Born in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, 1982. School leaving certificate from Katedralskolan, Lund 2001. M.A. in Ancient Greek, Arabic and Farsi at the University of Lund 2005. PhD in Byzantine Studies at the University of Vienna 2010. Post-doc, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund, 2011–13. Project assistant, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vienna, 2012–15. Fellow, Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki 2016. Lecturer, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund, 2012–17. Deputy director, the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 2016–21. Director of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul since 2022.