Lucas Gottzén


Lucas Martin Gottzén, formerly Lucas Forsberg, is a Swedish social scientist and an expert on men's studies and violence. He is full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University and editor-in-chief of the men's studies journal Norma, published by Routledge. He is particularly noted for his research on the relation between the perception of masculinity and physical and sexual violence, and is a frequent commentator in the media in Scandinavia on men and violence.
Gottzén earned a BA in history at Linköping University in 2001, an MA in journalism at Stockholm University in 2003 and a PhD in child studies at Linköping University in 2009. He was appointed as senior lecturer at the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2009, was appointed as docent in social work at Linköping University in 2013, and was promoted to full Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University in 2017. In 2012 he became editor-in-chief of the journal Norma.

Selected books