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Matilda Hellman
@matildahellman.bsky.social
Professor of sociology, Uppsala university. Associate professor, university of Helsinki.
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Our colleague @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published an interesting chapter analyzing how popular online news report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. Read the chapter here link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#AddictionStudies #SociologyOfScience#Research
Addiction Discoveries: Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience
This chapter examines popular online news items that report on neuroscience discoveries in the field of addiction. It uses the concepts of hype and spin to help frame this genre as a force of (bio)med...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:17 AM
New year, new discoveries! 💥

The book ”Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour: New Critical Perspectives” is out now!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🧠 I have contributed with a chapter on ”Hyping and Spinning the Superiority of Neuroscience”
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Addiction and the Medicalisation of Conspicuous Behaviour
This edited collection critically examines the proliferation of the concept of addiction by psychiatry and other allied professions and its cultural use.
link.springer.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
In the early 2020s, despite increasing public concern about gambling harms, the city of #Tampere hosted a casino.
🎰 Read our study on the legitimisation of this last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and the state monopoly. With Paula Jääskeläinen.

direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...
Tampere casino: The last bizarre synergy between addiction capitalism and a state gambling monopoly?
Abstract. In the early 2020s, despite growing public concern about gambling harms, the Finnish city of Tampere hosted a state-monopoly-operated casino as part of a new entertainment arena complex. Thi...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Yes, there are convincing and good interpretations and translations . Also analysis of heglian roots for other (ideological) thinking — which must be some of the the most important contributions
June 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Arguing Hegelian geist to be intelligible, naturalistic, intersubjective, historical, non-metaphysical… etc etc
June 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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📢 Our college @matildahellman.bsky.social has recently published two timely pieces on the challenges facing science under the second Trump administration: a call to resist anti-science policy and an editorial on DEI in research.
🧪 doi.org/10.1177/1455...
🌍 doi.org/10.1177/1455...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Grattis! Fint jobbat 💪
March 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
You can do it! 🫶
March 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@nordicwelfare.bsky.social is hosting an alcohol policy webinar in Helsinki today 🍷 with @who.int
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Measles: What has not been widely reported is what comes next for those who have been infected —
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/meas...
How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia | Harvard Magazine
Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.
www.harvardmagazine.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Watch my brilliant colleague @bradby.bsky.social speak about the intersection of sociology and health⚕️🏥🩻
This week, we're showcasing our work at the intersection of sociology and health 🎙️ Check out this talk by @bradby.bsky.social exploring the question: What Use is a Sociology of Health and Medicine? 📺 Watch here media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/5...
#Sociology #HealthStudies #MedicalSociology
Hannah Bradby What Use is a So... - Medfarm Play - Uppsala universitet
media.medfarm.uu.se
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Matilda Hellman
📖 Kicking off this week by sharing new research from our department on addiction from a sociological perspective. Check out more work on this topic here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.... #Sociology #AddictionResearch
Addiction discoveries: Hyping and spinning the superiority of neuroscience
uu.diva-portal.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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New Research from our Department! 📢
📝 Tripping in the Happiest Country of the World ,Use Values of Psychedelics According to Finnish Users
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This study explores how psychedelic use is understood and valued in Finland.#Sociology #DrugStudies #SocialScience
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February 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Reposted by Matilda Hellman
New Research in our department:
📄 “A Double Decline in Character”: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Female Drug User Experiences in Iran
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
#DrugResearch #Sociology #NewPublications@matildahellman.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Tässä podcastissa tehdään melkein sama analyysi. Varsinkin kongressin valta/ rooli nyt vaakakupissa
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What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 11/02/2025 · 1h 35m
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February 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM