Katrin Holmqvist-Sten

I am an Associate Professor in the History of Architecture with a background in the field history and theory of art. In my PhD Campus Sundsvall: att bygga symbolvärden I investigated how architecture was used as marketing tool for universities and other actors in Sweden in the 1990s. My research concerns the spatial infrastructure of culture and especially houses of culture, kulturhus, which since the 1950s have been playing an important role in how culture is distributed in cities and also in how culture is used by cities.

From 2008 I worked with the development of UMA – Umeå School of Architecture and have had different roles within the department. I have also been Head of Department at Umeå Academy of Fine Art between 2017 and 2021.

I have been involved in different projects, for example:

-       Umeå Urban Forum (Umeå Municipality and The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth)

-       Culture and Cities (CERUM – Centre for Regional Science at Umeå University)

-       Den koldioxidsnåla platsen (Umeå Municipality and Umeå University

External expert of art, architecture and design in Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland

Member of the editorial board of Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift