My research concerns everyday life and social organization in Sweden and Scandinavia during the 15th and 16th centuries. I have studied social organization on several levels, from household finances and social networks to the design and functions of the tax system, the development of wage work and how people travelled and communicated over distances. I have studied the participation of different groups in supporting social institutions and the state's activities, as well as the roles and importance of different offices for the organization of society. In my research, I have implemented a spatial perspective and developed new methods to explore and analyze the interplay between social life, agency, physical geography, material resources and movement in space.
My postdoc project (2023-2026), investigates the office of lagman and its roles and importance in the social organisation and statebuilding process in Sweden (and Finland) from 1350 to 1560.
From 2024 to 2025 I am a guest researcher at NTNU in Trondheim.
Sverige före Gustav Vasa. En ekonomiskhistorisk nytolkning av statens omvandling under senmedeltiden”, avhandlingsprojekt "Nätverksstaten. Statsbildning och rumsliga praktiker i senmedeltidens Sverige 1440–1520.
Research program funded by Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius Foundation (doctoral student) 2018-2022.
The Lawman Office in Sweden and Finland. Statebuilding and Social Transformation 1350–1560
International postdoc financed by The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) (project leader) 2023–2026.
Publications
Lund, Olov, Nätverksstaten. Statsbildningsprocesser och rumsliga praktiker i senmedeltidens Sverige 1440-1520, Bokförlaget augusti, Lund & Stockholm, 2022.
