Sofia Ahlberg

I grew up and lived in the Southern Hemisphere which helps me to bring a global perspective to my research interests in energy humanities, pedagogy and ecofiction. I'm convinced that literary studies has an urgent role to play in the design of alternative social frameworks. For this reason, I'm committed to classroom practices that can respond to a rapidly changing world.

I am currently at work on my new book project:

Teaching Literature in Times of Crisis (forthcoming Routledge 2021)

This volume demonstrates how and why to teach relevant literary texts within the context of crisis.

I'm thrilled to be the new Vice Dean at the Faculty of Languages. My area of responsibility is education and collaboration.

My first book Atlantic Afterlives in Contemporary Fiction: The Oceanic Imaginary since the Information Age was published with Palgrave Macmillan (2016).

I have numerous chapters in a range of edited collections on the topic of climate, the environment and geopolitics. My articles have been published in journals such as The Comparatist, Journal of Modern Literature, Comparative Literature, Studies in the Humanities, among others.

My research in pedagogy has been published with MLA Teaching Publications and with the English Subject Centre in the UK.

I have also enjoyed writing for a non-professional audience in The Conversation, as in here: http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-rise-and-fall-of-oil-in-popular-culture-68751