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Linda Andersson Burnett is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University. She is a co-founder of the international consortium WOMNH: Women Natural History Museums Collections, established in 2024. Her research focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment, natural history travel, colonial collecting, early citizen science, and the history of racism. She leads the interdisciplinary research group Nordic Colonialism and has been a Wallenberg Academy Fellow since 2019. Burnett is also involved in collaborations with Swedish Museums to address colonial histories and has been nominated for the AcademiaNet database, highlighting outstanding female academics. She participated in projects funded by the Swedish Research Council and the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation, specifically examining the history of natural history collecting during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Her contributions have significantly advanced the understanding of the role women played in natural history museums and the invisible labor involved in making these collections.
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