Boel Berner


Boel Berner is a Swedish sociologist, historian, and editor.

Early life and education

Karin Boel Christina Berner was born 3 August 1945 in Helsingborg. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Lund University in 1967, and a PhD in sociology from Lund University in 1981.

Research and career

Berner became an associate professor in sociology in 1988. She has studied and done research several times in London and Paris. From 1991 she was a professor on the topic of technology and social change at Linköping University. She is a member of the international gender research network Mage, based in Paris. Berner's research has focused on four main areas, using historical analysis and participatory observation and interviews: medical technology and practice; the nature and social role of technical knowledge; gender and technology; and risk and uncertainty.
She served as editor of the magazine Zenit, for Sociological Research, for Acta Sociologica, and for Women's Journal of Science. Berner is a scientific editor of the Pandora series on Arkiv förlag, with a focus on science, technology and medicine in society.

Selected works