Staff

Acting director: Per Bolin

Administrative staff: Vit Kysilka

Director of Studies: Florence Fröhlig

Researchers, teaching staff and other employees:

Birgitta Almgren

Birgitta Almgren

Professor

Professor emeritus/emerita

Language and Politics. Infiltration by dictatorships through culture, soft power

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA709

Mattias Alvarsson

Mattias Alvarsson

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student, Sociology

Social Sciences

ME229B

Luisa Bandeira Coelho

Luisa Bandeira Coelho

Doctoral Student

My research is about Deaf experiences in sign languages, in the Health and well-being field and civil society.

Social Sciences

MA715

Helen Barbosa

Helen Barbosa

Doctoral Student

My research is on water governance and management, where I bring social entry points to understand the interaction between tecnhical aspect of urban water service and people

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MA795A

Mark Bassin

Mark Bassin

Professor

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA717

Hamdija Begovic

Hamdija Begovic

Doctoral student; political sociology

Social Sciences

ME229B

Christofer Berglund

Christofer Berglund

Sofia Beskow

Sofia Beskow

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Student in Sociology. Research focus: Policiary measures against radical nationalist social movements

Social Sciences

ME229B

Thea Bisander

Thea Bisander

Doctoral Student

I am a PhD student in Environmental Scienes. In my research I study greenhouse gas exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, specifically in coastal regions.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD471

Fredrik Bjarkö

Fredrik Bjarkö

Doctoral Student

I am a PhD student in History of Ideas since the autumn semester of 2021. In my PhD thesis, I am examining 19th century works on the history of philosophy.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F827

Asiya Bulatova

Asiya Bulatova

PhD

Researcher

I am a researcher working on Russian, European, and Anglo-American literatures in their cultural, scientific, and biomedical contexts.

Culture and Education

MA791

Helene Carlbäck

Helene Carlbäck

Associate Professor

Researcher

I do research on fatherhood, gender and the family in Russia, in a perspective of contemporary history , 1950-1990s,

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA788

Cagla Demirel

Cagla Demirel

Doctoral Student

Research interests: Competitive victimhood, conflict, peace, reconciliation.

Social Sciences

ME611

Dmitrii Dorogov

Dmitrii Dorogov

PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Russian ideologies of cultural sovereignty

Culture and Education

Katharina Döring

Katharina Döring

I work on competing geopolitical projects in the military and security sector in Africa, studying continentalisms and 'big-space' political formations.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

Joakim Ekman

Joakim Ekman

Professor

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA789

Mounia El hajjari Borg

Mounia El hajjari Borg

Doctoral Student

Corporate Sustainability- Sustainable Management - Social Enterprises

Social Sciences

MA715

Martin Englund

Martin Englund

Doctoral Student

My research is about collecting and analyzing life stories from the refugees who came from Poland to Sweden during the antisemitic campaign 1967-1972.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F931

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1004

Fakhreddin F Rad

Fakhreddin F Rad

Doctoral Student

Hugo Faber

Hugo Faber

Doctoral Student

PhD student. My research concerns energy politics and the phasing out of nuclear and fossil energy.

Social Sciences

ME616

Daniel Fittante

Daniel Fittante

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research interests: Diaspora studies, ethnic intermediation, international migration, political incorporation, post-communist political transition, and urban sociology.

Social Sciences

Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg

Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Specializing in ethnography with a longitudinal methodology, my research focuses on student migration from Eastern to Western Europe.

Social Sciences

Yulia Gradskova

Yulia Gradskova

Associate Professor

Researcher

I defended my PhD "Soviet People with Female Bodies" (2007). Currently my research is focused on Women's International Democratic Federation, the Cold War and the Third World.

Culture and Education

MA722

Kristin Halverson

Kristin Halverson

PhD

Kristin is a PhD candidate in the history of ideas and is interested in the history of STM in the 19th century. Kristin teaches in the history of ideas and teacher education.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Saga Hansén

Saga Hansén

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student in Media and Communication Studies / BEEGS. Writing a dissertation on cultural valuation practices, education media and digitization in Sweden and Estonia.

Culture and Education

PC205

Nathalie Hinders

Nathalie Hinders

Doctoral Student

My research concern stone age pile dwellings around the Baltic Sea and in particular the ceramic craft at these sites.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F824

Emma Kihl

Emma Kihl

Doctoral Student

Emma Kihl is doctoral candidate in comparative literature. The thesis is reading Agneta Enckell’s poetry in company with Isabelle Stengers's philosophy.

Culture and Education

PA204D

Vit Kysilka

Vit Kysilka

Officer

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA724

Agnes Käll

Agnes Käll

Doctoral Student

My research concerns the development of anti-money laundering (AML) supervision at the Swedish, Danish, and Estonian financial supervisory authorities during the 21st century.

