Inaugural lecture: Stories about (working) life
Erika Wall has been Professor of Health Sciences since 2023 and since the turn of the year Head of Subject for the Interdisciplinary Subject of Occupational Health Science at Mid Sweden University.
In recent years, Erika has immersed herself in narrative theory and analysis, where stories are seen as both personal reproductions of events and as tools for people's meaning-making. Her inaugural lecture is based on questions about what stories can contribute to research beyond the specific content of what is said. Erika highlights how narrative theory and analysis can open up for alternative ways of understanding people's experiences of work and living conditions. Using examples from her own research, she invites reflection on what happens when research results are given a different voice than the one we are used to.