Maths Isacson

Biography

Present position

Professor in Economic History

Research Interests

In my research I have mainly worked within four fields. The first field is the prerequisite for the industrial breakthrough in Sweden during the 18th and 19th centuries with a focus both on the economic development and social differentiation in the countryside and the development of the iron and steel industry. During the 1990s I took part in a comparative research project on the social organization of the iron industry in Sweden and the Urals. Furthermore, I am engaged as an author and co-editor in a new Swedish National Atlas about the history of the iron and metallurgic industry (publ 2011). The second field is technology and working conditions in Swedish industry during the 20th century. An important question within this second research field is the construction of different occupations, connected to the gender and ethnic division of labour. At present I am involved in a book project about the history of the federation of Swedish Metalworkers from 1957 to 2005. I investigate the discussions and programs within the trade union about the organization of work and how to change it. A third field of interest is the maintenance of households during the transformation of the countryside during the 20th century. Together with a colleague, I wrote the last volume in a five-book project about Swedish agriculture during 6000 years. Our book was published in 2003 and will be published in English in a shortened and revised version in the spring of 2011. Throughout the last decade my research has been directed towards the transformation of contemporary industrial society with a focus on the environment and social effects, as well as on the ongoing construction of the cultural heritage in different places in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Within this fourth field I have cooperated with researchers both at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm as well as in the Baltic countries and in the other Nordic countries. From 2005 to 2010 I was engaged half-time as a guest professor and research leader for a project within this field at KTH. In the beginning of 2007, I published a textbook about Swedish industrial society. The book was published in connection with the inauguration of a large exhibition on this theme at the Museum of Work in Norrköping ("When Sweden became Modern"). I took an active part in the planning both of the exhibition and the book "Industrial land" that was published in connection with it. I am also involved in the planning of the new exhibition that will replace the old one in 2013. This exhibition has its focus on work and society from about 1980 up to today and with a future perspective. Over the years I have been involved in about 15 research projects, of which many have been both cross-disciplinary and trans-national. One multidisciplinary project is "Flexibility as tradition – culture and subsistence in the boreal forests of northern Sweden over one thousand years" with 15 doctoral and senior researchers. In some of the other projects, I have been the research leader. Finally I have edited (alone or as co-editor) about 15 books and taken part in three very large book-projects, as well as in the production of historical programs for Swedish and British television.

Teaching experiences

Since the middle of the 1970s, I have taught on all levels of economic history, during the last years mainly within the doctoral program. I also regularly gave lectures at other departments at the University of Uppsala, at KTH and other Swedish universities. During my years as research leader at the Museum of Work in Norrköping (1988-1995), I organised and taught a university course on work and everyday life. The museum and the University of Linköping organized this course. I have organized and given lectures on a multidisciplinary one-year course on industrial transition and industrial heritage in the Nordic countries (given three times 1995-1998 and with 80 participants, taking 20 academic points). I also participated in the planning and realization of a Nordic-Baltic course "Changing Perspectives – Industrial Heritage and Urban Transformation" within the Industrial Heritage Programme/IHP 2000-2002 (with money from the Nordic Councils of Ministers). Together with colleagues at two other universities I have planned and given a master course on "Water- resource management in time and space, focus Greece" for three years. This master course is one of four courses within a broader university programme for internationalisation developed by Swedish universities and the Swedish Institutes around the Mediterranean. (For more details see www.usi-master.se)

I have been the supervisor for about 15 doctoral students up to their doctor’s degree.

Research Projects

2009-11. The turning point Bergslagen. A research project in collaboration with researchers at the Örebro University and Mälardalen University and with funding from the National Heritage Board. Research leader

2005-2011. The Transformation of Industrial society: Industrial growth and change in company development and municipality planning. (Foundation of Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg and The Memorial foundation of Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg). In collaboration with the Division of History of Science & Technology, at KTH in Stockholm.

2002-2007. Industry & Modernism. Companies, architecture and identity in the Nordic and Baltic countries during the high-industrial period. (funded by NOS-H). In collaboration with researchers in seven countries under the leadership of docent Anja Nevanlinna at the university of Helsinki.

2001-2007. Industrial Heritage and Societies in Transition. (the Swedish Institute and STINT Institutional Grants Programme). In collaboration with KTH.

2000-2003. The Present Day as Cultural Heritage. (Delegation for the Cultural Heritage of the Industrial Society). In collaboration with the Nordic Museum.

2000- 2002. Male Industrial Places of Work – Female Workers. (The Delegation for Cultural Heritage of the Industrial Society).

1998-2006. Flexibility as Tradition – culture and subsistence in the boreal forests of northern Sweden over one thousand years, (funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation). A multinational research program under the leadership of docent Ella Johansson, University of Lund.

1994-2001. The People in the Iron Industry. The Walloons in Sweden and Belgium. (Financed by the Swedish Government). In collaboration with researchers at the University of Uppsala and the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

1991-2003. The History of Swedish Agriculture. (Nordiska museet/Lagersbergs Foundation).

1991-1997. ALFOFAK, Working life research on the knowledge needs of the trade unions. (The Swedish Work Environment Fund and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation). A research project coordinated at the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Uppsala.

1991-1997. The Social Organisation of Iron Production in Russia and Sweden, 1600-1900. (The Royal Academy of Sciences and the Swedish Councils for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences).

1988-1996. Work and Maintenance in Sweden in the Industrial Society – and in the Post-industrial Society. (The Swedish Councils for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Delegation for Labour Market Research/EFA)

1979-1990. Technology, Production and Work. Historical main lines in the Swedish working life during the 20th century. (The Swedish Work Environment Fund).

1980-1981, The Saw Mill Industry in the County of Gävleborg.

1976-1978. The Formation of Capital in Sweden 1750-1860 (The Swedish Councils for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences).

1976-1982, Man and Work. The industrial society in the county of Gävleborg. (financed by the county museum).

