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Dr Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch

Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch

Member of the Executive SIEF Board

Institution: The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland / Åbo Akademi University

I hold a doctoral degree in Folkloristics and attained the Title of Docent (Adjunct Professor/ Habilitation) at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. My current work place is at the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (Helsinki) as an archivist specializing in tradition material. For me, being an archivist is a way of combining my love for historical sources with contemporary ethnography, and I am devoted to facilitating students and researchers in discovering the archives. My own research has largely focused on different types of mobility, from migration to everyday patterns of movement. I am a member of several international networks and editorial boards, I am co-editor of ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore, a member of The Kalevala Society and a foreign working member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.