Ashleigh Harris
Professor of English
02.04 – 29.04.2026
“My research interests are focused on the ephemeral and informal archives of African literature, from 19th and 20th century print forms to digital literary ephemera. I am Primary Investigator of a research project on African literary metadata (ALMEDA), which has received funding as an advanced grant from the European Research Council. ALMEDA is creating and linking metadata about a wide range of informal African literary texts and developing a multilingual ontology of African literary form.”
“I am currently writing a monograph on metadata for African literature, from early colonial archival and library data to contemporary legal, commercial, and development-related data. One chapter of this monograph is based on UNESCO’s work on book and reading development in Africa, as well as their more recent work on the protection of intangible cultural heritage. UNESCO’s archives in Paris contain a wide range of material from their 24 African field offices that is relevant to this research.”
Hugo Hedberg
Choreographer
16.04 – 29.04.2026
“I am a Stockholm-based choreographer and artist working across dance, theatre, and visual art. With a background in art, pedagogy, and choreography, I strive to create immersive, imaginative, and melancholic works with humor and layered expression. My practice includes performances and art workshops for children, and my work has been presented at venues such as Dansens Hus, Weld and Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm.”
“I am coming to Paris to research how Dadaist and Situationist practices can inform my choreographic work. My project investigates walking as an artistic method, focusing on the Dada action Excursions & Visites (1921) and Situationist dĂ©rive and psychogeography. By following these practices in Paris, I explore how urban space, the rhythm of the city, and everyday life can be translated into choreography.”
Katz Lydén
Philosopher, Writer, Critic
02.04 – 29.04.2026
“I am currently working on Michel Foucault, continuing the work of my PhD Thesis Critique and the Care of the Self: The Economy of Truth and Government in Michel Foucault’s Late Work (Huddinge: Södertörn, 2024). As a writer, I published the both critical and literary Poems and Parables on the Political Utility of Art (Berlin: Bom Dia Books, 2021), as an art critic I have written for the Nordic web journal Kunstkritikk and Swedish daily Aftonbladet, and I am the editor of Found Review.”
“In Foucault’s late work he takes up the notions of truth-telling and the technologies of the self in ancient philosophy. The ancient tradition is thus understood, in Pierre Hadot’s words, as a ”philososophy as a way of life.” Now, given Foucault’s both theoretical-practical trajectory, and his interest in the notion of critique at this time, can we develop a Foucauldian notion of ”critique as a way of life”? I will consult the archive of the Fonds Foucault at Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Charlotta Levay
Associate Professor
02.04 – 29.04.2026
“I am Associate Professor in Organisation Studies at Lund University and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU. My research interests include leadership, sustainability, and healthcare organisation. I was Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School and special adviser to the Commission on the Future of Sweden. I have published in journals like Organization Studies, Human Relations, and The Leadership Quarterly. I am also a regular contributor to the periodicals Signum and Axess Magasin.”
“I will be visiting scholars at the Centre for the Sociology of Organisations, CSO, at Sciences Po. The purpose is to develop my previous collaboration with Director of Research Patrick Castel and his colleagues around common research interests. I will give a research seminar at CSO, participate in other seminars, and discuss future joint projects and publications. The stay will also give opportunity to engage more broadly with researchers at the CSO and within the wider Sciences Po community.”
Ulf Mörkenstam
Professor in Political Science
02.04 – 29.04.2026
“I am professor in political science and my main field of research is political theory and policy studies with a particular focus on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the right to self-determination. In several works, I have written about the Swedish state’s policy towards the Indigenous Sámi people in a historical perspective and on Sámi politics based on the election studies conducted in connection to the Sámi Parliament elections in Sweden.”
“The purpose of my stay in Paris is to continue the work on two different research projects in collaboration with colleagues at SciencesPo/CEVIPOF: Democracy and the right to stand and Indigenous self-determination and sustainable development. This collaboration is based on my previous stays as visiting professor at SciencesPo/CEVIPOF in 2024 and 2025.”