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 involved in the following research projects and networks:
CIRCUS project- 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
CIRCUS research project development- Legal violence in Sweden. 2024-08-01-2025-06-01.
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- 2025-12-31
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 2022-2023. Project Creative 2022-2023. Projekt Empowering Queer Youth through Media & Culture, 15 Dec 2022 - 14 Dec 2023.

Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
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
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
Ingår i New Media and Society, 2024
- 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
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
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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
Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
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
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
Ingår i New Media and Society, 2024
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2022
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
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
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Ingår i Journal of African Media Studies, s. 275-294, 2013
Homophobia as a barrier to comprehensive media coverage of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexual Bill
Ingår i Journal of Homosexuality, s. 564-579, 2012
Ingår i Culture, Health and Sexuality, s. 917-931, 2011
State-sanctioned discrimination and media discourses on homosexuality in Namibia
Ingår i Journal of African Media Studies, s. 57-72, 2011
Factors associated with high media coverage of the HIV epidemic in Lesotho
Ingår i African Journal of AIDS Research, s. 225-233, 2010
Ingår i African Journal of AIDS Research
Doktorsavhandlingar, sammanläggning
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
Ingår i Global LGBTQ Activism, s. 43-62, Routledge, 2023
Ingår i Exploring Silence and Absence in Discourse, s. 125-157, Springer Nature, 2018
Ingår i Organizations and the Media, s. 176-191, Routledge, 2014
Ingår i Organizations and the Media Organizing in a Mediatized World, Routledge, 2014
Ingår i Speaking Up and Talking Back? Media Empowerment and Civic Engagement among East and Southern African Youth, Nordicom, 2013
Ingår i People Speaking Back?, Nordicom, 2013
Ingår i Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating conflict in the Twenty-First Century, I.B. Tauris, 2012
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
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
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
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
Ingår i Silenced Voices, 2022
Ingår i Rethink Impact, 2022
Ingår i AoIR 2022, 2022
2022
Ingår i Electronic Governance and Open Society, s. 73-87, 2020
Ingår i Information and Communication Technologies for Development, s. 520-531, 2019
Ingår i Proceedings of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2018, s. 229-236, 2018
Digital news flow on Twitter in connection with the Kenyan election 2017- supplement or replacement?
2017
The European refugee crises through the lens of “the Others”
2017
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
Ingår i Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on M4D Mobile Communication Technology for Development M4D 2016, (General Tracks), 2016
2016
The European refugee crises through the lens of “the others”
2016
Twitter4HRs promotion: - a study of a Ugandan sexual minority rights network
2016
2015
Understanding mEmpowerment in relation to marginalised groups
Ingår i Proceedings of 4th International Conference on M4D Mobile Communication ofr Development, 2014
Can the concept “political opportunity structure” inform M4D research?
2014
Understanding mEmpowerment in relation to marginalised groups
2014
Understanding mEmpowerment in relation marginalised groups
2014
Can the concept “political opportunity structure” inform M4D research?
2014
Ingår i Working group on HIV/AIDS and health communication, 2012
2011
The Demonization of Sexual Selves: Ugandan Media Takes the Lead
2010
2010
2009
State sanctioned discrimination and silent media
2009