Selected Publications

Books

• Bosdotter, Kjersti & Isacson, Maths (red. o inledning), Fram träder arbetaren. Arbetarkonst och industrisamhällets bilder i Norden. Stockholm: AKS årsbok 2009. 240 s.
• Isacson, Maths, Lundmark, Mats, Mörner, Cecilia & Orre, Inger (red.), Fram träder Bergslagen. Nytt ljus över gammal region. Bergslagsforskning III, Eskilstuna och Västerås: Mälardalens högskola, 2009. 280 s.
• Isacson, Maths, Industrisamhället Sverige. Arbete, ideal och kulturarv. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2007. 300 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Larsson, Bo (eds.), Landsbygdens småindustrier. Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift nr 50 2006, 110 pp.
• Nilsson, Staffan, Hofrén, Erik & Isacson, Maths (eds.),…det frö ur vilket kunskap växer. Arbetsvandringar i kulturlandskapet. Falun: Dalarnas museum, 2004, 179 pp.
• Flygare, Iréne & Isacson, Maths, Jordbruket i välfärdssamhället 1945-2000. Det svenska jordbrukets historia V. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur/LT, 2003, 391 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Nilsson, Staffan, Götlind, Anna & Borgert, Leif (eds.), Expansion och omprövning. Fyrtio år med landstinget Dalarna. Gidlunds Förlag, 2003, 318 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Morell, Mats (eds.), Industrialismens tid. Ekonomisk-historiska perspektiv på 200 år av industriell omvandling. Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 2002, 368 pp.
• Silvén, Eva & Isacson, Maths (eds.), Industriarvet i samtiden. Stockholm: Nordiska Museets Förlag, 1999, 66 pp.
• Bergdahl, Ewa, Isacson, Maths & Mellander, Barbro (eds.), Bruksandan - hinder eller möjlighet? Smedjebacken: Ekomuseum Bergslagen, 1997, 144 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Ternhag, Gunnar (eds.), Hembygden och lokalhistorien. Dalarna 1997. Falun: Dalarnas Fornminnes och Hembygdsförbund, 1997, 212 pp.
• Isacson, Maths (ed.), Hedemora – Folk och bygd. Hedemora: Gidlunds förlag, 1996, 315 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Magnusson, Lars (eds), Arbetarstaden Uppsala. En 1900-talshistoria. Hedemora: Gidlunds förlag, 1996. 206 pp.
• Hamrin, Örjan, Isacson, Maths, Parr, Mikael & Ågren, Per-Uno (eds.), Museet som makt och motstånd. Festskrift till Erik Hofrén 10 april 1996. Norrköping: Arbetets Museums Vänner, 1996 (also Nordisk Museologi 1996/1), 200 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Söderlund, Siv, Svensk arbetsmiljö under 500 år. Alla dessa arbetsdagar. Stockholm: Föreningen för arbetarskydd, 1995, 96 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Vardagens ekonomi. Arbete och försörjning i en mellansvensk kommun under 1900-talet. Hedemora: Gidlunds Förlag, 1994, 280 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Det mångkulturella arbetet. Ett 90-tals program för Arbetets museum. Norrköping: Arbetets museum, 1991, 44 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Verkstadsindustrins arbetsmiljö: Hedemora verkstäder under 1900-talet. Lund: Arkiv förlag, 1990, 256 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Problembygd med framtidstro. Elva tjänstemän om liv i och arbete i Västerbergslagen. Falun: Kopparbergs läns TCO-distrikt, 1988, 169 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Hur står det till med Dalarnas kommuner? En regionalpolitisk översikt. Falun: Kopparbergs läns TCO-distrikt, 1988, 54 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Verkstadsarbete under 1900-talet: Hedemora verkstäder före 1950. Lund: Arkiv förlag, 1987, 456 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Magnusson, Lars, Proto-industrialisation in Scandinavia, Craft Skills in the Industrial Revolution. Leamington Spa: Berg Publisher, 1987, 151 pp.
• Isacson, Maths & Magnusson, Lars, Vägen till fabrikerna. Industriell tradition och yrkeskunnande i Sverige under 1800-talet. Stockholm: Gidlunds/Verdandi, 1983, 195 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, Ekonomisk tillväxt och social förändring. Bondeklassen i By socken 1680-1860. (diss.) Uppsala: Studies in Economic History 18, 1979, 280 pp.
• Fridholm, Merik, Isacson, Maths & Magnusson, Lars, Industrialismens rötter. Om förutsättningarna för den industriella revolutionen i Sverige. Stockholm: Prisma/Verdandidebatt, 1976 (3:e ed.1984), 72 pp.

Chapters in books (since 1996)

