Max Wahlström

Max Wahlström is a University Lecturer at the Department of Languages, University of Helsinki, and a supervisor for the Doctoral Programme in Language Studies. He has been active in Slavic philology and Balkan linguistics since at least 2005.

His research focuses on

• Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Macedonian)
• Case inflection loss
• Linguistic typology
• Linguistic landscapes and minority languages
• Language contact and historical change

Wahlström has been involved in projects like Linguistic Diversity: Historical, Functional and Typological Approaches (2015–2017) and the 2011 Helsinki–Stockholm University collaboration. He served as a Visiting Scholar at Universität Zürich (2016) and contributes to open-access research through ORCID.

His recent publications (2025–2012) span topics from deictic articles in Balkan Slavic to historical syntax in Bulgarian revival texts. Works often involve morphological shifts, case systems, and typological analysis.

Notable activities include presentations at conferences such as the New Slavists' Evening (2024) and contributions to academic media (e.g., discussions on Macedonian monuments, Bulgarian protests).