Per Högselius
@perhogselius.bsky.social
Professor of history of technology at KTH in Stockholm. Energy, natural resources, water, nuclear, infrastructures, coasts. Transnational history, East-West, past-present.
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Vatten – en knapp och farlig resurs | Per Högselius
Människor behöver dricka 1–2 liter vatten om dagen, men svensken gör av med runt 200 liter. Hur ska man förstå denna överkonsumtion?
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August 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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In "The Nuclear-Water Nexus," @perhogselius.bsky.social & Siegfried Evens bring together contributors from around the world to take a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In "The Nuclear-Water Nexus," @perhogselius.bsky.social & Siegfried Evens bring together contributors from around the world to take a deep dive into the complex interactions between nuclear energy and water. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
Coming soon! Stay tuned for a dark and uncomfortable tale: "Neutrality's Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age"
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hogsel...
Written together with my brilliant co-authors David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström, with a bonus chapter by Karl Bruno.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hogsel...
Written together with my brilliant co-authors David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström, with a bonus chapter by Karl Bruno.
April 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Coming soon! Stay tuned for a dark and uncomfortable tale: "Neutrality's Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age"
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hogsel...
Written together with my brilliant co-authors David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström, with a bonus chapter by Karl Bruno.
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Hogsel...
Written together with my brilliant co-authors David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström, with a bonus chapter by Karl Bruno.
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"Med andra ord: globalt sett har inget bränsle någonsin ersatts av något annat. I stället har utnyttjandet av samtliga energikällor fortsatt att öka från 1800-talet och fram till i dag."
Riktigt sugen på Fressoz bok: More and More and More. Här diskuterad av @perhogselius.bsky.social
Riktigt sugen på Fressoz bok: More and More and More. Här diskuterad av @perhogselius.bsky.social
Kruxet med den gröna omställningen | Per Högselius
Klimataktivister, politiker, forskare och till och med oljebolagen verkar överens om en sak: vi bör eftersträva energiomställning. Men bakom föreställningen om en sådan övergång från gamla till nya en...
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April 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Med andra ord: globalt sett har inget bränsle någonsin ersatts av något annat. I stället har utnyttjandet av samtliga energikällor fortsatt att öka från 1800-talet och fram till i dag."
Riktigt sugen på Fressoz bok: More and More and More. Här diskuterad av @perhogselius.bsky.social
Riktigt sugen på Fressoz bok: More and More and More. Här diskuterad av @perhogselius.bsky.social
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#EDF stake in Sizewell C new #nuclear 16.2%, UK govt 83.8%.
"EDF CEO just axed and its financial stability in question." "Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C costs ramp and timelines slip."
"Fundamental questions about the wisdom of proceeding with Sizewell C."
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/edf-r...
"EDF CEO just axed and its financial stability in question." "Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C costs ramp and timelines slip."
"Fundamental questions about the wisdom of proceeding with Sizewell C."
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/edf-r...
EDF reduces stake in Sizewell C as boss sacked | New Civil Engineer
The UK’s flagship gigawatt-scale new nuclear projects under construction – Hinkley Point C in Somerset and Sizewell C in Suffolk – are both subject to
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March 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#EDF stake in Sizewell C new #nuclear 16.2%, UK govt 83.8%.
"EDF CEO just axed and its financial stability in question." "Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C costs ramp and timelines slip."
"Fundamental questions about the wisdom of proceeding with Sizewell C."
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/edf-r...
"EDF CEO just axed and its financial stability in question." "Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C costs ramp and timelines slip."
"Fundamental questions about the wisdom of proceeding with Sizewell C."
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/edf-r...
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Join us for the first online seminar on doing Anthropocene History with Gabrielle Dürbeck, this Thursday at 15.30.
@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
Doing Anthropocene History #1: Natural-Cultural Memory in the Anthropocene – theoretical reflections and examples in contemporary narratives | KTH
Join us for the first session in our Doing Anthropocene History seminar series for 2025 with Gabriele Dürbeck.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Join us for the first online seminar on doing Anthropocene History with Gabrielle Dürbeck, this Thursday at 15.30.
@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
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The Kakhovka dam was like a large inland sea (photo from Smiivka/ Gammalsvenskby 2017). Bombed by the Russians on June 6th 2023. Now the UNCG report is pubilshed: Destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir: Environmental Consequences (in Ukrainian). uncg-org-ua.translate.goog/znyshhennya-...
March 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Kakhovka dam was like a large inland sea (photo from Smiivka/ Gammalsvenskby 2017). Bombed by the Russians on June 6th 2023. Now the UNCG report is pubilshed: Destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir: Environmental Consequences (in Ukrainian). uncg-org-ua.translate.goog/znyshhennya-...
We have a cover! Our edited volume "The Nuclear-Water Nexus" will be out in July, with MIT Press. 25 brilliant authors at home in 11 countries made this possible!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We have a cover! Our edited volume "The Nuclear-Water Nexus" will be out in July, with MIT Press. 25 brilliant authors at home in 11 countries made this possible!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255228...
