Quick Info
| Profession | Academic and writer |
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| Nationality | Swedish |
| Date of Birth | 11/11/1977 |
| Age | 48 years |
| Birthplace | Fässberg, Mölndal, Sweden |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
Latest News about Andreas Malm
30/10/2026
The UK Home Office cancelled Andreas Malm's Electronic Travel Authorisation, barring him from entering the country. He had been scheduled to speak at a Tribune event alongside a Palestine Action co-founder, and he called the decision scandalous and sudden. His publisher Verso said no British government had previously revoked an author's right to enter the country in over 55 years of publishing.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Swedish academic and author whose work focuses on climate politics, the fossil economy and political economy. He teaches human ecology at Lund University. |
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| Current Role | Associate professor of human ecology at Lund University |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Doctorate | Doctorate in social and economic geography, Lund University (2014), with a thesis on steam power in the British cotton industry |
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Relationships & More
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Career
| Academic | Teaches in the Human Ecology division at Lund University, Sweden |
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| Research Focus | Political economy of climate change and the history of the fossil economy |
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| Activism and Politics | Former member of the Swedish Socialist Party and earlier active in the Swedish anarcho-syndicalist movement |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Early in his career he wrote for Arbetaren, the press organ of the Central Organisation of Swedish Workers (SAC) | |
| 2. His book Fossil Capital won the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize | |
| 3. He was awarded Jan Myrdal's big prize in 2025 |
