About

Lovisa Nyman

I am a researcher researcher i Systematic Theology at the Centre for Theology and Religious studies (CTR). Among other things, I’m interested in the notions of what it is to be human and of what a good life is, that can be found in different contemporary visions about the sustainable society. I also devote my time to the question of what is implied in contemporary calls for inner human transformation as the path to a better world. Another aspect of my research has to do with care ethics and other feminist and critical perspectives on technological development and on the place of relationality in society.

Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg

Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg is associate professor in theological ethics at the Center for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. Her research revolves around the role of religion in the public sphere and the role of the church and theology in a late modern polarized society. Gustafsson Lundberg has written about the concept of religious literacy and related to that analyzed various social issues, e.g. the question of greeting and the question of what it means to develop theological education (bildung) and tradition- competence. Among other things, she has led the research project “The lonely child: learning processes and value negotiations in the reception of refugee children”, in which questions about unaccompanied children's encounters with the Swedish institutions are studied. Currently, she leads the project “Rooms for Aging - Existential Perspectives for Better Living Environments” funded by Kamprad foundation. The project is a collaboration between theologians and architects from Lund University.

Erik Sidenvall

I have been an adjunct professor of church history at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) since 2020. My research interests are broad, with ongoing projects dealing with religious visionaries, Christian mission and human rights, and issues of class and religion, among others. In this context, my research interests focus on how existential dilemmas are spatially expressed.