Per Göransson
Publications outside Cristin
Dissertation
- Göransson, Per (2024). Sveriges körgeografier: En studie av Svenska kyrkans ochSveriges körförbunds körverksamheter. https://kau.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1890632&dswid=-3597
Peer-reviewed articles
- Göransson, Per. Braunerhielm, Lotta. Nilsson, Mats. (2044). Mapping Secular Choirs in Sweden. Journal of Religion in Europe, 17(3): 293-315. DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10113
- Göransson, Per. Braunerhielm, Lotta. Nilsson, Mats. (2024). Vem sjunger var i Sverige? Svenskt gudstjänstliv (99). https://journals.lub.lu.se/sgl/about
- Göransson, Per. (2022). Mapping the Geography of Choirs in Sweden. Approaching Religion, 12(1), 77–97. DOI: 10.30664/ar.111087
Research interests
Per Göransson is a Swedish assistant professor at the Department of Social Sciences at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. He completed his PhD at Karlstad university. His current research explores the geographical aspects of (non)religion in Western European contexts and its intersections with topics such as culture, sustainability and nature. Other research interest consists of different representations and their spatialities in popular television and collaborative place-making processes in urban school courtyards with a focus on biodiversity.
His work has been published in the Journal of Religion in Europe, Approaching Religion, and Svenskt gudstjänstliv. Prior to his academic career, he worked as an urban and regional planner (physical planning) in the Stockholm region, Sweden.
Previously, he investigated the relationship between choir activities, place/space and social context. The background to this is that Sweden is often described as one of the world's most secular countries. However, religious elements are still present in society, for example through religiously coded cultural activities. This is also reflected in various types of encounters and tensions between religious and secular expressions in Swedish, Nordic and even European societies, which have spatial outcomes.
He is part of the Centre for Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University (https://www.kau.se/en/geomedia). He is also a member of the Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation at Karlstad University (https://www.kau.se/crs).
Teaching
Teaches urban and regional planning subjects at bachelor's and master's level.
Courses fall term 2025.
SPL-3004 Geografiske perspektiver
SPL-1002 Geografi og samfunn
SVF-3003 Kvalitative forskningsmetoder