Ola Sigurdson

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

• Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion
• European Society for Philosophy of Religion
• Atmospheric Spaces Network
• Nätverk för religion och litteratur, Göteborg