ProTest presents at Swedish Sociology Days, Linné University

Elin Jönsson and Isabel Schoultz presented research results from WP2 at the Swedish Sociological Association’s biannual conference The Sociology Days in Växjö 18-20th of March.

Drawing on biographical narrative interviews, the presented paper examined individual pathways within protests movements: how activists enter, experience, and sustain participation in collective action. The analysis traces recurring stages in activist trajectories from early motivations and formative encounters to navigating the realities of being an activist and maintaining long-term engagement (and possible disengagement). situating these in the broader Swedish sociopolitical context. The study explores how protest cultures are narrated and reinterpreted in response to social and political conditions.

Read more about the conference here.