Kristina is a professor of political science at The Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. She has studied and written on political language and ideological change, European right-wing populism and racism, discrimination, inequality at work-places and urban unrest. She has been active in solidarity movements, union work and different organisations that strive for a more equal and just world. A new research interest of hers is the transition towards a way of living that does not endanger the climate.