My research examines how transformations in politics, culture, and technology reshape democracy, social relations, and possibilities for social change. Starting from studies of transnational feminist and queer activism, resistance, and collective mobilization, I have increasingly focused on digital technologies, AI, and emerging media ecosystems. Across these fields, I investigate how struggles over rights, belonging, justice, gender, sexuality, and democracy are negotiated in times of profound societal transformation. Methodologically, my work combines qualitative, computational, and arts-based approaches, including ethnography, digital methods, network analysis, natural language processing, and creative research methodologies.

Current Research

A central focus of my work concerns democracy, human rights, and social justice in contemporary conjunctures marked by conflict, contestation, and transformation. As Wallenberg Scholar, I lead the research program Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture (2025–2030), which combines ethnographic fieldwork with digital and computational methods to examine contemporary gender struggles across Europe and their implications for democracy, civil society, and human rights. I am also a researcher in the national graduate school FUDEM – The Future of Democracy, which explores threats to democracy, crises, and illiberal populism from a humanities perspective.

A second strand of my research examines digital technologies, AI, and networked political mobilization. I lead the Swedish Research Council project Networked Resistance in a New Era (2025–2028), which examines how feminist, queer, and neo-conservative movements mobilize through digital networks and investigates the unintended or perverse effects that emerge from attempts to achieve political and social change.

In Anthropomorphic AI and Emergent Vulnerabilities (2026–2028), I study AI-mediated intimacy, vulnerability, and legal protections, while in Change is Key! (2022–2027) I explore the relationship between language change, shifting values, and cultural transformation.

A third area concerns religion, gender, sexuality, and liveability. In Liveability at the Crossroads of Religion, Gender and Sexuality (2022–2025), I examine what constitutes liveable contexts for LGBTI+ people across religious communities in Sweden.

Selected Completed Projects

My previous research examined how activism, public debate, and collective action are transformed through transnational networks, digital technologies, and changing political landscapes. This work gradually expanded from studies of social movements and resistance to questions of digital inequality, AI, and human rights.

In Spaces of Resistance (2016–2021), I studied transnational feminist and LGBTI+ activism across Scandinavia, Russia, and Turkey. In TechnAct: Transformations of Struggle (2018–2024), I led research on the impact of digital technologies on social movements and civil society, resulting in the forthcoming volume Spaces, Bodies, Revolts (Bloomsbury, 2026). Through DigiJustice – Rethinking Digital Inequalities and Human Rights in the Age of AI (2023–2025), I explored how AI and digital technologies reshape inequalities, human rights, and democratic participation. I also participated in the Marie Curie Network of Excellence NETHATE, which investigated the dynamics and consequences of online and offline hate.