Background and experience
- 2022 - : DAAD-Ortslektor (assoc.)
- 2016 - : Associate Professor (Germanistik), University of Agder (Norway)
- 2011-2014: Head of Dep. of Modern Languages, Mälardalen University (Sweden)
- 2007-2016: Associate Professor (Germanistik), Mälardalen University (Sweden)
- 2007: PhD (Germanistik), University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
- 2005: STINT-scholar at the German Dep. at University of Limerick (Ireland)
- 2002-2007: PhD-student/Junior Lecturer, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
- 2001-2002: Teacher (English/German), Bäckängsgymnasiet Borås (Sweden)
- 2002: Master of Education (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
- 1996-2001: Master in English & German (University of Gothenburg, Sweden & University of Sussex)
- 1998-1999: Master in Philosophy in Anglo-Irish Literature (Trinity College Dublin)
- 1995: Abitur/A-levels (Söderblom Gymnasium Espelkamp, Germany)
Areas of responsibility
- Programme Leader: German Studies
- Leader of research group TIC (Texts, interpretations, cultures)
- Member of/representative: National Academic Council for German Studies and Dutch
- Member of/representative: Leadership group for DNSZ (German-Norwegian Study Centre at Kiel University)
Research
Academic interests
• Deutschspr. Nachkriegs- und Gegenwartsliteratur
• Lit. Romantik
• Reiseliteratur
• Deutsch-irische lit. Beziehungen
• Ecocriticism