Filippa Flaherty is a PhD Student in Sociology working at the Department of Criminology and Police Work.
- Cultural Sociology
- Cultural Criminology
- Subcultures
- Gender
- Ethnography
Drawing on cultural sociological and cultural criminological perspectives, Filippa's research focuses on processes of meaning-making and identity in group cultures, deviance, gender, politicization, and stigmatization.
Filippa is a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University.
Filippa is the recipient of the Prince Bertil Fellowship from the Sweden-America Foundation (2025-2026) for doctoral studies at Yale University.
Filippa’s dissertation project explores how drag participants construct group identities, gender, and how they manage stigma. Utilizing an ethnographic method, Filippa examines how these themes are performed and narrated within the culture, how and why such constructions become meaningful, and what consequences they have. Furthermore, the project focuses on stigmatization processes directed toward drag culture and how drag artists negotiate their identities in relation to broader cultural narratives.
Undervisning
Filippa teaches courses in criminology, sociology, gender studies, and in police work. She supervises student theses in sociology, criminology, and at the police program.
Forskning
Flaherty, F. (2026). Lekens potential i sociologisk analys: ram och lek i dragkultur. In: J. Nästesjö & A. Persson (Eds.), Inramningar: att förstå och använda ramanalytiska perspektiv (pp. 183-202). Studentlitteratur: Lund. ISBN: 9789144200804
Flaherty, F. (2024). Free parties, sexuality, creativity and drugs: dancing within the urban world. In E. Hannerz; & P. Bengtsen (Eds.), Urban Creativity. Essays on interventions in public space (pp. 140-166). Dokument Press. ISBN: 9789188369925 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.323