Spent half the day in the old reactor hall R1 at KTH, for SVT's recording of an upcoming documentary series on Swedish nuclear power. Hope that I didn't make a bigger fool of myself than necessary...
February 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Spent half the day in the old reactor hall R1 at KTH, for SVT's recording of an upcoming documentary series on Swedish nuclear power. Hope that I didn't make a bigger fool of myself than necessary...
Deadline approaching, 21 Feb! We're hiring two assistant professors in Anthropocene History here at KTH.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
KTH | Assistant professor in in History of Science with a specialization in Anthropocene History
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
www.kth.se
February 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Deadline approaching, 21 Feb! We're hiring two assistant professors in Anthropocene History here at KTH.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
Ser fram emot att hålla en liten populärvetenskaplig föreläsning på KTH imorgon torsdag kl. 12.10-12.55: Svensk teknikhistoria i ett KTH-perspektiv!
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Svensk teknikhistoria i ett KTH-perspektiv | KTH Intranät
Med start den 13 februari 2025 erbjuds en föreläsningsserie i populärvetenskapligt format om KTH:s snart 200-åriga historia. Under sex föreläsningar erbjuds deltagarna en inblick i KTH:s historia, ark...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ser fram emot att hålla en liten populärvetenskaplig föreläsning på KTH imorgon torsdag kl. 12.10-12.55: Svensk teknikhistoria i ett KTH-perspektiv!
intra.kth.se/aktuellt/kal...
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French #nuclear reactor joins grid after €13bn holdup and a dozen costly years of technical setbacks, 12 years behind schedule after a slew of delays and cost overruns. Cost, estimated at €3.3 billion, ballooned to over €13 billion.
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
France's most powerful nuclear reactor joins grid after €13bn holdup
France's flagship Flamanville nuclear reactor in Normandy was to start supplying electricity to homes on Friday when it's reconnected to the power grid after a dozen costly years of technical setbacks...
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December 21, 2024 at 9:37 AM
French #nuclear reactor joins grid after €13bn holdup and a dozen costly years of technical setbacks, 12 years behind schedule after a slew of delays and cost overruns. Cost, estimated at €3.3 billion, ballooned to over €13 billion.
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
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Don't miss our #EnvHist 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬! Here are the calls:
1. St Andrews Book Prize
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
2. Turku Book Award
eseh.org/awards-and-g...
3. Tallinn Dissertation Prize
eseh.org/call-for-sub...
4. Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History
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1. St Andrews Book Prize
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
2. Turku Book Award
eseh.org/awards-and-g...
3. Tallinn Dissertation Prize
eseh.org/call-for-sub...
4. Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
December 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Don't miss our #EnvHist 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬! Here are the calls:
1. St Andrews Book Prize
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
2. Turku Book Award
eseh.org/awards-and-g...
3. Tallinn Dissertation Prize
eseh.org/call-for-sub...
4. Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
1. St Andrews Book Prize
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
2. Turku Book Award
eseh.org/awards-and-g...
3. Tallinn Dissertation Prize
eseh.org/call-for-sub...
4. Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History
eseh.org/call-eseh-20...
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1 PhD position (3 years) in the research project “Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall” at the German #mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources w Tina Asmussen
#envhist
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karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2...
#envhist
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karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2...
72.2024 1 PhD position (m/f/d) for 3 years in the research project “Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall”
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December 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
1 PhD position (3 years) in the research project “Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall” at the German #mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources w Tina Asmussen
#envhist
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karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2...
#envhist
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karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2...
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We have posted two tenured positions as assistant professor in #Anthropocene history at our centre, please help share widely:
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
One is in #envhist and one is in history of science.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
One is in #envhist and one is in history of science.
KTH | Assistant professor in Environmental History with a specialization in Anthropocene History
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
www.kth.se
December 9, 2024 at 9:06 AM
We have posted two tenured positions as assistant professor in #Anthropocene history at our centre, please help share widely:
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
One is in #envhist and one is in history of science.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
One is in #envhist and one is in history of science.
We have a new exciting call for a doctoral student here at KTH. The PhD position is well funded and will be linked to a project on the environmental history of Stockholm during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, led by my fabulous colleague Rob Gioielli.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
KTH | Doctoral student in History of Science, Technology and Environment
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
www.kth.se
December 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM
We have a new exciting call for a doctoral student here at KTH. The PhD position is well funded and will be linked to a project on the environmental history of Stockholm during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, led by my fabulous colleague Rob Gioielli.
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
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NEW BLOG POST (I'm on a roll this week, but there probably won't be another for several weeks, now): beached; or playing with water and rocks.
www.storiedselves.ca/blog/8020ez8...
