
Kristina Göransson
Deputy Head of Department | Director of Doctoral Studies | Senior Lecturer | PhD in Social Anthropology | Associate Professor

Research
I am an Associate Professor in Social Work at Lund University and hold a PhD degree in Social Anthropology. My doctoral dissertation (2006) is an ethnographic study of the renegotiation of intergenerational obligations and expectations in Chinese middle-class families in contemporary Singapore. My current research includes parenting cultures, mothers’ and fathers’ educational care work, and ethnographic methods.
Teaching
My main teaching areas are qualitative methods and international and cross-cultural perspectives in the field of social work.
Publications
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Educational desires, intensive parenting and shifting notions of childhood in twenty-first century Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2022)
Conference paper: abstractPlay with a purpose: Intensive parenting, educational desires and shifting notions of childhood and learning in twenty-first century Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2022) Childhood
Journal articleIntensive motherhood and educational desires in uncertain times: Negotiating ambiguous expectations in twenty-first century Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2022)
Conference paper: abstractNavigating conflicting desires: parenting practices and the meaning of educational work in urban East Asia
Kristina Göransson, Yoonhee Kang, Yeon-Jin Kim
(2022) Ethnography & Education, 17 p.160-178
Journal articleNavigating conflicting desires: Parenting practices and the meaning of educational labor in urban East Asia
Kristina Göransson, Yoonhee Kang
(2021)
Conference paper: abstractDeltagande observationer
Annika Capelan, Kristina Göransson
(2021) Kvalitativa metoder helt enkelt! , p.117-139
Book chapterDoing responsible parenthood: Parental involvement in young children’s education in urban South Korea and Singapore
Kristina Göransson, Yoonhee Kang
(2021)
Conference paper: abstractGuiding the young child: Trajectories of parents’ educational work in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2021) Families, Relationships and Societies, 11
Journal articleAmbiguous aspirations: Parenting strategies around young children’s education in urban South Korea and Singapore
Kristina Göransson, Yoonhee Kang
(2020)
Conference paper: abstractTiger Mums and Home Schoolers: Trajectories of Parents’ Educational Work in Contemporary Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractÅrsbok 2016 : Socialhögskolan, Lunds universitet
Ulrika Anzén, Christel Avendal, Staffan Blomberg, Moa Brunzell, Kristina Göransson, et al.
(2017) Research Reports in Social Work
ReportIntensive motherhood and the meaning of educational work in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2017)
Conference paper: abstractCustoms and Etiquette in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2017) Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Customs , p.265-269
Book chapter'The Mumpreneur' : Intensive Motherhood, Maternal Identity and the Meaning of Educational Work in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2016) Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 39
Journal articleParenthood, Gender and Generation in Urban East Asia
(2016) Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 39
Editor for a journalResituating Parenthood: Emergent Subjects and Shifting Power Relations in Urban East Asian Families
Lisa Eklund, Kristina Göransson
(2016) Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, July 2016
Journal articleRaising successful children: Children as accumulation strategy and the renegotiation of parenting arrangements in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2015) Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 16 p.211-226
Journal articleInvolved parenting and the reprioritization of mothering activities in contemporary Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2015)
Conference paper: abstractReview of The Globalization of Motherhood: Deconstructions and Reconstructions of Biology and Care, by JaneMarie Maher and Wendy Chavkin (eds), Routledge 2010
Kristina Göransson
(2014) Intersections
ReviewRaising successful children: the quest for upward social mobility and the gendered renegotiation of parenting arrangements in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2014)
Conference paper: abstractReassessing the Intergenerational Contract
Kristina Göransson
(2013) Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 11 p.62-75
Journal articleManoeuvring the middle ground: Social mobility and the renegotiation of gender and family obligations among Chinese Singaporeans
Kristina Göransson
(2013) Norwegian Journal of Geography, 67 p.249-258
Journal articleIntroduction to the Special Issue: "Curiosity and Serendipity in Qualitative Research"
Katarina Jacobsson, Kristina Göransson, David Wästerfors
(2013) Qualitative Sociology Review, 9 p.1-2
Journal articleEthnographic Family Research: Opportunities and Challenges of Doing Fieldwork on Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2011) Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 42 p.903-903
Journal articleDoing Ethnographic Research in Chinese Families: Reflections on Methodological Concerns from Two Asian Cities
Esther Chor Leng Goh, Kristina Göransson
(2011) International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10 p.265-281
Journal articleGendered expectations and intergenerational support among Chinese Singaporeans
Kristina Göransson
(2010) Gendered Inequalities in Asia: Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men , p.191-220
Book chapterThe Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2009) Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory
BookVad skall jag läsa? Ansökningskrisen och studenters beslutsprocess
Steven Sampson, Torbjörn Friberg, Kristina Göransson, Maria Sandberg
(2007)
ReportConflicts and Contracts : Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
Kristina Göransson
(2006) Lund Monographs in Social Anthropology, 17
DissertationFilial children and ageing parents : intergenerational family ties as politics and practice among Chinese Singaporeans
Kristina Göransson
(2004) Working paper in social anthropology
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