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Erika Willander

I am a researcher in sociology. My research focus on religious change, secularization and the social consequences of mainstream religiosity.

Research qualifications: Docent

Contact

E-mail
erika.willander@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 89 43

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Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Sociology
Location
Hus Y, Beteendevetarhuset & Norra beteendevetarhuset Mediagränd 14, Beteendevetarhuset, Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Muslims and social media: a scoping review
Information, Communication and Society
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika
Measuring Swedish Muslims’ social and religious practices online
British Association for Islamic Studies
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika
A preliminary Systematic Literature Review of Religion and Policing
European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR)
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika; Andersson Malmroos, Robin
Making sense of existential care: a sociological reconsideration of the existential for the study of chaplaincy
Culture, spirituality and religious literacy in healthcare: nordic perspectives, Routledge 2024 : 131-144
Willander, Erika
Begravning utan ceremoni: om kunskapsläget kring samtidens största förändring av begravningsskick
Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2024, Vol. 101, (2) : 146-154
Willander, Erika
Media use and religious affiliation in Sweden
Media use and religious affiliation in Sweden
Willander, Erika; Larsson, Göran
Community-building or an arena for hate and discrimination? Muslims and social media in Sweden
Nordic Sociological Association Conference
Willander, Erika; Larsson, Göran
Ärvd eller erövrad sekularitet? Sekulär identitet bland postmuslimer och postkristna i Sverige: [Inherited or acquired secularity? Secular identity among post-Muslims and post-Christians in Sweden]
Sociologisk forskning, Sveriges Sociologförbund 2023, Vol. 59, (4) : 417-446
Thurfjell, David; Willander, Erika
Postmuslimer: om sekularitet i ett mångreligiöst Sverige
IMS rapportserie, 6
Thurfjell, David; Willander, Erika
Muslim Attitudes Towards Islamic Finance in Sweden: The Case of Loans with Interest
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, Vol. 34, (2) : 76-88
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika
Belonging, identification and trust among self-identified muslims in Sweden: what we know and what we don't know
Muslims in the western world: sense of belonging and political identity, Cham: Springer 2022 : 129-146
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika
Chaplain leadership during COVID-19: an international expert panel
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Sage Publications 2022, Vol. 76, (1) : 56-65
Szilagyi, Csaba; Vandenhoeck, Anne; Best, Megan C.; et al.
Andlig vård under Covid-19-pandemin
Bromma: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST) 2021
Andreasson, Gunnel; Stockman, Max; Willander, Erika; et al.
Andlig vård i sjukvården under coronapandemin
Svensk kyrkotidning, Uppsala: Svensk kyrkotidning 2021, Vol. 10, (117) : 310-314
Andréasson, Gunnel; Willander, Erika
Muslim attitudes towards islamic finance in Sweden: The case of loans with interest
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, Universitetsforlaget 2021, Vol. 34, (2) : 76-88
Larsson, Göran; Willander, Erika
Muslimer och postmuslimer i svenska kyrkan
Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, Lund: Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift 2021, Vol. 97, (4) : 297-317
Thurfjell, David; Willander, Erika
Muslims by ascription: on post-lutheran secularity and muslim immigrants
Numen, Brill Academic Publishers 2021, Vol. 68, (4) : 307-335
Thurfjell, David; Willander, Erika
Den muslimska majoriteten: en studie av religion och sekularisering hos svenskar med muslimsk respektive kristen familjebakgrund
Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet 2021
Thurfjell, David; Willander, Erika; Frisk, Emil
Kvinnligt, manligt, kyrkligt: en uppföljning av Berndt Gustafssons genusforskning
Religionssociologisk mångfald: texter till minne av Berndt Gustafsson, grundare av religionssociologi i Sverige, Lund: Lunds universitet 2021 : 159-179
Willander, Erika
Abby day: Sociology of religion. Overview and analysis of contemporary religion
Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, Universitetsforlaget 2021, Vol. 34, (2) : 130-131
Willander, Erika
Unity, division and the religious mainstream in Sweden
Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challanges
Willander, Erika
Content analysis
The SAGE encyclopedia of the sociology of religion, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications 2020 : 165-166
Willander, Erika
Ett mångreligiöst Sverige i förändring
Bromma: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST) 2020