• Isacson, Maths, "Förord (om Oxford-Uppsala samarbetet) " i Lagerqvist, Christopher, Vad är ’högre’ i den högre utbildningen? Uppsala universitet, Avd. för universitetspedagogisk utveckling, rapport nr 9, 2010. pp. 5-7.
• Isacson, Maths, "Skogsbygdens metamorfos". Agrarhistoria på många sätt. 28 studier om människan och jorden. Red. Britt Liljewall et.al. Kungl Skogs- och lantbruksakademien nr 47, 2009. pp. 483-498.
• Bosdotter, Kjersti & Isacson, Maths, "Inledning", i Bosdotter, Kjersti & Isacson, Maths (red.) 2009, pp. 7-13.
• Isacson, Maths, "Finns Bergslagen", i Isacson, Maths et al. 2009, pp. 6-19.
• Isacson, Maths, "Vallonen – ett svenskt ideal", i Isacson, Maths et al. 2009, pp. 130-149.
• Isacson, Maths, "Arbetets skiftande villkor." Geijerstam, Jan (red.), Industriland. Tolv forskare om när Sverige blev modernt. Stockholm: Premiss Förlag, 2008. pp. 51-81.
• Isacson, Maths, "Arbetets organisering och ledning". Det lyser en framtid. Svenska Metallindustriarbetareförbundet 1957-1981. Stockholm: IF Metall, 2008. pp. 658-707.
• Isacson, Maths, "Historien om livet på landet – från mångsyssleri till mångsyssleri." Johansson, Birgitta (red.), Ska hela Sverige leva? Stockholm: Formas Fokuserar, 2008. pp. 59-69.
• Fellman, Susanna & Isacson, Maths, "The High-Industrial Period in the Nordic and Baltic Countries". Kervanto Nevanlinna, Anja (ed.), Industry and Modernism. Companies, Architecture, and Identity in the Nordic and Baltic Countries during the High-Industrial Period. Helsinki, Studia Fennica, 2007. pp 41-65.
• Isacson, Maths, "Going Countrywide – The Case of LM Ericsson". Kervanto Nevanlinna, Anja (ed.), Industry and Modernism. Companies, Architecture, and Identity in the Nordic and Baltic Countries during the High-Industrial Period. Helsinki, Studia Fennica, 2007. pp. 211-238.
• Isacson, Maths, "Planning the rational society in the North". Jörgensen , Caspar & Pedersen, Morten (eds.), Modernism and Rationlization. Ålborg: Museum of Northern Jutland and the Heritage Agency of Denmark 2006 (2007). pp. 77-92.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bärande idéer". Geijerstam, Jan (red.), Industriarv i förändring – rapport från en konferens i Koppardalen, Avesta 7-9 mars 2006. Stockholm/Avesta, 2007.pp. 48-56.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrial Transition and Industrial Heritage in Bergslagen". Norberg – Nora. 700 Years of Iron Production. Papers Presented at an International Conference in Norberg and Nora, August 18-22, 2003. Stockholm: Jernkontorets Bergshistoriska utskott H 78, 2007. pp 25-28.
• Isacson, Maths & Morell, Mats, "Jordbruket i industri- och välfärdssamhället", in Hedenborg, Susanna & Morell, Mats (eds.), Sverige – en social och ekonomisk historia. Lund: Studentlitteratur 2006, pp. 197-227.
• Isacson, Maths, "Hallwylska palatset och Sveriges industrialisering", in Jansson, Ingalill, Skogen bakom palatset. Om Wihlem H. Kempe och familjeföretaget Ljusne-Woxna Aktiebolag. Stockholm: Hallwyliana, nr 7, 2005. pp. 8-13.
• Isacson, Maths & Silvén, Eva, "Historia med framtidsvittring", in Silvén, Eva & Gudmundsson, Magnus (eds.), Samtiden som kulturarv. Svenska museers samtidsdokumentation 1975-2000. Stockholm: Nordiska Museets förlag, 2006, pp.154-173. (Also in English: "History Scenting the Future", pp.190-208).
• Isacson, Maths, "Se på dina skor – andra gör det!", in Svensson, Birgitta (ed.), Föremål för forskning. Stockholm: Nordiska Museets förlag, 2005, pp…….
• Isacson, Maths, "Att bevara, dokumentera, arkivera – en kommentar", in Aronsson, Peter & Hillström, Magdalena (eds.), Kulturarvets dynamik. Det institutionaliserade kulturarvets förändringar. Linköpings universitet: Tema Kultur och Samhälle, skriftserie 2005:2, pp.159-266.
• Isacson, Maths, "Brottningar med kulturarvsbegreppen", in Alzén, Annika & Burell, Birgitta (eds.), Otydligt. Otympligt. Otaligt. Det industriella kulturarvets utmaningar. Stockholm: Carlsson Bokförlag, 2005, pp. 44-54.
• Isacson, Maths, "Den försynta småstaden". Dalarna 2005. Falun: Dalarnas Fornminnes och Hembygdsförbund, 2005, pp. 269-276.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bergslagens många ansikten", in Nilsson, Hofrén & Isacson 2004, pp 69-91.
