After over 25 years as a communication researcher, Magnus Fredriksson is changing his career direction to be an editor at Nordicom, a role he is looking forward to taking on.
"Nordicom is a central player in Nordic research on communication, media, and journalism. I’m looking forward to being a part of interesting projects and seeing them turn into high-quality publications", says Fredriksson.
Fredriksson's most recent role was senior lecturer and director of doctoral studies at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) at the University of Gothenburg. University West, Uppsala University, and Lund University are also among his earlier employers.
As an editor at Nordicom, Fredriksson will help oversee the evaluation process of the journal Nordicom Review as well as Nordicom’s monographs and anthologies. Together with Nordicom’s other editor, his role includes assessing manuscript submissions, managing the peer-review process, making final acceptance decisions, and providing support to authors and external editors throughout the writing and evaluation processes.
Fredriksson believes that his researcher background will be beneficial in his new role.
"As a scholar, I have extensive knowledge of what it means to do research and publish in an international setting. This, I think, means that I understand the conditions under which Nordicom’s contributors work", he says.
Fredriksson joining the editorial team will contribute to the continued development of Nordicom’s publishing operations, according to Jonas Ohlsson, director at Nordicom.
"The opportunity to welcome a scholar of Magnus’s calibre to our team is very exciting. Magnus is a respected researcher in his field and has a long experience of assessing and improving academic manuscripts. I am quite confident that he will help Nordicom be an even better servant to our Nordic research community", says Ohlsson.
Having a 70 per cent position at Nordicom, Fredriksson will keep a part-time employment at JMG, making it possible to continue his research.
Julia Romell