Research areas
My research areas include intimate relationships, sexuality, singlehood and online dating.
I’m the principal investigator of the French national survey “ENVIE” on young adults’ intimate relationships carried out in 2023 on a representative sample of more
Other activities
- Co-head of the research unit “Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities” at INED
- Co-head of the research axis “Conjugal relationships and trajectories” at INED
- Head of the research axis “Gender throughout the life cycle” at INED
- Head of the ANR project J
Selection of publications
Bergström (ed.), 2025, La sexualité qui vient. Jeunesse et relations intimes après #MeToo, Paris, La Découverte, 388 pages.
URL : https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/la_sexualite_qui_vient-9782348083693
Bergström & Brée, 2023, « Not a Single Meaning: Definition and Evolution of Singlehood in France and the United States », Family Theory & Review.
URL : https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12519
Bergström, 2023, Kärlekens nya lagar. Hur nätdejting förändrar våra intima relationer, Stockholm, Fri Tanke, 200 p.
URL : https://fritanke.se/bokhandel/bocker/karlekens-nya-lagar/
Bergström & Moulin, 2022, « Couple Formation is Prolonged not Postponed. New Paths to Union Formation in Contemporary France », European Journal of Population, vol. 38, n° 5, p. 975-1008.
URL : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36507240
Bergström, 2022, The New Laws of Love. Online Dating and the Privatization of Intimacy, London, Polity, 200 p.
URL : https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-new-laws-of-love-o…
Bergström, Courtel & Vivier, 2019, « Uncoupled. Experiences of Singlehood in Contemporary France », Population (english edition), vol. 74, n° 1, p. 101-126.
URL : https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-population-2019-1-page-101.htm
Bergström, 2018, « What’s behind the age gap between spouses? Big data and the study of age difference within couples », Revue française de sociologie, vol. 59, n° 3, p. 395-422.
URL : https://hal.science/hal-03676083v1/file/Bergstrom_whats_behind_the_age_…