My research concerns digital politics in a broad sense, but I focus primarily on far-right political expressions, and how different types of media and platforms enable these.
I am a postdoctoral researcher in digital sociology. I currently work in a VR-funded project where I focus on how far-right groups in the US imagine Sweden and Swedishness. I am also affiliated with the and senior editor for .
You can find all my publications via my .
2025
Digital Journalism
Strömbäck, Jesper; Åkerlund, Mathilda
2025
New Media and Society, Sage Publications 2025, Vol. 27, (3) : 1235-1255
Åkerlund, Mathilda
2024
Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, Taylor & Francis 2024, Vol. 30, (4) : 512-532
Merrill, Samuel; Schroeder, Ralph; Åkerlund, Mathilda; et al.
2023
Information, Communication and Society, Routledge 2023, Vol. 26, (10) : 1996-2014
Eriksson Krutrök, Moa; Åkerlund, Mathilda
2023
Media Culture and Society, Sage Publications 2023, Vol. 45, (7) : 1400-1417