• Isacson, Maths & Silvén, Eva, "Yrken i historien och samtiden – reflektion efter tre konferenser", in Yrken, makt och gestaltning. Arbetets museums skriftserie 4. Norrköping, 2004. pp 52-58.
• Isacson, Maths & Nilsson, Staffan, "Att skriva ett landstings historia", in Dalarna 2003. Falun: Dalarnas Forminnes och Hembygdsförbund, 2003, pp. 265-276.
• Isacson, Maths, "Landstinget under fyra decennier av expansion och omprövning", in Isacson, Nilsson, Götlind & Borgert 2003, pp. 27-50.
• Florén, Anders & Isacson, Maths, "Le Wallon et les Forges Dans le Discourse Politique Suédois D´Entre-Deux-Guerres", in Courtiois, Luc (ed.), De Fer et de Feu L´Emigration Wallonne Vers la Suède. Louvain-La-Neuve, 2003, pp. 271-286.
• Isacson, Maths & Silvén, Eva, "Yrkens gränser och gestaltning – några reflektioner", in Yrkens gränser och gestaltning. Arbetets museums skriftserie 3. Norrköping, 2003, pp. 52-58.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrisamhällets faser och industriminnesforskningens uppgifter", in Avango, Dag & Lundström, Brita (eds), Industrins avtryck. Perspektiv på ett forskningsfält. Stockholm: Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposion, 2003, pp. 21-47.
• Isacson, Maths, "Tre industriella revolutioner?", in Isacson & Morell 2002, pp 11-28.
• Isacson, Maths, "Den högindustriella epoken", in Isacson & Morell 2002, pp 115-124.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrialismens faser och utveckling", in Industrisamhällets kulturarv. SOU 2002:67. Stockholm: Fritzes, 2002, pp. 75-84.
• Florén, Anders & Isacson, Maths, "Vallonen och bruket i den svenska politiska mellankrigsdiskursen", in Florén, Anders & Ternhag, Gunnar (eds.), Vallonerna – järnets människor. Hedemora: Gidlunds förlag, 2002, pp. 231-248.
• Isacson, Maths & Silvén, Eva, "Yrken och yrkeskonstruktioner i det moderna och senmoderna samhället", in Abrahamsson, Kennneth et al. (eds.), Utbildning, kompetens och arbete. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2002, pp. 267-281.
• Isacson, Maths & Magnuson, Gert, "Ängersjö på generalstabens karta", in Plats, Landskap, Karta. En vänatlas till Ulf Sporrong. Stockholms universitet: Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2001.
• Isacson, Maths & Silvén, Eva, "Yrken – verktyg, redskap, instrument och vapen", in Att vara eller jobba som – Betydelsen av yrken i arbetslivet. Arbetets museums skriftserie 2. Norrköping, 2001, pp. 48-54.
• Isacson, Maths, "Yrken i det moderna och senmoderna samhället", in Att vara eller jobba som – Betydelsen av yrken i arbeslivet. Arbetets museums skriftserie 2. Norrköping, 2001, pp. 4-15.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrilandskapets förändringar i Sverige", in Lundström, Mats & Nyström, Louise (eds.), Industrilandskapet, kulturmiljö och resurs för stadens framtid. Karlskrona: Stadsmiljörådet, 2001, pp. 107-115.
• Isacson, Maths, "The Work Environment in the Swedish Iron and Steel Industry during the 20th Century", in Thörnquist, Anette (ed), Work Life, Work Environment and Work Safety in Transition. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on their Development in Sweden during the 20th Century. Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001, pp. 43-67.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrisamhällets kulturarv", in Nationalencyklopedin, Årsbok 2000, pp. 211-215.
• Isacson, Maths, "Symbolladdade dalaprodukter", in Dalarna 2000. Falun: Dalarnas hembygdsbok, 2000, pp. 11-18.
• Isacson, Maths, "Arbetsflyttningar under 1900-talet", in Årsskrift Ekomuseum Bergslagen 2000. Smedjebacken, 2000, pp. 2-6.
• Isacson, Maths, "Omvandling och stabilitet. Svenskt jordbruk under det senaste halvseklet", in Jordbruksdepartementet 100 år. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet, Jordbruksdepartementet, 2000, pp. 17-21.
• Isacson, Maths, "De bärande idéerna", in af Geijerstam, Jan (ed.), Industriarvsmiljöer i förändring. Smedjebacken: Ekomuseum Bergslagen, skriftserie 8, 2000, pp. 25-36.
• Isacson, Maths, "Omlandet" and "Epilog", in Götlind, Anna (ed.), Bruk i förändring. En bok om Christopher Polhem och Stjärnsund under tre sekler. Hedemora: Gidlunds Förlag, 2000, pp. 253-294 and pp. 336-341.
• Isacson, Maths, "Den högindustriella epoken", in Deadalus, Tekniska museets årsbok 2000, pp. 53-67.
