Staff
Researchers, techers and other staff:
![Vera Ericson von Bahr](/download/18.5b15592a182e985be1146702/1662974327869/Bild%20Vera.jpg)
![Per Faxneld](/download/18.58132a6517dc1ecb03fdbe2d/1643885092618/pf_sh.jpeg)
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
Research and education
Historical and Contemporary Studies
![Henrik Johnsén](/download/18.4c7ae84318c3dd243c6147d2/1702243922625/3maj_12_HenrikJohnsen02x.jpg)
Associate professor in History of religions. My research is focused on Christianity, especially late antique monasticism, and Syriac Orthodox Christianity in Sweden and migration.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1034
I am associate professor of World Christianity and Interreligious Studies. My research includes: religion, mass atrocities, peace, conflict, migration, gender, human trafficking.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1030
![Douglas Mattsson](/download/18.48224d7718f9eb9d2852a7/1716360750971/ims_gruppbild_06%5B93%5D.jpeg)
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
F1001
![Staffan Nilsson](/download/18.20b464581773ed658876fe70/1613735480333/unnamed.jpg)
I am lecturer and researcher in religious education and ethics. My man intressed is in virtue ethics.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1002
![Lena Roos](/download/18.552d81071864b7a1cbf42d14/1677593251871/fokusbild_lena_roos_L_foto_annahartvig_5.jpg)
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
![Regina Skarp](/download/18.176d3348187eadf3f023cf54/1684153262236/regina_skarp02.jpg)
Regina Skarp
Academic Secretary
![Simon Sorgenfrei](/download/18.561020fb18529b3aa4a66b00/1673597009493/SimonSorgenfrei_2595.jpg)
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](/download/18.16fc068e18d2a6eb1ce153c8/1706195671414/1556458_627305287373647_1067703840335030231_o.jpg)
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](/download/18.63f0f86d18f378027b21286/1714641981046/MLK_3325%20copy%202.jpg)
![Linda Vikdahl Gunséus](/download/18.49468e17188b9f519ed745a0/1688491560229/Unknown-1.jpeg)
![Ann af Burén](/download/18.6264343c18bf5c28cc233203/1701353683612/ann.af.buren.01..sv.jpg)
Head of the study of religion and archeology. Assistant professor in the study of religion. Researcher.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
F1031