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Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail david.dunerkultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 09 61
Room LUX:C346
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
Professor of History of Ideas and Sciences since 2013, manager of research and postgraduate education. My research focuses primarily on the history of science and philosophy in Sweden during the 17th and 18th centuries, the history and philosophy of astrobiology, and cognitive history. In 2004, I defended my thesis on Swedenborg's natural philosophy. Since then, my work has included studies on the inventor Polhem and the travels of Linnaeus' disciples. My most recent book, Svensk idéhistoria: Forntid, medeltid, renässans (2022), offers an overview of the history of thought in Sweden. I also explore epistemological questions related to the search for life and biosignatures, and I have developed cognitive perspectives in historical research in the books Tankemaskinen (2012), Human Lifeworlds (2016) and Cognitive History (2019). I currently participate in the research program "At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present".
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My profile in Lund University research portalI serve as the editor-in-chief for the publication series at the department, Ugglan: Lund Studies in the History of Ideas and Sciences and Lund Studies in Arts and Cultural Sciences. Additionally, I am the editor-in-chief of the Swedish Linnaean Society’s annual and the series Skånsk senmedeltid och renässans. I am also a member of the editorial boards of several international journals. Previously, I served as editor-in-chief for Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria and Sjuttonhundratal: Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth Century Studies. I am a member of several learned societies, including the New Society of Letters at Lund, the Royal Society of the Humanities at Lund, the Michaelis Guild, the Royal Physiographic Society, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters. I have received the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters Prize in 2006 for my thesis Världsmaskinen, the Einar Hansen Legacy Award in 2010, and the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy Prize in 2023 for my book Svensk idéhistoria.
Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
- Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences
Contact information
E-mail david.dunerkultur.luse
Phone +46 46 222 09 61
Room LUX:C346
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30