Ulrika Widding

I am Associate Professor. My research interests are norms and ideals associated to parenthood, family life and parenting support. Analytical tools are mainly from critical discursive psychology

Research qualifications: Docent

Educational qualifications: Recognised university teacher

Contact

ulrika.widding@umu.se

+46 90 786 78 17

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Education

Hus Y, Beteendevetarhuset Umeå universitet, Mediagränd 14, Beteendevetarhuset, 901 87 Umeå

Doing (in)equality in Swedish families: women's narratives of outsourcing domestic work

Families, Relationships and Societies

Silfver, Ann-Louise; Widding, Ulrika

Book review: Nanny Families: Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden

The European Journal of Women's Studies, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 28, (2) : 287-290

Silfver, Ann-Louise; Widding, Ulrika

DILF or ditched?: Representations of the 'single father' in Swedish internet-based forum discussions

Single parents: representations and resistance in an international context, Springer 2021 : 155-173

Widding, Ulrika

Classroom bodies: affect, body language, and discourse when schoolchildren encounter national tests in mathematics

Gender and Education, Routledge 2020, Vol. 32, (5) : 682-696

Silfver, Eva; Maritha, Jacobsson; Arnell, Linda; et al.

Parents of extremely and moderately preterm children reported long-lasting impressions of medical care and the hospital environment

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 109, (9) : 1772-1777

Widding, Ulrika; Hägglöf, Bruno; Adamsson, Marie; et al.

Parents of preterm children narrate constructive aspects of their experiences

Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 28, (21-22) : 4110-4119

Widding, Ulrika; Hägglöf, Bruno; Farooqi, Aijaz

Educating Police Officers in Sweden: All about Making Meaning

Bergman, Bengt; Karp, Staffan; Widding, Ulrika

Representations of the ‘single father’ in internet-based forum discussions

Close Relations: a multi- and interdisciplinary conference on critical family and kinship studies, Uppsala University, Sweden, October 24-26, 2018

Widding, Ulrika

Parental determinism in the Swedish strategy for parenting support

Social Policy and Society, Cambridge University Press 2018, Vol. 17, (3) : 481-490

Widding, Ulrika

“I thought he was ugly”: mothers of extremely premature children narrate their experiences as troubled subjects

Feminism and Psychology, Sage Publications 2016, Vol. 26, (2) : 153-169

Widding, Ulrika; Farooqi, Aijaz

Parenting ideals and (un-)troubled parent positions

Pedagogy, Culture & Society, London: Routledge 2015, Vol. 23, (1) : 45-64

Widding, Ulrika

Rational and professional, or emotional and 'good enough': Parents negotiating the meaning of parenthood within a parent education programme

Studies in the Education of Adults, NIACE - National Institute of Adult Continuing Education 2014, Vol. 46, (1) : 42-57

Widding, Ulrika

Ett föräldrastöd grundat i barnkonventionen?: En analys av hur föräldrastödsmaterial förhåller sig till olika dimensioner av barnkonventionen

Barn, Trondheim: Norsk senter for barneforskning (NOSEB) 2014, (1) : 41-56

Widding, Ulrika; Olsson, Johanna

Familjepeppen: en familjestödssatsning i Umeåregionen : forskningsrapport : maj 2013

Umeå: Umeå kommun 2013

Widding, Ulrika; Olsson, Johanna

Parents’ narratives of their everyday life and need of support: a study of parents who participate in a parent education program

Gender and democracy: gender research in times of change

Widding, Ulrika

Educating Parents: A critical encounter between Swedish government parent support and parent’s narratives

Changing the Future Educating about Gender

Silfver, Ann-Louise; Berge, Britt-Marie; Magnusson, Eva; et al.

Problematic parents and the community parent education: representations of social class, ethnicity, and gender

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, Routledge 2011, Vol. 23, (1) : 19-38

Widding, Ulrika

'Transform Your Child’s Behaviour Now': parent education as self-help culture and lifelong learning

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Oxford: Symposium Journals Ltd. 2011, Vol. 12, (3) : 252-261

Widding, Ulrika

Barnets rättigheter – högskolans skyldighet: barnkonventionen i olika utbildningskontexter

Undervisning på tvären: student- och lärarerfarenheter : den nionde universitetspedagogiska konferensen 25-26 februari 2009 : konferensrapport, Umeå: Universitetspedagogiskt Centrum, Umeå universitet 2010 : 129-146

Olsson, Johanna; Widding, Ulrika

Identity constructions in the Student’s Society: Formations of gender and class in a mass university

Past-Present-Future: From Women’s Studies to Post-Gender Research, Umeå universitet, 14-17 juni 2007 : -

Widding, Ulrika

Student associations – old means of constructing new identities

European Conference on Educational Research, Dublin, Irland 7-10 september 2007 : -

Widding, Ulrika

Identitetsskapande och symboliskt kapital i studentföreningen

Det civila samhället som forskningsfält: Nya avhandlingar i ett nytt sekel, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Gidlunds Förlag, Stockholm 2006 : -

Widding, Ulrika

Identitetsskapande i studentföreningen: Köns- och klasskonstruktioner i massuniversitetet

Akademiska avhandlingar vid Pedagogiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, 79

Widding, Ulrika

Kvinnliga röster i manliga traditioner: Studentföreningen som ett medel att erövra rätten att tala

3:e nordiska konferensen Kultur, makt och utbildning, Pedagogik-historisk forskning, Lärarhögskolan i Stockholm : -

Widding, Ulrika

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N4 Research Group

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30 June 2020

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