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
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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Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
Part of Sustainability, 2024
- DOI for Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
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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
All publications
Articles in journal
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
- Download full text (pdf) of Fulfilling the Christian Mission Through Law: The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as a Legal Actor in Congo 1881–1908
Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
Part of Sustainability, 2024
- DOI for Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
- Download full text (pdf) of Taken from the Spirits and Given to the People: The Dance of the Panther Men in Côte d’Ivoire
Part of Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
- DOI for Contextualizing negative attitudes to wildlife and wildlife governance in the moral economy of Swedish farmers
- Download full text (pdf) of Contextualizing negative attitudes to wildlife and wildlife governance in the moral economy of Swedish farmers
Anarchy in the Game of Thrones
Part of Neohelicon, p. 117-129, 2020