Eric Bjorklund is a sociologist who specializes in health, inequality, and political sociology. His research examines how the distribution of power within society shapes material conditions and formal political processes in ways that generate and reinforce health disparities. Most recently, his focus has been on the socio-political determinants of in alcohol, suicide, and substance/opioid mortality rates.
He also utilizes a mixed methods approach to analyze white reactionary conservative politics in the United States. This includes quantitative work on the politics of health (such as the mechanisms linking ), as well as ongoing qualitative research on the internal logics and contours of reactionary politics amongst white working-class men.
Eric currently teaches a range of courses at ÃÛÌÒAPP, including Health & Illness, Inequalities in Health & Health Care, Culture, Power, & Music, and Quantitative Research Methods. Eric has also successfully taught numerous other courses (research methods, social inequality, political sociology, technology & society) at diverse range of institutions.