She has her PhD in Political Science from Umeå University and her main research interest is critical policy analysis, especially regarding gender equality policy, regional policy and growth policy. She has also recently started a research project on gender and the academy. Among her recent publications in English are Critical Studies of Gender Equalities: Nordic Dislocations, Dilemmas and Contradictions (Makadam: 2008) with Eva Magnusson and Harriet Silius, and 'Bending towards growth: discursive constructions of gender equality in an era of governance and neoliberalism' (Routledge: 2009) in The discursive politics of gender equality: Stretching, bending and policymaking, ed by Lombardo et al. Rönnblom is also the chair of the Swedish Association for Gender Studies and chief editor of NORA, Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research.