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Recent Publications & Articles

We write over a hundred publications and articles per year at the Division. From debate articles in Swedens biggest newspapers such as Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet to peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals such as the International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine; Sustainability; Polar Record and Popular Communication.  

To openly publish research results and ideas is a core value in academic work and a sign that the research is interesting, relevant and of sufficient quality. While publishing in English in respected and highly cited journals and books on university presses remain the norm for high quality publications we believe it is important to also maintain diversity. Publications reaching out to different audiences in Swedish and other languages outside the Anglophone world are a priority for us and also is part of our training of young scholars.

Resources

The Division has access to especially interesting research material. The KTH Library hosts KTH’s older collection, an easily accessible library within the library of older technical literature. KTH’s older collection is unique in several regards, not only because it contains rare materials from a range of technological fields, it also covers a long time period, from the early 19th century to the 1960s, with some material going as far back as the 16th and 17th centuries. You can easily trace patterns of change in the literature within a certain area of technology as the books are displayed in the order that they were acquired.

In connection to KTH’s book collection there is also a comprehensive research library for the history of science, technology and environment. In addition to monographs and anthologies all the leading journals in the field are available.

Publications

[1]
F. Bertilsson, "Psykologiseringen av svenska stridspiloter : Idrottspsykologi i svensk försvarsforskning," Idrott, historia & samhälle, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 89-107, 2026.
[2]
J. Behrendtz and L. Rahm, "Policies frozen in silicon : using WPR to expose the politics of problem-solution configurations in technical artifacts," in CHIdeology : Disentangling the fragmented politics, values and imaginaries of Human-Computer Interaction through ideologies, 2026.
[3]
I. Lidström et al., "Framing the idealistic Bohemian and the rational outsider : on Swedish sports media narratives of individualism and defiance," Sport in Society : Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 210-227, 2026.
[4]
I. Lidström, "Skiing like no others : idealization and exoticization of boreal athletes from Swedish Lapland in the 1890s," Sport in Society : Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 130-148, 2026.
[5]
I. Lidström, B. Carlsson and K. Jonsson, "Outsiders, underdogs and bohemians in sport : an introduction," Sport in Society : Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 1-7, 2026.
[6]
A. Wickberg and S. Lidström, "Reckoning with the Ocean : The Disconnect Between the  Digital Transition and Marine Sustainability," in Reckoning with Everything : The Becoming-Environmental of Computing, Bernhard Siegert, Benedikt Merkle Ed., : Meson Press, 2026, pp. 111-125.
[7]
O. Hartman Davies, "Samplers of the marine environment: Knowing the oceans with seabirds, 1958–Present," Journal of Historical Geography, vol. 91, pp. 240-249, 2026.
[8]
S. Sörlin, "Då dog dottern i hennes armar : Review of Helena Granström, Verklighetens död (Lidingö: Fri tanke, 2026)," Expressen, no. 11 February, 2026.
[9]
S. Sörlin, "Vi har missförstått kulturens politiska betydelse," Dagens Arena, vol. February 7, 2026.
[10]
N. Seymour et al., "Alt-Institutions : A Performance in Three Acts," in Unserious Ecocriticism : Humor, Play & Environmental Destruction in Art & Visual Culture, Jessica Landau; Maria Lux Ed., : Amherst College Press, 2026, pp. 227-239.
[11]
S. Sörlin, "Skapandet av det moderna havet Havet – en idéhistorie er et storverk om det stora blå, villkoret för vår existens. : Review of: Ellen Krefting & Gard Paulsen, Havet -- en idéhistorie: På tokt blant kolonister, lystseilere, sjømonstre og oljetankere. Oslo: Kagge forlag, 2025," Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 58-59, 2026.
[12]
S. Sörlin, "Notes from the Icehouse : Staying open – shaping environmental history in Sweden," Global Environment, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 242-257, 2026.
[13]
S. Sörlin, "Historien om Norrland i två band av Robin Olovsson : Essärecension av Robin Olovsson, Historien om Norrland, del 1, Dimmans land: Från istid till hungerår, del 2, Framtidens land: Träpatroner, världskrig och nya drömmar (Stockholm: Volante, 2024-2025)," Västerbotten förr & nu, vol. 01-31, pp. 1-8, 2026.
[14]
L. Rahm and J. Behrendtz, "Winding Up the Future? : The Crank Radio as Policy," in Innovations in Critical Policy Analysis : What’s the Problem Represented to Be?, Malin Rönnblom; Rosalind Edwards Ed., Bristol : Policy Press, 2026, pp. 127-146.
[15]
S. Sörlin, "Kunskapssamhället -- inte ett utan flera," in Sverige som kunskapssamhälle : Historiska perspektiv på en förväntad samhällsomvandling, Carl-Filip Smedberg, Jonas Andersson, Klara Müller och Hampus Östh Gustafsson Ed., 1st ed. Lund : Nordic Academic Press, 2026, pp. 415-428.
Full list in the KTH publications portal