Eskil Vesterlund

Eskil Vesterlund is a doctoral student in media history at Lund University, affiliated with the Department of History under the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology. His research explores the intersection of media, politics, and science in 20th-century Sweden, focusing on the emergence of opinion polling as a media technology.

Key research interests include

• Media History
• Public Opinion Polling
• Knowledge Production
• Political Communication
• Science-Society Interactions
• 20th Century Sweden

His work has resulted in publications such as

• "Opinion Polls across Boundaries" (2025) on cross-national polling frameworks
• "Mediating Society" (2023) analyzing Gallup polls in Swedish wartime press

Scientific recognition includes receiving the Svensk mediehistorisk förenings uppsatspris in 2020. He actively participates in academic conferences and collaborative research projects, including "Entangled media histories" and "LUCK: Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge".