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Klara Goedecke is an Associate Professor at Karlstad University, specializing in Gender Studies with a focus on masculinities, cultural practices, and embodied temporalities. Her research integrates queer, feminist, and poststructuralist theories to explore topics such as rest as a political practice, gambling cultures, and men's friendships as sites of gender politics.
Her academic journey includes a doctoral thesis on men's friendships in Sweden (2018), leading to publications like Riktiga vänner och andra män and collaborations on projects analyzing Swedish gambling market deregulation. She teaches courses in gender studies, masculinities, and feminist methodologies.
Research interests span cultural representations of gender, emotional labor in gambling, and intersections of wellness culture with productivity. Ongoing projects like Rest as politics and practice examine rest's role in resisting neoliberal productivity norms, while earlier work critiques postfeminist ideologies in media and national branding.
Publications highlight critical analyses of masculinity, including poker's homo-social dynamics, the gendering of problem gambling, and ethical challenges in masculinity studies. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges sociology, cultural studies, and feminist theory to address contemporary gendered power structures.
