av ?Fake News? on Sexual Minorities is ?Old News?: A Study of Digital Platforms as Spaces for Challenging Inaccurate Reporting on Ugandan Sexual Minorities
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Navigating precarious visibility: Ugandan sexual minorities on Twitter
Ingår i Journal of African Media Studies, s. 229-256, 2019
- DOI för Navigating precarious visibility: Ugandan sexual minorities on Twitter
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Navigating precarious visibility: Ugandan sexual minorities on Twitter
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Ingår i Journal of African Media Studies, s. 275-294, 2013
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Homophobia as a barrier to comprehensive media coverage of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Bill
Ingår i Journal of Homosexuality, s. 564-579, 2012
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Ingår i Culture, Health and Sexuality, s. 917-931, 2011
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State-sanctioned discrimination and media discourses on homosexuality in Namibia
Ingår i Journal of African Media Studies, s. 57-72, 2011
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Factors associated with high media coverage of the HIV epidemic in Lesotho
Ingår i African Journal of AIDS Research, s. 225-233, 2010
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Ingår i African Journal of AIDS Research
Doktorsavhandlingar, sammanläggning
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
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Ingår i Global LGBTQ Activism, s. 43-62, Routledge, 2023
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Ingår i Exploring Silence and Absence in Discourse, s. 125-157, Springer Nature, 2018
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Ingår i Organizations and the Media, s. 176-191, Routledge, 2014
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Ingår i Organizations and the Media Organizing in a Mediatized World, Routledge, 2014
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Ingår i Speaking Up and Talking Back? Media Empowerment and Civic Engagement among East and Southern African Youth, Nordicom, 2013
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Ingår i People Speaking Back?, Nordicom, 2013
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Ingår i Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating conflict in the Twenty-First Century, I.B. Tauris, 2012
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Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?
Ingår i E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage, s. 106-120, IGI Global, 2011
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The portrayal of hiv/aids in lesotho print media: fragmented narratives and untold stories
Ingår i Health Communication in Southern Africa: Engaging with Social and Cultural Diversity, s. 71-92, Rozenberg Publishers, 2009
Konferensbidrag
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Ingår i Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, s. 167-180, 2024
- DOI för Understanding Chilling Effects in Digital Spaces: A Study of Ugandan LGBT plus Advocacy in the Wake of the Draconian 2023 Anti-homosexuality Act
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Understanding Chilling Effects in Digital Spaces: A Study of Ugandan LGBT plus Advocacy in the Wake of the Draconian 2023 Anti-homosexuality Act
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Moving beyond rhetoric: a study of (under-) representation in ICT4D research
Ingår i Proceedings of the 14th Annual AIS SIG GlobDev Pre-ICIS Workshop, 2022
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Ingår i Silenced Voices, 2022
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Ingår i Rethink Impact, 2022
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Ingår i AoIR 2022, 2022
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2022
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Ingår i Electronic Governance and Open Society, s. 73-87, 2020
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Ingår i Information and Communication Technologies for Development, s. 520-531, 2019
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Ingår i Proceedings of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2018, s. 229-236, 2018
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Digital news flow on Twitter in connection with the Kenyan election 2017- supplement or replacement?
2017
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The European refugee crises through the lens of “the Others”
2017
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Mobile Phones as a Citizen-Controlled Anti-corruption Tool in East Africa - A Literature Review
Ingår i Information and Communication Technologies for Development, s. 753-764, 2017
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Ingår i Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on M4D Mobile Communication Technology for Development M4D 2016, (General Tracks), 2016
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2016
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The European refugee crises through the lens of “the others”
2016
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Twitter4HRs promotion: - a study of a Ugandan sexual minority rights network
2016
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2015
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Understanding mEmpowerment in relation to marginalised groups
Ingår i Proceedings of 4th International Conference on M4D Mobile Communication ofr Development, 2014
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Understanding mEmpowerment in relation to marginalised groups
2014
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Can the concept “political opportunity structure” inform M4D research?
2014
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Can the concept “political opportunity structure” inform M4D research?
2014
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Understanding mEmpowerment in relation marginalised groups
2014
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Ingår i Working group on HIV/AIDS and health communication, 2012
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2011
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2010
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The Demonization of Sexual Selves: Ugandan Media Takes the Lead
2010
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State sanctioned discrimination and silent media
2009
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2009