Staff

Subject coordinator: Göran Ståhle

Head of Department: Linda Vikdahl

Administration: Mattias Engzell

Researchers, techers and other staff:

Charlotta Carlström

Charlotta Carlström

PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Mattias Dahlkvist

Mattias Dahlkvist

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies with a focus on Islam, especially in India. Teaches Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, the history of non-violent conflict, and

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Vera Ericson von Bahr

Doctoral Student

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1004

Per Faxneld

Per Faxneld

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Teaches at all levels. Research interests include secularisation, new religions, "alternative spirituality", and esotericism (the latter also in relation to art/literature).

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1029

Gunilla Gunner

Gunilla Gunner

Associate Professor

Researcher

Research and education

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Henrik Johnsén

Henrik Johnsén

Senior Lecturer

Associate professor in History of religions. My research is focused on Christianity, especially late antique Christian monasticism and Syriac Orthodox Christianity in Sweden

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1034

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

Staffan Nilsson

Staffan Nilsson

ThD

Deputy Head of School

Senior Lecturer

I am lecturer and researcher in religious education and ethics. My man intressed is in virtue ethics.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1002

Lena Roos

Lena Roos

Professor

Jewish studies, teaching religion, Yiddish literature, interreligious encounters (esp. the Middle Ages), religion and gardening, religion and sexuality, religion and food

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1035

Åsa Schumann

Åsa Schumann

Senior Lecturer

I am teaching in development theories, religiosity and existential questions. My research area is children, existential questions in relation to mental health.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Regina Skarp

Regina Skarp

Academic Secretary

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1012

Simon Sorgenfrei

Simon Sorgenfrei

Professor

My research has mainly been devoted to Islam and Sufism, historical and recent, in Sweden and globally. Several of my projects also concerns religion and migration.

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Göran Ståhle

Göran Ståhle

ThD

Subject Coordinator

Senior Lecturer

I am associate professor in the Study of Religions, specialized in the Psychology of Religion, Indic religions, and Religion and health

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1027

David Thurfjell

David Thurfjell

Professor

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1033

Linda Vikdahl

Linda Vikdahl

Associate Professor

Head of School

Senior Lecturer

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F935

Ann af Burén

Ann af Burén

PhD

Head of Department

Senior Lecturer

Assistant professor, study of religion. Researcher

Historical and Contemporary Studies

F1031