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Ola Sigurdson

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Phone +47 22 85 03 58
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Visiting address Blindernveien 9 Domus Theologica 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1023 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Background

  • Professor of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, 2024–
  • Professor of Systematic Theology, Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, 2008–2024. 
  • Guest professor at the Institute for Sino-Christian Studies, Hong Kong, 2019
  • Guest researcher at the universities of Cambridge, Princeton, Oxford, Stellenbosch, Nanzan
  • Assistant professor (lektor) in Systematic Theology, University of Gothenburg, 2003–2008.
  • Awarded a fellowship to the memory of Torgny Segerstedt by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. SCASSS, Uppsala University and Department of theology and religious studies, Lund University, 2000–2004
  • Assistant professor (lektor) in Systematic Theology. Stockholm School of Theology. 1996–1999.
  • Assistant professor (forskarassistent) in ethics. Department of theology and religious studies, Lund University, Sweden, 1997–1999.
  • Doctor of theology, Theological Faculty, Lund University, 1996
  • B.A. in philosophy, literature, and economy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 1997
  • Degree in theology, Theological Seminar, Örebro School of Theology, Sweden, 1991

Awards and projects

  • Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Pro Futura, 2000–2004
  • Swedish Research Council, 2007–2012
  • Personal prize awarded by Samfundet de Nio (a Swedish literary society), 2009
  • Karin Gierow prize awarded by the Swedish academy, 2010
  • Fulbright scholarship, 2010
  • Sten A. Olsson Foundation, 2010–2014
  • Swedish Research Council, Sverige, 2017–2021
  • Inge Jonsson prize for Swedish non-fiction awarded by Samfundet de Nio, 2021

Appointments

  • Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2022–
  • Member of The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, 2009–
  • Member of the senior advisory board for the Skaraborg Institute (health care), 2006–
  • Chair of the steering committee for the Jonsered Manor Programme, University of Gothenburg, 2017–2024
  • Coordinator for Doctoral Studies, Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, 2022–2024
  • Member of the theological committee, Church of Sweden, 2006–2023.
  • Director of the Centre for Culture and Health, University of Gothenburg, 2011–2017
  • Member of the national board for the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, 2008–2017
  • Member of the Faculty board of arts, University of Gothenburg, 2006–2008, 2012–2015
  • Member of the review board for the committee for educational sciences, Swedish Research Council, 2006–2008
  • Member of the board, The Research Council of the Church of Sweden, 2002–2006

Collaborations

Tags: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Phenomenology, Systematic Theology, Dogmatics, Political Theology, Aesthetics and Religion, Religion the Body and Sexuality, Christology, Hermeneutics

Publications

  • Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Colleagues with Conflicting Perspectives: Karl Barth and Karl Jaspers on Responsibility. Existenz. 20(1), p. 24–32. doi: https:/existenz.us/volumes/Vol.20-1Sigurdson.pdf. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Is Home a Starting Point or an End Point? Towards a Hermeneutics of Dwelling. In Schmiedel, Ulrich; Sigurdson, Ola & Svenungsson, Jayne (Ed.), Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking: Starting Points. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567719270. p. 61–74. doi: 10.5040/9780567719317.ch-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Den liminala historien: Avbruten passagerit i Donna Tartts mysterieroman. In Ekbom, Moa (Eds.), Oavsett vad vi kallar skönhet: Studier av Donna Tartts roman Den hemliga historien. Appell Förlag. ISSN 9789198986457. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Can I laugh at my neighbour? On being re-created by love. In Hron, Irina & Möller, Håkan (Ed.), Neighborliness: Poetics, Politics, and Practices of Neighbor-Love. Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 9789188763662. p. 115–137. doi: 10.62077/j8iyqu. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2024). How to Be Democratic: Place, Resonance, and Democratic Habitus. Uppsala Rhetorical Studies (URS)/Studia Rhetorica Upsaliansia (SRU). ISSN 1102-9714. p. 27–33. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Platser: En repetition. Andersson Örn. ISBN 9789153166108. 159 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Thresholds and Places: On Existential Spatiality 2. Mimesis International. ISBN 9788869774577. 282 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Schmiedel, Ulrich; Sigurdson, Ola & Svenungsson, Jayne (2026). Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking: Starting Points. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567719270. 377 p. doi: https:/www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9780567719317. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Trösklar: En kritisk gjennomgång. Andersson Örn. ISBN 9789152723944. 136 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2024). Atmospheres in Everyday Life: On Existential Spatiality. Mimesis International. ISBN 9788869774775. 166 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Sandal, Margunn; Jensen, Roger; Sigurdson, Ola; Bergsjø, Leonora Onarheim; Lerheim, Birgitte & Christoffersen, Svein Åge (2025). Etterlysning: Kirkerommets teologi, kirkerommets pedagogikk. doi: https:/www.tf.uio.no/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/2025/kirkerommets-pedagogikk.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola & Johansson, Per Magnus (2025). Att lägga sitt liv i någon annans händer: Om tillit i samtiden. Arche - tidskrift för psykoanalys, humaniora och arkitektur. ISSN 2000-7817. p. 149–180. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). ”Sankt Kristoffer, vaka över oss": Om tillit under liminalitetens tecken. Arche - tidskrift för psykoanalys, humaniora och arkitektur. ISSN 2000-7817. p. 183–194. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Terry Eagleton. In Wilén, Evelina Johansson; Schack, Lotte; Wilén, Carl & Kling, Johan Örestig (Ed.), Samtida marxistisk teori. Daidalos. ISSN 9789171737304. p. 129–139. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Åskådning och känsla. p. 205–244. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Människan och inkarnationen. p. 73–106. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Hva er konsiliets ånd? Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424. p. 36–37. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Kropp och plats i Göteborg och Paris. Idé: Tidskrift för idéhistoria. ISSN 3035-7004. p. 56–59. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Dårskap, humor och nåd. Tidskriften NOD. ISSN 1652-6066. p. 33–36. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Uppfriskande otidsenlig kulturgärning. Signum : katolsk orientering om kyrka, kultur, samhälle. ISSN 0347-0423. p. 60–61. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Mycket är bättre i Norge men lunchen är kall. p. 17–17. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2024). Göteborg: En jämförelse. Tidens tecken. ISSN 2002-4304. p. 85–96. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sigurdson, Ola (2024). Hartmut Rosa, When Monsters Roar and Angels Sing: Eine kleine Soziologie des Heavy Metal. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2023. Sociologisk forskning. ISSN 0038-0342. doi: 10.37062/sf.61.26979. Full text in Research Archive

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