Kerstin Jacobsson is a Swedish political sociologist conducting research on democracy issues, the European Union, active labour market policies and social movements.
She is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Work Science at the University of Gothenburg.
Jacobsson obtained her PhD in sociology in 1997 from Uppsala University in Sweden, writing her thesis on democracy in the European Union.
[1] As a political sociologist, Jacobsson has conducted research on Europeanization and the European Union, with one focus on democracy and another focus on employability and labor market policies.
She has also studied social movements, primarily in Sweden and Eastern Europe, including animal rights activists and women's organizations.