• Isacson, Maths, "Verkstadsindustrin i Sverige", in Bosdotter, Kjersti & Jansson, Mats (eds.). Järnarbetarna och deras verkstäder. Mekaniska verkstaden på Skansen. Stockholm: Bäckströms Förlag, 2000, pp. 7-40.
• Isacson, Maths, "Förändrade arbetsförhållanden". Bosdotter, Kjersti & Jansson, Mats (eds.), Järnarbetarna och deras verkstäder. Mekaniska verkstaden på Skansen. Stockholm: Bäckströms Förlag, 2000, pp. 41-77.
• Isacson, Maths, "Förord", in Yrken och arbetsliv i nya former. Forskningsprogram för Arbetets museum. Norrköping; Arbetets museum, 2000, pp. 3-7.
• Isacson, Maths, "Hemslöjdens ekonomiska och sociala historia – ett eftersatt forskningsområde", in Lundahl, Gunilla (ed.), Den vackra nyttan. Om hemslöjd i Sverige. Hedemora: Gidlunds Förlag, 1999, pp 17-45.
• Isacson, Maths, "Det föränderliga industriarvet", in Silvén & Isacson 1999, pp. 53-63.
• Isacson, Maths, "Hemmet i museerna", in Kjellström, Rolf & Ternhag, Gunnar (eds.), Museer som minnen – minnen av museer. Seminarium till minne av Göran Rosander. Stockholm: Nordiska Museets förlag, 1999, pp. 37-51.
• Isacson, Maths, "Kulturens roll i lokal utveckling. Människors delaktighet lokalt. Stolthet och dragningskraft", in Kulturens lyskraft och lokala betydelse. Seminarierapport. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet, Kulturdepartementet 1998, pp. 7-10.
• Isacson, Maths, "Människans villkor i gruvornas värld", in Daedalus, Tekniska museets årsbok 1999, pp.187-210.
• Isacson, Maths, "Moras industrialisering", in "Hantverk som blev industri". Kulturdagar i Bonäs Bygdegård 1998, Mora 1999, pp. 10-21.
• Isacson, Maths & Persson, Bo, "Skogen och lagen – identitet och kollektivt handlande i skogsbygden 1820-1930". Blomberg, Eva, Horgby, Björn & Kvarnström, Lars (eds.), Makt och moral. En vänbok till och med Klas Åmark. Socialhistoria i Linköping 2. Linköping, 1998, pp. 125-160.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bergskollegium och den tidigindustriella järnhanteringen", in Daedalus. Tekniska museets årsbok 1998, pp. 43-58.
• Isacson, Maths & Poberezhnikov, Igor, "Charcoal: Production and Transport", in Ågren, Maria (ed.), Iron-making Societies. Early Industrial Development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900. Oxford: Berghan Books, 1998, pp. 179-217.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bergslagen – en region med stora olikheter", in Årsskrift Ekomuseum Bergslagen 1998, pp. 4-7.
• Isacson, Maths, "Economie et travad", in d`Albert d`Haenens & Florén, Anders (eds.). La Scandinavie. L'europe Aujour`hui. Brussels: Artis-Historia, 1997, pp. 147 -163.
• Isacson, Maths, "Jordbruksarbete och jordbruksarbetare", in Larsson, Bengt M. P., Morell, Mats & Myrdal, Janken (eds.), Agrarhistoria. Stockholm: LTs förlag, 1997, pp. 200-208.
• Isacson, Maths, "Likt och olikt, möjligt och omöjligt – två arbetarkulturer i Dalarna under 1900-talet", in Dalarna 1996. Falun: Dalarnas Fornminnes och Hembygdsförbund, 1996, pp. 111-126.
• Isacson, Maths "Swedish Industrialization and the Glassworks", in Ostergard, Derek E & Stritzler¬Levine, Nina (eds). The Brilliance of Swedish Glass 1918-1939. An Alliance of Art and Industry. New York: The Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, 1996, pp. 25-34.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bruksandan – hinder eller möjligheter?", in Bergdahl, Isacson & Mellander (eds.) 1997, pp. 120-132.
• Bergdahl, Ewa, Isacson, Maths & Mellander, Barbro, "Frågor inför det framtida arbetet", in Bergdahl, Isacson & Mellander (eds.) 1997, pp. 134-141.
• Isacson, Maths & Ternhag, Gunnar, "Ny kunskap om Dalarnas historia", in Isacson & Ternhag (eds.) 1997, pp. 9-24.
• Isacson, Maths, "Strutspolitik på arbetsplatser. Arbetsmiljöns vågspel", in Tvärsnitt no 1 1997, pp. 52-61.
• Isacson, Maths, "Arbete och boende I Hedemora", in Isacson (ed.) 1996, pp. 32-48.
• Isacson, Maths, "I verkstadens skugga. Om män och kvinnor i industristaden", in Isacson (ed.) 1996, pp. 222-236.
• Isacson, Maths & Magnusson, Lars, "Ett annat Uppsala – ur stadens 1900-talshistoria", in Isacson & Magnusson 1996, pp. 11-37.
• Isacson, Maths, "Järn- och stålindustrins arbetsmiljö under 1900-talet", in Daedalus 1996. Tekniska museets årsbok, pp 237-262.

