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Lundell joined K3 in 2026. PhD 2002, associate professor (docent) 2009 in history of science and ideas at Lund University. He has been postdoctoral fellow (culture studies) at Linköping University, senior lecturer (media history and journalism) at Lund University, researcher (history of science and ideas) at Uppsala University and professor (history) at first Mid Sweden University, then Örebro University.

Lundell's research is mainly in media history and has, among other things, been about media ideology and criticism, self-images and legitimacy efforts, public participation and right-wing extremist media strategies. From 2014 to 2020, he was the editor of the peer reviewed book series Mediehistoriskt arkiv. Since 2020, he has, among other things, been involved in one and lead another digital-history project: "Information flows across the Baltic Sea: Swedish-language press as a cultural mediator 1771–1918" (The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland) and "Information highways of the 19th century: The public sphere as newspaper infrastructure and shared content" (Swedish Research Council).

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