in 1993, she was appointed professor of sociology at uppsala university by the government of sweden, to study the "relation between power and gender in family and society, in particular men's violence against women". she was installed as a professor with a military parade and gave her inaugural lecture on eroticised power in uppsala cathedral. she was a visiting professor at new york university from 1996 to 1997, and has also held visiting professorships at the university of north london, the university of bradford and åbo akademi university. in 2003, lundgren became head of department for the newly created department of gender studies (samgenus) at uppsala university.