My research focuses on the intersection of violence, social inequality, and health dynamics, with an emphasis on reproductive rights and gender-based violence in Latin America.
I am an Associate Professor (Docent) in Sociology with the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Before this, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Sociology and Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University, and the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institute. I have been a guest researcher with Columbia University and the College of Mexico. I earned my doctorate in Sociological Demography from the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University in December 2021.
In 2025, I was awarded a €1.6M Starting Grant from the European Research Council for the project SeRO: Sexual and Reproductive Outcomes of Violent Crime in Mexico.
Svallfors, S., M. Caudillo and O. Torrisi (2025) Demography
Svallfors, S. (2025) Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Svallfors, S. (2024) Population & Development Review
Svallfors, S. (2024) Disasters
Svallfors, S. and S. Billingsley (2019) Studies in Family Planning





