Sarah Mygind

Sarah Mygind is an Associate Professor at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, specializing in Children's Literature and digital narrative forms. Her research explores the evolving landscape of literary culture in the digital age, with a strong focus on transmedia storytelling, multimodal reading, and publishing transformations.

Her research interests include digital literature, hypertext, net literature, the materiality of books, digital aesthetics, virtual and augmented reality, interactive spaces, multimediality, transmedia worldbuilding, adaptation, literary markets, publishing studies, book history, literary institutions, cultural criticism, and text theory. These areas reflect a deep engagement with both classical and contemporary literary forms in digital contexts.

The trends in her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on transmedia narratives, particularly in children's and young adult literature. She investigates how digital platforms like YouTube and Instagram reshape authorship and storytelling, and how audiobooks and multisensory formats expand narrative experiences. Her work bridges literary theory, media studies, and cultural policy, often contributing to governmental reports and public discourse.

• Recipient of Astrid Lindgren's Foundation Solkattens årlige forskningsstipendium (2021)
• Aarhus University Research Fund PhD Prize (2020)

Sarah Mygind actively supervises master’s theses and participates in research projects such as 'Young Literary Practices' (2023–2027) and 'Reading Between Media' (2019–2023), which explore digital transformations in reading and literary engagement. She has received research grants and collaborative funding supporting her work on multisensory reading and transmedia narratives. She also engages in public scholarship through media contributions and podcasts.

She is involved in key research initiatives including the 'Reading Between Media' project and the 'Young Literary Practices' project, both of which examine how digital technologies reshape literary creation, distribution, and reception. These projects involve interdisciplinary collaboration and aim to influence educational and cultural policy.