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Dr. Isabella Kasselstrand is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, part of the School of Social Science. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh (2014) and has prior faculty roles at California State University, Bakersfield (Associate Professor) and Pitzer College (Visiting Position). Her research focuses on secularization, secularity, and nonreligious identities, employing quantitative and mixed-methods approaches with a regional emphasis on Northern Europe, particularly Scandinavia and Scotland.
Key research areas include religious indifference, immigration impacts on religiosity, social trust dynamics, and cultural religion practices. She co-authored the book Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society (2023) and serves as Co-Editor of Secularism & Nonreligion, and on editorial boards of Sociology of Religion and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. She also holds the role of Publications Officer for the British Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Study Group.
Teaching expertise includes research methods, social inequality, and introductory sociology courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her recent publications analyze trends in secular spirituality, public perceptions of women's empowerment, and comparative secularization patterns. She actively supervises PhD students focusing on quantitative methods and secularization themes.
