University Lecturer, Police Training
Malmö University
Johan Pettersson works as a lecturer and teacher at the police training program in Malmö. He teaches the course Power Analysis, where tomorrow’s police officers get to train their abilities to discover, understand, analyze and apply knowledge regarding power structures in their police work. It can be operational aspects such as treatment, reflection skills, communication, prejudice, racism and use of violence or collegial aspects regarding culture, jargon, feedback, masculinity norms, civil courage or sexual harassment.
Since 2018, Johan has met with companies, workplaces, sports clubs, and schools and lectured on gender equality issues, work environment, inclusion, discrimination issues, diversity, and power structures. He is a political and gender scientist, passionate about discussing and raising awareness of gender equality and power issues. He often works in male-dominated environments – the Swedish Armed Forces, the police department, the forestry industry, the shipping, and the tech industry, where the aim is to engage men in gender equality work. Johan has expertise in topics related to gender equality, masculinity theory, jargon, and homosocial communities between men.
Johan grew up in masculine environments, with high-level sports, destructive friend groups, and boyish summer jobs, and is therefore passionate about raising knowledge and people’s ability to stop, reflect, and become better at putting themselves in the perspective of others.