Dr Trude Sundberg

About

Dr Trude Sundberg is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research. Trude’s work focus on the lived experiences of vulnerable and marginalised groups in society across different regions, nations and parts of the world by looking at both emotional and physical effects of discrimination, stereotyping, values, attitudes and inequalities. 
Their academic research involves working with LGBTQ+ and feminist communities in mainland China and India as well as improving the working conditions in higher education for LGBTQ+, disabled and BIPOC staff in higher education. Trude's research with these communities, and others, aims to improve research methods research through radically inclusive and innovative research methods and to create inclusive and safer spaces within universities and learning spaces. 
Trude completed their PhD at the University of Kent, MSc in Comparative Politics (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science and MPhil in Political Science at the University of Oslo and joined the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research in September 2012. They are currently developing a new, large project on Water Security in South Asia, together with community members in South Asia, and colleagues at the Freie Universitat Berlin and the University of Connecticut. For more information see the project website. 
Trude is the Director of the University of Kent's Q-Step Centre, and had a leading role in establishing the centre, which is now a unique, critical quantitative methods centre. The Centre combines innovative teaching and applied social sciences to benefit secondary education students, our own students and the wider population in Kent. For any questions on the Centre's work email qstep-info@kent.ac.uk