Simon Larsson
Researcher at Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS)
- E-mail:
- simon.r.larsson@crs.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3C
751 20 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Teologiska institutionen
Box 511
751 20 Uppsala
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-2589-7964
Short presentation
Simon Larsson is a Research Professor at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS) at Uppsala University. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and has an interdisciplinary research portfolio spanning religion, law, artificial intelligence, environmental governance, and colonial history. His scholarship explores topics such as posthuman security, machine learning, and historical missionary work in Congo.
Keywords
- governance
- sub-saharan africa
- anthropology of christianity
- digital technology
- collaborative governance
- anthropology of religion
- environmental governance

Publications
Recent publications
Cross-Cultural Heritage: Critical Approaches to Missionary Legacies
Part of Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2025
Talking about machines: discursive sensemaking and workplace learning in the age of AI
Part of Studies in Continuing Education, 2025
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Enhancing ship energy efficiency through just-in-time arrival: A comprehensive review
Part of Ocean Engineering, 2025
Celebrating Creation on the Colorado River
Part of Heritage, 2025
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The Connectedness of People and Geological Features in the El Malpais Lava Flows of New Mexico, USA
Part of Land, 2025
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All publications
Articles in journal
Talking about machines: discursive sensemaking and workplace learning in the age of AI
Part of Studies in Continuing Education, 2025
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Enhancing ship energy efficiency through just-in-time arrival: A comprehensive review
Part of Ocean Engineering, 2025
Celebrating Creation on the Colorado River
Part of Heritage, 2025
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The Connectedness of People and Geological Features in the El Malpais Lava Flows of New Mexico, USA
Part of Land, 2025
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Part of Studia Theologica, 2025
- DOI for Fulfilling the Christian Mission Through Law: The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as a Legal Actor in Congo 1881–1908
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Reducing the contingency of the world: Magic, oracles, and machine-learning technology
Part of AI & Society, p. 183-193, 2024
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Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
Part of Sustainability, 2024
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Part of Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
- DOI for Addressing the Swedish Large Carnivore Controversy: Identifying Roadblocks in Collaborative Governance to Reduce Conflict
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Part of Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2022
- DOI for Deliberative safety for industrial intelligent human–robot collaboration: Regulatory challenges and solutions for taking the next step towards industry 4.0
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Part of Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
- DOI for Contextualizing negative attitudes to wildlife and wildlife governance in the moral economy of Swedish farmers
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Anarchy in the Game of Thrones
Part of Neohelicon, p. 117-129, 2020
Part of Frontiers in Communication, 2020
- DOI for Communicating About COVID-19 in Four European Countries: Similarities and Differences in National Discourses in Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden
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Expert stakeholders’ perception of nanotechnology: risk, benefit, knowledge, and regulation
Part of Journal of nanoparticle research, 2019
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Part of Journal of nanoparticle research, 2019
- DOI for What is the problem?: A literature review on challenges facing the communication of nanotechnology to the public
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Other
Cross-Cultural Heritage: Critical Approaches to Missionary Legacies
Part of Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2025