On this page you can find a summary of my academic interests and current projects. I am happy to hear from prospective collaborators regarding research inquiries, workshops, and grant applications.

Research interests

My academic research, writings, and interests span the following fields:

• History of early modern science, medicine, and religion
• History of political economy and colonialism
• Natural history and environmental history
• History of the body, race, and sexuality
• History of literature and satire
• European, Nordic and French history.

Research projects

I am currently focusing on two main projects:

•  I am working on a monograph investigating the links between the culture of improvement, political economy and colonialism in early modern Sweden. This monograph builds on my previous research on natural science, religion, and political economy in northern Europe (see Publications).

• I am also working on a new biography of the Swedish nobleman, philosopher and mystic theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). I have written and lectured about various aspects of Swedenborg's life and thought, and I have a broader interest in currents related to his ideas and posterity.