Willander, Erika; Stockman, Max
The religious landscape of Sweden: Affinity, affiliation and diversity in the 21st century
Stockholm: Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities 2019
Willander, Erika
Sveriges religiösa landskap: samhörighet, tillhörighet och mångfald under 2000-talet
SST:s skriftserie, 8
Willander, Erika
Conditions for religious pluralism in Swedish hospital chaplaincy: a research note
Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Routledge 2019, Vol. 25, (3) : 99-109
Willander, Erika; Bradby, Hannah; Torres, Sandra; et al.
Mellan sekulära och religiösa förväntningar: civilreligion på individnivå i Sverige: [In-between secular and religious expectations: civil religion at an individual level in sweden]
Sociologisk forskning, Lund: Sveriges Sociologförbund 2018, Vol. 55, (1) : 53-74
Willander, Erika
Bortom den nordiska paradoxen: levd religion i statistiken
Levd religion: det heliga i vardagen, Lund: Nordic Academic Press 2018 : 223-240
Willander, Erika
The provision of spiritual care in Swedish hospitals
The impact of religion: Challenges for society, law and democracy. The second International interdisciplinary conference: Programme & abstracts : 56-56
Willander, Erika; Bradby, Hannah; Torres, Sandra; et al.
Maintaining Swedish secularity?: Introducing a comparative perspective on cultural christians and cultural muslims
NSA 2018: Book of Abstracts : 7-7
Willander, Erika; Thurfjell, David
Confirmation candidates in the church of Sweden
Journal of empirical theology, Brill Academic Publishers 2017, Vol. 30, (1) : 104-121
Willander, Erika
Ung ledare i svenska kyrkan: En fråga för alla?
Nyckeln till Svenska kyrkan: En skrift om organisation, verksamhet och ekonomi, Uppsala: Svenska kyrkan 2016 : 31-43
Willander, Erika
Svenska medborgare i världen
Nyckeln till Svenska kyrkan: En skrift om organisation, verksamhet och ekonomi, Uppsala: Svenska Kyrkan 2016 : 73-83
Willander, Erika
A theories of the middle range approch to Nordic church statistics
Nordic conference for the Sociology of Religion, Helsinki, Finland, August 17-19, 2016
Willander, Erika
Religion efter migration
Svenska utlandsröster, Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet 2016 : 113-131
Willander, Erika
Svenska kyrkan och dess prästers tro
Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, Lund: Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift 2016, Vol. 92, (2) : 50-63
Willander, Erika; Blåder, Niclas
United by faith?: three directions of interpretation among priests in the church of Sweden
The Nordic conference for Sociology of Religion, Helsinki, Finland, August 17-19, 2016
Willander, Erika; Blåder, Niclas
Confirmation in the Church of Sweden: Some challenging trends
Svenska kyrkans forskardagar
Willander, Erika
Confirmation work in Sweden
Youth, religion and confirmation work in Europe: the second study, Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2015 : 245-253
Willander, Erika
Religiositet och sekularisering
Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2015 : 53-68
Willander, Erika
Ett första spadtag för statistik över diakoni
Nyckeln till Svenska kyrkan, Uppsala: Svenska kyrkan 2015 : 43-51
Willander, Erika; Brandberg, Peter
”Jag tror på något”: konstruktioner av tro och tilltro: ["I believe in something": constructions of beliefs in Sweden]
Sociologisk forskning, Sveriges Sociologförbund 2013, Vol. 50, (2) : 117-138
Willander, Erika
The contemporary sacred: A data-driven account from the Swedish Blogosphere
41ST IIS World Congress, Uppsala, Sweden, June 9-10, 2013
Willander, Erika
Evidence of the Post-Secular? An example from the Blogosphere
The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy, Uppsala, Sweden, May 20-22, 2013
Willander, Erika; Sikström, Sverker
Believing and belonging: The case of church-individualism in Sweden
Nordic Conference for Sociology of Religion, Umeå, Sweden, August 15-17, 2012
Willander, Erika
What is sacred in a space of numbers?
The Quantitative Semantics symposium, Lund University
Willander, Erika; Sikström, Sverker
Public discussion on religion and spirituality: Defining themes, differences and similarities
the Nordic conference of Sociology of Religion, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, August 4-6, 2010
Willander, Erika; Sikström, Sverker
Categorising cultural meaning of the word "sacred" using latent semantic analysis
the Nordic Research Network on the Mediatization of Religion and Culture
Willander, Erika; Sikström, Sverker
Att se till de anställda: Möjligheter och begränsningar för jämställdhetsanalyser utifrån Uppsala universitets personalstatistik
Uppsala universitet 2010
Willander, Erika; Spross, Linn
Vad är "andligt" i hypotesen om den andlige revolutionen?
Religionsvidenskapeligt Tidsskrift, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2009, (53) : 35-50
Willander, Erika
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Research groups

Affiliated with the group
Sociology of religion