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Anna Friberg is an Associate Professor in History at Linköping University, specializing in the temporal aspects of modern politics. Her recent research focuses on historical futures, environmental politics, and green movements, probing the intersection of history and concepts of temporality. Friberg's doctoral thesis, defended in 2013 at Mid Sweden University, analyzed the concept of democracy in Swedish social democracy during the interwar years, contributing to the understanding of historical changes in political concepts. She further explored issues of time and temporality during her postdoctoral research related to the creation of the Swedish welfare state. Currently, she works on projects examining the narratives of ecological end-times and climate activism, investigating how environmental narratives from the 1970s to present shape perceptions of time and promote visions of possible futures. Her past work includes analyzing political discourse in Swedish climate debates from 1970-2025, revealing transformations in the political language surrounding climate issues. Friberg's research is supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens jubileumsfond, allowing her to investigate complex temporalities within the environmental movement and global climate activism.
Linköping University • Linköping, SE
Teaching and research in the Department of History, focusing on environmental activism and the conceptualization of time in politics.
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