Articles in Journals (since 1996)

• Isacson, Maths, "Brytpunkt Berslagen". Bergslagshistoria. Årgång/Årsbok 20/2008 (utg 2009). s. 5-22.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industriminnen som kulturarv. Förändringar i synen på industrins lämningar i Sverige." Den Jyske Historiker. Nr 121-122. Tema Industrimiljöer. Februar 2009. (pp. 109-135)
• Isacson, Maths, "Bylaget som utvecklingskraft i norrländsk gelsbygd". Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, nr 57, 2009.
• Isacson, Maths, "Uppväxt I välfärdssamhällets skugga". Rec. av Åsa Lindeborg "Mig äger ingen" i Årsbok för kristen humanism och samhällssyn 2007.
• Isacson, Maths & Nisser, Marie, "Nytt liv i gamla industriområden. Erfarenheter från Uppsala mejeris omvandling." Bebyggelsehistorisk Tidskrift nr 57, 2007. s. 59-78.
• Isacson, Maths, "Alla flöden gav Värmland växtkraft". Bergslagshistoria 2007, pp. 71-79.
• Isacson, Maths, " La periode d'industrialisation intensive dans les pays nordiques et baltiques / Johan Söderberg. The highly industrialised period in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Revue d'histoire nordique , ISSN 1778-9605 ; 2005(1), s. 27-37, 145-146
• Isacson, Maths & Larsson, Maths, "Landsbygdens småindustrier – inledande kommentar", in Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift no 50, 2006, 12 pp.
• Isacson, Maths, "Kom, se dig om och förfäras. Om industriarv, museer och det berättigade i att slå mynt av vår mörka historia", in Kulturmiljövård 2/2004, pp. 60-69.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bruk och återbruk av Bergslagens landskap", in Tvärsnitt 2004:3, pp. 44-49.
• Isacson, Maths, "Nu är dina dagar räknade, forsjävel". Review of Erik Törnlunds dissertation "Flottningen dör aldrig", in Historisk tidskrift nr 1 2004, pp. 114-120.
• Isacson, Maths, "Highly Industrial Period in the Nordic and Baltic Countries?", in Finnish Journal of Urban Studies no 1 2004, pp. 32-41.
• Isacson, Maths, "Bergslagens industriella kulturarv", in Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift no 43 2002 (2003), pp. 95-108.
• Isacson, Maths, "Industrialismens tid", in Polhem no 18/19, 2002, pp. 34-43.
• Isacson, Maths, Review of Iréne Flygares dissertation "Generation och kontinuitet", in Rig No 1, 2000, pp. 36-41.
• Isacson, Maths, "Makt och normer utmanas", in Arbetarhistoria no 3-4 2000, pp. 70-75.
• Florén, Anders & Isacson, Maths, "Den stålhårda hjälten, vår vän och kamrat. Vallonbilden i Metallarbeten 1920-1930", in Arbetarhistoria no 2-3/1999, pp. 41-51.
• Isacson, Maths, "Ett arv att förvalta?", in Forskning och Framsteg no 6 1999, pp. 30-35.
• Isacson, Maths, "Om nationella historikermöten", in Historisk tidskrift no 2 1998.
• Isacson, Maths & Nisser, Marie, "Industrisamhällets omvandling - en utmaning", in Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift nr 36 1998, pp. 21-42.
• Isacson, Maths, "Det flexibla arbetets renässans, in Framtider 3 1998, pp. 6-9.
• Isacson, Maths, "Historien behövs om vi skall blicka framåt", in Tiden 1:1997, pp. 20-26.
• Isacson, Maths, "Att bevara det industriella kulturarvet", in Arbetarhistoria no 3 1996, pp 38-40.