#erosion #tides
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#erosion #tides
beached — storied selves
I started my writing residency week deep in the ocean, writing shipwrecks and coordinates, fathoms deep. But now, after five days of wandering and dreaming and thinking and writing, I’m beached, thi...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
NEW BLOG POST (I'm on a roll this week, but there probably won't be another for several weeks, now): beached; or playing with water and rocks.
www.storiedselves.ca/blog/8020ez8...
#erosion #tides
www.storiedselves.ca/blog/8020ez8...
#erosion #tides
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ECOCIDE IS OFFICIALLY DEAD!!! The latest issue of the American Historical Review includes our massive article on Easter Island. It's part of a special issue on Histories of Resilience, with several articles focused on environmental history, Indigenous peoples, and the Global South. #envhist #histsci
December 6, 2024 at 3:23 AM
ECOCIDE IS OFFICIALLY DEAD!!! The latest issue of the American Historical Review includes our massive article on Easter Island. It's part of a special issue on Histories of Resilience, with several articles focused on environmental history, Indigenous peoples, and the Global South. #envhist #histsci
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My book will be available for purchase on January 7, 2025. For readers with a US mailing address, below is a discount code for 30% off on publication day via Penguin Random House. (shorturl.at/wGwwo)
PUBDAY30
Please save the date! More on the discount code: shorturl.at/oXuGh
@mitpress.bsky.social
PUBDAY30
Please save the date! More on the discount code: shorturl.at/oXuGh
@mitpress.bsky.social
Island Tinkerers by Honghong Tinn: 9780262549387 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
How Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing, from computer maker to the world’s leading chip manufacturer. How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the...
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December 7, 2024 at 1:44 AM
My book will be available for purchase on January 7, 2025. For readers with a US mailing address, below is a discount code for 30% off on publication day via Penguin Random House. (shorturl.at/wGwwo)
PUBDAY30
Please save the date! More on the discount code: shorturl.at/oXuGh
@mitpress.bsky.social
PUBDAY30
Please save the date! More on the discount code: shorturl.at/oXuGh
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A chapter from the recently published Chinese anthology "Law, Knowledge, and Power in the Age of Empire," providing some critical reflections on the use and analysis of historical archives in the field of Chinese (legal) history. t.cn/A6mCvA2N
方法｜陈利：“隐形档案”与史料深挖四步法
最近二三十年间, 欧美的人文社会科学研究领域中形成了一个所谓“档案转向” (archival turn) 的学术潮流。
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December 7, 2024 at 1:46 AM
A chapter from the recently published Chinese anthology "Law, Knowledge, and Power in the Age of Empire," providing some critical reflections on the use and analysis of historical archives in the field of Chinese (legal) history. t.cn/A6mCvA2N
Spotted today in a Stockholm suburb!
December 5, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Spotted today in a Stockholm suburb!
Very nice piece on a surprising topic: pre-WWII transports of radioactive materials! Give us more of this, Aske!
Mine and Maria Rentetzi’s new article „Radium Boxes“ on the early history of the transport of radioactive materials has just been published in the Medical Research Archives journal! This one was very fun to write and I am really happy with how it turned out! #histtech #histsci #histstm #nukesky
Radium Boxes: On the Early History of the Transportation of Radioactive materials
| Medical Research Archives
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December 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Very nice piece on a surprising topic: pre-WWII transports of radioactive materials! Give us more of this, Aske!
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I have spent a day or so updating and fixing broken links on this list of archives of post-war UK scientists and engineers
If you know of more, let me know and I will add them
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/sts-observat...
If you know of more, let me know and I will add them
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/sts-observat...
UK archives of post-war science and engineering – notes towards a list | UCL STS Observatory
UCL Homepage
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December 5, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I have spent a day or so updating and fixing broken links on this list of archives of post-war UK scientists and engineers
If you know of more, let me know and I will add them
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/sts-observat...
If you know of more, let me know and I will add them
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/sts-observat...
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New open access book by Elena Kochetkova: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. Read it on our Environment & Society Portal! #EnvHist
The Green Power of Socialism: Wood, Forest, and the Making of Soviet Industrially Embedded Ecology
Full text of Elena Kochetkova’s The Green Power of Socialism: Wood, Forest, and the Making of Soviet Industrially Embedded Ecology, a book on the relationship between nature and humans under state soc...
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December 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM
New open access book by Elena Kochetkova: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. Read it on our Environment & Society Portal! #EnvHist
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Save the date for our next ESEH online seminar in #envhist, with an exciting talk by Anna Sokolova on foraging berries and mushrooms in Soviet forests! On December 10, 16:00 CET, register here to get the link and please invite others who might be interested:
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December 3, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Save the date for our next ESEH online seminar in #envhist, with an exciting talk by Anna Sokolova on foraging berries and mushrooms in Soviet forests! On December 10, 16:00 CET, register here to get the link and please invite others who might be interested:
forms.gle/y5bbY9GgnmnN...
forms.gle/y5bbY9GgnmnN...