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Helena Mattsson is a Professor at the KTH School of Architecture with a specialization in 20th century theory, welfare state architecture, and contemporary architectural history. Her research emphasizes the interdependencies among politics, economy, and spatial organizations, and she employs historiography and participatory history writing as methods in her investigations. Mattsson has published extensively in leading journals such as the Nordic Journal of Architecture and the Journal of Art History. Her notable publications include co-editing 'Swedish Modernism: Architecture, Consumption, Welfare State' (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010) and the themed issue 'Architecture Capitalism' (Architecture Culture, 2017). Among her recent works is 'Neoliberalism: Architectural History' (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020) and she is currently working on a forthcoming book titled 'Architecture Retrenchment: Aesthetics, Spatial Politics, Neoliberalization, 1980s Welfare State' (Bloomsbury Publishing). Additionally, Mattsson serves on the board of the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) and contributes to the Journal of Architecture, along with being part of the Action Archive group alongside colleagues like Sara Brolund de Carvalho and Meike Schalk.
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