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Anna Biström is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki's Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies within the Faculty of Arts. She is affiliated with the Nordic Literature Research unit and works on the project Osynliga aktörer, obekanta nätverk. Litteratursociologiska studier av den svenska litteraturen i Finland 1830–2023, funded by The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation. Her research focuses on literary sociology, digital methods, and Finland-Swedish literature, with particular attention to author visibility, canon formation, and interdisciplinary approaches.
She holds a doctoral thesis on the construction of artist personas in popular music and has extensive experience in editing academic journals like Avain and Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Her work bridges qualitative and quantitative analysis, including database studies and textual criticism, often addressing gender perspectives and cultural memory.
Biström has been involved in numerous academic activities, including organizing conferences like Litteratur och kunskap, reviewing for journals such as NorLyr, and supervising Master's theses in Nordic literature. Her research also extends to digital humanities initiatives like the Klassikkokirjasto project, emphasizing accessibility and cultural heritage preservation.
