Sune Bechmann Pedersen

Sune Bechmann Pedersen is an Associate Professor of Digital History at Stockholm University, specializing in transnational European history from 1850-1970s with focus on media, memory, tourism, and Cold War dynamics. Previously held research and postdoctoral positions at Lund University, University of Gothenburg, and University of Amsterdam.

• Current research: Tourism Governance and the Making of Europe (Swedish Research Council 2023-25, with Igor Tchoukarine)
• Former research: Holidays behind the Iron Curtain (2018-20) on Cold War tourism to Communist Europe
• Doctoral work: Reel Socialism (Lund 2015) analyzing cinema and post-1989 memory in Germany/Czech Republic