“I feel very happy and honoured,” says Linda Andersson Burnett.
What are you looking forward to most and what issues do you hope to work with in the Young Academy?
“I hope that becoming a member of the Young Academy of Sweden will give me an opportunity to involve myself in internationalisation at Swedish universities. I want to work for an internationalisation that both increases the mobility of Swedish researchers and makes it easier for young foreign researchers to get established in Sweden. I also look forward to interacting with researchers from different disciplines in the Young Academy and supporting the next generation of young academics.”
Which issues in your own research are you most passionate about and do you consider most important to communicate?
“My research focuses mainly on Linnaean natural history and global knowledge networks. I have recently started a new project on the active participation of amateurs in the creation of scientific knowledge and their collaboration with universities and museums in the 18th and 19th centuries.
“Considering the global challenges we see in society today, such as climate change and social injustice, I hope to be able to contribute by research that sheds light on the relationship between scientific practice and long-term trends,” concludes Andersson Burnett.