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Per Högselius is a Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the Department of History of Science, Technology and Environment. He holds an MSc in Engineering Physics from KTH (1998) and a PhD in Innovation Studies from Lund University (2005). His academic focus is on transnational aspects of the history of technology, particularly at the intersection of environmental, economic, and cultural history. Högselius has led several research projects related to Swedish, European, and global energy history, exploring themes such as resource extraction in colonial settings and transnational infrastructures. He has published extensively across various genres including academic monographs, textbooks, and essay collections. His notable works include 'Red Gas,' awarded the Marshall D. Shulman Book Prize in 2014, and his contributions to the 'Europe’s Infrastructure Transition' series. Högselius is presently leading an ERC Consolidator Grant project on the history of nuclear energy, with a research focus on carbon transnationalism and the rise and fall of nuclear energy in Sweden. His latest publications include works on the intricate connections between nuclear power and water, and a collection of essays on significant natural resources from a global historical perspective.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology • Stockholm, Sweden
Led research projects and taught courses in the history of science and technology.
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