Anders Bergström

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Anders Bergström (b. 1965) is Associate Professor in History and Theory of Architecture since 2008 at the KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment, as well as research group manager at the Department of Architecture since 2015. Originally educated as an architect, he holds a PhD in History of Architecture (KTH 2001), and Diplomas in Architectural Conservation from the Royal Institute of Art (KKH 2004, 2023). Since 2008, he is responsible for the mandatory introductary course in History and Theory on undergraduate level, and teach elective seminar courses on graduate level, currently focusing on the the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition.

His research is focused mainly on histories of knowledge, and on relationships between architecture and the humanities, ranging from professional strategies, to conservation practices and critical historiographies. He was responsible for the sub area, "Architects in Formation", within the national research environment, Architecture in Effect, directed by Professor Katja Grillner and funded by Formas 2011–2018, resulting in conference papers, peer-review articles and book chapters. Recent publications include a co-edited volume on the former building for the KTH School of Architecture (2020), and a chapter on urban preservation in an age of environmental consciousness (2023).

Currently completing a book on the Stockholm Public Library, as a final result of a project funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, this project has recently evolved into a collaboration with Dr. Patrick H. Fleming, ETH Zürich, managing a project on recovering the historical construction of the library, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. On-going projects include architectural criticism by journalist Eva von Zweigbergk in the 1960s, and building activities by the German Congregation in Stockholm, funded by Berit Wallenbergs stiftelse. He is also co-supervising three doctoral students, with topics ranging from architectural education to conservation and museum transformation.

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