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
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Swedish Protestant Missionaries and Social Reordering in King Leopold's Congo
Routledge, 2027
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Whose AI problem?: Critical narratives and practitioner problematizations
Part of Technology in society, 2026
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Ethnoecology Habitat Assessment: Culebra, Puerto Rico: Final Report
2026
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Balancing currents: How policy pauses shape the implementation of Sweden’s hydropower re-licensing
Part of Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, p. 1-19, 2026
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Name It and Its Yours: Toponym Disputes Between Native and Settler Colonials in North America
Part of Land, 2026
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Whose AI problem?: Critical narratives and practitioner problematizations
Part of Technology in society, 2026
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Balancing currents: How policy pauses shape the implementation of Sweden’s hydropower re-licensing
Part of Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, p. 1-19, 2026
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Name It and Its Yours: Toponym Disputes Between Native and Settler Colonials in North America
Part of Land, 2026
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Talking about machines: discursive sensemaking and workplace learning in the age of AI
Part of Studies in Continuing Education, p. 634-652, 2025
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Part of Studia Theologica, p. 59-86, 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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Enhancing ship energy efficiency through just-in-time arrival: A comprehensive review
Part of Ocean Engineering, 2025
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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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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 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 Addressing the Swedish Large Carnivore Controversy: Identifying Roadblocks in Collaborative Governance to Reduce Conflict
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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
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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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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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Expert stakeholders’ perception of nanotechnology: risk, benefit, knowledge, and regulation
Part of Journal of nanoparticle research, 2019
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Books
Reports
Other
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Cross-Cultural Heritage: Critical Approaches to Missionary Legacies
Part of Journal of Contemporary Religion, 2025