My research and teaching primarily focus on literature education in the subject of English. As a member of the University Governing Board and the University Appointments Board, I work with university-wide questions on the future of Dalarna University.
I received my PhD in English from Uppsala University in 2010 and I first came to Dalarna University in the same year. At Dalarna, I have held various positions of trust, for instance as head of the English subject (2017-2019) and as vice dean of the University Faculty Board (2021-2022). I am also a former Dalarna University representative in Humtank (2017-2020), a think tank for the Humanities sponsored by 14 Swedish universities and university colleges. In the period 2022-2025, I was a researcher in English education and member of the research project EDUCATE at the Department of Teacher Education and School research, University of Oslo.
I am a founding member of the Literature Education Network, which I co-chaired 2017-2023), a steering group member of English Education Scholars Sweden (since 2024) and a member of the editorial board for the Nordic Journal of English Studies (thematic editor for literature education since 2023).
I teach both general English courses and English courses in primary teacher education and in secondary and upper secondary teacher education.
In 2017, I was awarded the distinction Excellent teaching practitioner (excellent lärare).
My primary fields of research are language education and teacher education. I am particularly interested in the conditions and practices of teaching literature in English as a foreign, second or additional language across all stages of the education system. Digital and AI practices in language classrooms are a further area of interest. Methodologically, I have expertise in qualitative educational research, which I have conducted mainly through video observations and interviews as well as studies of textbooks and curricula. Additionally, I have expertise in English literary studies, particularly contemporary fiction. In this area, I have conducted research on such topics as the representation of national identities, terrorism and catastrophic historical events in Anglo-American fiction.