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Education

• 1979, PhD Economic History, Uppsala University.
• 1972, Phil Cand, major in Economic History, Uppsala university.

Academic Positions, Appointments and Networks

• 2005-2010 Guest professor (50 %) in industrial heritage research, at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
• 1998-2005, Director of Doctorate Studies, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.
• 1996, Professor in Economic history, Uppsala university.
• 1995-1996, Researcher at the University of Dalarna.
• 1991, Additional (adjungerad) professor in Economic History, Uppsala University.
• 1988-1995, Research leader (25-80%) at Museum of Work in Norrköping.
• 1988. Docent/Associate professor, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.
• 1988-1991, Researcher (40-50%) at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala university.
• 1982-1988, Junior research fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University.
• 1977-1982, Research assistant at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala University.

Professional affiliations

• 2009 – Member of the board of Folkörerelsernas arkviförbund (National board of the archives for popular movements)
• 2007 – Chairmen of the working team for research exchange between Oxford University and Uppsala University
• 2006- Member of the board for Bergslagsatsningen – Kultur and turism.
• 2005 -, Member of the docentship committee at the Faculty of Social Science at Uppsala University.
• 2005 – Member of the committee of experts for the history of iron industry at the Swedish Ironmaster´s Association.
• 2003 -, Representative of Uppsala university on the board of ACSIS (Advanced Cultural Studies Institute in Sweden), University of Linköping.
• 2003-2008, Member of the National Committee for technical and social science at the Royal Academy of Science.
• 2002-2008, Member of the Research Committee at Nordiska Museet, Stockholm.
• 2001-, Representative of Uppsala University on the Mining Committee, Stora Kopparberget, Falun.
• 2000-2005. Member of the board for the museum authority The Royal Armoury Museum, the Hallwyl Museum and Skokloster Castle.
• 1998-2000. Member of a committee on working life at the Swedish Councils for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR).
• 1996-, Chairman of the Research Committee at Museum of Work, Norrköping.