Rikard Hoogland Senior lecturer, associate professor

Rikard Hoogland received his PhD in 2005. He is a associated professor in Theatre studies at Stockholm University and also teaches on the subject of cultural policy.

Research topics are Independent theatre groups, Swedish theatre during the beginning of the 20th century, Contemporary Swedish theatre, Brecht and modern forms of directing. He has published in peer-reviewed journals – Peripeti, the Nordic Journal of Culture Policy, Nordic Theatre Studies – and in anthologies published by Cambridge Scholars, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Stockholm University Press, Ohlms, Palgrave, and Rodopi. He is active in International Federation of Theatre Research and the working group Theatrical event. He has been a visiting scholar at Freie Universität, Berlin and Universität Wien.