Social Sciences

ME551

Tora Lane

Tora Lane

Associate Professor

Researcher

Culture and Education

MA713

Camilla Larsson

Camilla Larsson

PhD

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Student

Culture and Education

PC234

Nicholas Lawrence

Nicholas Lawrence

Doctoral Student

Lelde Luik

Lelde Luik

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My research interests are radical democratic and post-foundational political thought alongside discursive construction of political subjectivities in Eastern Europe.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA791

Thomas Lundén

Thomas Lundén

Professor

Researcher

Political geography, particularly sociopolitical analysis of cross-border contacts History of geopolitics Authochtonous minorities The concept of region The history of geographyy

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA709

Ola Luthman

Ola Luthman

Doctoral Student

My research focus is on environmental sustainability and aquaculture. Looking at different governance strategies to achieve sustainability, both private and public actors

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD458

Julia Malitska

Julia Malitska

PhD

Researcher

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA711

Douglas Mattsson

Douglas Mattsson

Doctoral Student

My main research interests deal with subcultures and religion in contemporary Muslim majority societies. I am currently resaerching the black metal music scene in Turkey.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1032

Francesca Morini

Francesca Morini

Doctoral Student

Culture and Education

PC247

Ninna Mörner

Ninna Mörner

Editor-in-chief for the scholarly journal Baltic Worlds and in charge of its' website www.balticworlds.com.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA793

Oldouz Nejadibabadaei

Oldouz Nejadibabadaei

Doctoral Student

I work on emerging consequences of climate change at the local level. The focus is on providing a more equitable living environment in segregated urban communities.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MA795B

Iwo Nord

Iwo Nord

I am a PhD-student as well as teacher in Gender Studies. My doctoral project is an ethnographic study of Belgrade as a local and global place for medical transition.

Culture and Education

Oscar Nygren

Oscar Nygren

Doctoral Student

I am researching the Swedish foreign policy engagement in the Baltic region, from 1917 to 1940. Both public opinion and the Swedish government's foreign policy are studied.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F829

Pejvak Oghazi

Pejvak Oghazi

Professor

Head of department

Dr.Pejvak Oghazi is Professor and head of department of Business Studies. He is also head of Logistic Program at Sodertorn University, School of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences

ME547

Lovisa Olsson

Lovisa Olsson

Doctoral Student

I am a PhD student researching trade networks and relations around the Baltic sea in the late medieval and early modern period.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F931

Nikolina Oreskovic

Nikolina Oreskovic

Doctoral Student

In my research I examine what roles urban community/collective gardens have/take in the urban space and what kind of spaces for sustainability they can create.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD458

Ella Petrini

Ella Petrini

Doctoral Student

Social Sciences

MA712

Jennie Plate Blomberg

Jennie Plate Blomberg

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student in the theory of practical knowledge. I'm writing a thesis on Swedish and Finnish teachers' lived experience of boredom.

Culture and Education

PD229

Olena Podolian

Olena Podolian

Researcher

Post-Soviet regime change, stateness, Estonia, Ukraine, European organisations.

Social Sciences

MA719

Oleksandr Polianichev

Oleksandr Polianichev

PhD

Researcher

I am a historian of the Russian Empire, with a particular focus on the Caucasus and Ukraine.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

MA711

Kirill Polkov

Kirill Polkov

Doctoral Student

PhD candidate in gender studies. My project in examines the role homosexuality plays in media and cultural representations of Russia in the Swedish context

Culture and Education

PC223

Roman Privalov

Roman Privalov

Doctoral Student

Researching space politics within the project "Russia In Space"

Social Sciences

ME611

Emek Rahte

Emek Rahte

Visiting Research Fellow

I am a visiting researcher in Media and Communication Studies Department and CBEES. My research interests are media ethnography, feminist theory and critical cultural studies.

Culture and Education

PC246

Aleksandra Reczuch

Aleksandra Reczuch

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1026

Jane Ruffino

Jane Ruffino

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F823

Paulina Rytkönen

Paulina Rytkönen

Senior Lecturer

I am associate professor in Economic history and lecturer in Business Studies at the School of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences

ME429D

Irina Sandomirskaja

Irina Sandomirskaja

Professor

Professor of cultural studies, CBEES

Culture and Education

MA792

Thomas Sedelius

Thomas Sedelius

Researcher

Project Researcher (Professor, PhD) in Political Science. Focus areas: comparative politics, Central and Eastern Europe, political institutions, executive and presidential power

Social Sciences

Paul Sherfey

Paul Sherfey

Doctoral Student

Interested in activist narratives of time, aesthetics and heritage, as well as sensory experience, and how these orient activists in the futures they see as possible and desirable.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1025

Tatiana Sokolova

Tatiana Sokolova

Doctoral Student

I research the interface between knowledge and governance for sustainability transformations: how knowledge, imagination and action are co-produced by diverse actors.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD266

Patrick Spets

Patrick Spets

Doctoral Student

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD439

Kseniia Zakharova

Kseniia Zakharova

Doctoral Student

I am a Doctoral student in environmental science. My interest is to study the relationships between people's aesthetic perception of landscapes and biodiversity.

Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies

MD266