Research Profile
Real-life human behavior can only be understood through a combination of social and behavioral sciences. Bringing the parts together is my primary research interest. I am particularly interested in understanding how culture shapes cognition (mental processes) and the other way around.
Research interests:
Culture and cognition; Identity and self-esteem; Motivation and social change/stability; Social sustainability
Close relationships; Romantic Love; Non-monogamy; Sexuality; Individualization
Interdisciplinary theory; Conceptualization; Visual models
Qualitative methodology; Focus groups; Interviews; Discourse Analysis
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Jodén, H & Strandell, J. (2021). Building Viewer Engagement Through Interaction Rituals on Twitch.tv. Information, Communication & Society. Link.
Anker Nielsen, L & Strandell, J. (2020). Testing, filtering, and insinuating: Matching and attunement of emoji use patterns as non-verbal flirting in online dating. Poetics, 83. Link.
Strandell, J. (2018). Increasing marriage rates despite high individualization: Understanding the role of internal reference in Swedish marriage discourse. Cultural Sociology. 12(1): 75-95.
Strandell, J. (2017). Self-esteem in action: from direct causality to motive and mediator of self-performative action. Culture & Psychology. 23(1): 74–87.
Strandell, J. (2016). Culture, Cognition and Behavior in the Pursuit of Self-Esteem. Poetics, 54: 14-24.
Book chapters
Strandell, J. (2019). Bridging the vocabularies of dual-process models of culture and cognition. Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Sociology. Eds: Brekhus, Wayne & Gabe Ignatow. New York: Oxford University Press.
Dissertation
Strandell, J. (2017). Culture-Cognition Interaction: Bridging Cognitive Science and Cultural Sociology. Doctoral dissertation, University of Copenhagen.
Sample chapter: A Confusion of Tongues: On the Origins of Cognitive Sociology.
Sample chapter: The Cultural Schema: Towards Conceptual Compatibility in Culture-Cognition Interaction Research.