Peter Sohlberg
About
Peter Sohlberg. Ph.D. Uppsala University, professor emeritus of philosophy of social sciences, SVT-Faculty NTNU. Associate professor of sociology, Uppsala University.
My general research interests:
- Philosophy of science, with special focus on “knowledge-generating” research strategies.
- Research methodology from a philosophy of science perspective.
- Functionalism and system-theoretical reasoning in social science and its importance for understanding sustainability and non-sustainability.
- The idea of social constructions not as a programmatic standpoint but applied to a variety of construction activities, answering e.g. to the questions: who construct, what is constructed and in what way is “it” constructed.
- Sociological theory, from the classics to contemporary theory.
- Social science and its “anthropomorphic” and teleological problems.
- Actor- and system-vocabularies and their implications for social science.
Presently I am working with themes in the intersection between philosophy of science and social science. I am particularly interested in classic system-theoretical approaches and their potential for understanding social design activity and the complex outcome of social processes. I am particularly interested in the relevance of classic system theory for understanding sustainability and non-sustainability of systems. In that vein I have recently written a monograph describing classic functionalist reasoning and its contemporary methodological relevance: Functional construction work in social science: The lost heritage (in press).https://www.routledge.com/Functionalist-Construction-Work-in-Social-Science-The-Lost-Heritage/Sohlberg/p/book/9780367376468
Together with professor Håkon Leiulfsrud, Department of sociology and political science, NTNU, I have finalized the sociological project Sociological Theory and Practice Revisited, financed by the Norwegian Research Council. The overall idea with this project was to widen the idea of social and theoretical constructions by principal argumentation as well as with examples
Publications in The STPR project
Theory in action: Theoretical constructionism. (eds. Peter Sohlberg & Håkon Leiulfsrud). https://brill.com/view/title/32929
Concepts in action: Conceptual constructionism. (eds. Håkon Leiulfsrud & Peter Sohlberg). https://brill.com/view/title/32930
Constructing the object in social science (In press, Brill, eds. Håkon Leiulfsrud & Peter Sohlberg). Constructing Social Research Objects – Constructionism in research practice | Brill
Here I am presenting the first professor in Sociology in Sweden, and the founder of the Sociology department in Uppsala – Torgny Segerstedt (In Swedish). As rektor for Uppsala University (1955-1978) and as a member of the Swedish Academy he was a strong actor in favour of academic freedom and the autonomy of the universities.
Publications
2021
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Swedberg, Richard;
Hjellbrekke, Johs.;
Scott, John;
Ahrne, Göran;
Hasse, Raimund;
Røyrvik, Emil Andre;
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum;
Widerberg, Karin Ingrid.
(2021)
Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructivism in Research Practice.
De Gruyter Brill
Non-fiction monograph
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2021)
Constructing Social Research Objects.
De Gruyter Brill
Anthology
2018
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Swedberg, Richard;
Flemmen, Anne Britt;
Martinussen, Willy Martin;
Guneriussen, Willy Johan;
Strandbakken, Pål;
Scott, John;
Ahrne, Göran;
Hasse, Raimund.
(2018)
Concepts in Action.
Non-fiction chapter
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Sohlberg, Peter.
(2018)
What Do We Do with Norms—Conform, Break, Understand or Explain?.
Academic chapter
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Sohlberg, Peter;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2018)
Conceptual Constructionism: An Introduction.
Academic chapter
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2018)
Concepts in Action. Conceptual Constructionism.
De Gruyter Brill
Anthology
2016
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Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2016)
Theory and Theoretical Operations.
Academic chapter
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Sohlberg, Peter Anders.
(2016)
A Thick Description of Robert K. Merton's Middle Range Theory - Manifest Properties and Latent Ambivalence.
Academic chapter
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Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2016)
Theory in Action. Theoretical Constructionism.
Brill | Nijhoff
Anthology
2010
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2010)
Social ojämlikhet, sociala klasser och strukturperpspektiv.
Academic chapter
2004
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Sohlberg, Peter;
Sohlberg, Britt-Marie.
(2004)
Erkendelsens former - videnskabsteori og forskningsmetode.
Forlaget Klim
Textbook
Books
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Swedberg, Richard;
Hjellbrekke, Johs.;
Scott, John;
Ahrne, Göran;
Hasse, Raimund;
Røyrvik, Emil Andre;
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum;
Widerberg, Karin Ingrid.
(2021)
Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructivism in Research Practice.
De Gruyter Brill
Non-fiction monograph
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Sohlberg, Peter;
Sohlberg, Britt-Marie.
(2004)
Erkendelsens former - videnskabsteori og forskningsmetode.
Forlaget Klim
Textbook
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Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2016)
Theory in Action. Theoretical Constructionism.
Brill | Nijhoff
Anthology
-
Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2021)
Constructing Social Research Objects.
De Gruyter Brill
Anthology
-
Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2018)
Concepts in Action. Conceptual Constructionism.
De Gruyter Brill
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Swedberg, Richard;
Flemmen, Anne Britt;
Martinussen, Willy Martin;
Guneriussen, Willy Johan;
Strandbakken, Pål;
Scott, John;
Ahrne, Göran;
Hasse, Raimund.
(2018)
Concepts in Action.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Sohlberg, Peter Anders;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2016)
Theory and Theoretical Operations.
Academic chapter
-
Sohlberg, Peter Anders.
(2016)
A Thick Description of Robert K. Merton's Middle Range Theory - Manifest Properties and Latent Ambivalence.
Academic chapter
-
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2018)
What Do We Do with Norms—Conform, Break, Understand or Explain?.
Academic chapter
-
Sohlberg, Peter;
Leiulfsrud, Håkon.
(2018)
Conceptual Constructionism: An Introduction.
Academic chapter
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Leiulfsrud, Håkon;
Sohlberg, Peter.
(2010)
Social ojämlikhet, sociala klasser och strukturperpspektiv.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2006
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Conference lectureSohlberg, Peter. (2006) Studies on Professional Expertise, Authority and Work Life Organisation in Education and Health. European conference on educational research
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Conference lectureSohlberg, Peter. (2006) presentation av EU-projektet PROFKNOW. Karolinska institutet vid Stockholms Universitet
2005
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Conference lectureSohlberg, Peter; Lindblad, Sverker. (2005) Lärarkår i samhällsstruktur 1980-1995. PROFKNOW Conference
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Conference lectureSohlberg, Peter. (2005) Presentation of the PROFKNOW-questionnaire, with comments. PROFKNOW Conference