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The common denominator for my research is social settings and discourse analyses. My thesis dealt with the coverage of fiive major strikes in Swedish daily press 1879-1995, aiming at an understanding of the interplay between language, journalism and society. I have studied press texts of various types as well as commercial discourse economy discourse and nuclear power discourse.

Three research projects on economic discourse in coopeeration with Alexander Paulsson, Niklas Sandell coh Peter Svensson (Lund University):Ìý

Redovisningens språk (Rahm, Sandell & Svensson 2014, Rahm & Sandell 2016, Rahm, Sandell & Svensson 2020)

Årsstämman som ritual: En kulturanalys av möten mellan styrelser, företagsledningar, revisorer och aktieägare (Paulsson & Rahm 2022, Paulsson, Rahm, Sandell & Svensson 2023, Rahm & Paulsson 2024)

Brott och moral i affärskulturen: En studie av konstruktioner av ekonomiska brott i rättegångsförhandlingar

The Swedish-Finnish project called RegeRa – Governments Report on State Ownership in cooperation with Åsa Thelander (Lund University). Merja Koskela and Mona Enell-Nilsson from School of Communication and Marketing at Vaasa University: https://sites.uwasa.fi/regera/en/ (Rahm & Thelander 2021, Enell-Nilsson & Rahm 2021, Rahm & Enell-Nilsson 2024).

Together with Ingela Johansson (Lund University), Marianna Smaragdi (Lund University) and Carmen Sanchidrián Blanco (Málaga University) I plan a diachronic project on the influence of Selma Lagerlöf's bookÌýThe Wonderful Adventures of NilsÌýon education and culture in Sweden, Spain and Greece. The perspectives emanate from discourse analysis, science of education, literary studies, didactics and linguistics.Ìý

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I teach courses in discourse analysis and text analysis and supervise bachelor and master theses. I also supervise doctoral students, two at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Ìýand one at Lund University.

The research project KOSMR: Communication on small modular reactors (SMRs) - Media reporting, public opinion and valuation of SMRs in Sweden. Financed by the Swedish Energy Agency. Researchers Ã…sa Thelander (main applicant) and Henrik Rahm (co-applicant). SEK 3 878 000. 2024-2027.

The research projet ESMOR: Emergency preparedness for Small MOdular nuclear Reactors (SMRs). Researchers: Christopher Rääf (main applicant) and four co-applicants: Åsa Ek, Kristina Eriksson Stenström, Henrik Rahm and Åsa Thelander. Financed by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. SEK 3 994 000. 2023-2027.

The research projet Brott och moral i affärskulturen: En studie av konstruktioner av ekonomiska brott i rättegångsförhandlingar. Researchers: Peter Svensson (main applicant) and as co-applicants Alexander Paulsson, Henrik Rahm and Niklas Sandell. Financed by the Foundation of Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius. Tax-free scholarship of SEK 2 400 000 which corresponds to 25 % research time during three years. 2021-2024.

Researcher in a multidiscplinary research group working with the theme The radiation saftey expert in a post-trust era at the Pufendorf Institute, Lund University. 20 % working time during eight months. 2020-2021.Ìý

The research project Ã…rsstämman som ritual: En kulturanalys av möten mellan styrelser, företagsledningar, revisorer och aktieägare. Researchers: Niklas SandellÌý (main applicant) and as co-applicants Alexander Paulsson, Henrik Rahm and Peter Svensson. Financed by the Foundation of Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius. Tax-free scholarship of SEK 1 500 000 which corresponds to 20 % research time during three years. 2018-2021.Ìý

The collaboration project Fördomsfönster Øresund with researchers from Lund University and Copenhagen University and the organizations MINE, Föreningen Norden, The Living Institute and Öresundsinstitutet. Financed by Interreg (European Regional Development Fund). € 700 000. One of several applicants. 15 % working time during three years. 2018-2021.

Collection of data. The grant was mainly used for salary costs for Sanna Skärlund who compiled a corpus of the consolidated accounts of the Swedish state-owned enterprises. Henrik Rahm (main applicant). The foundation of Erik Philip Sörensen. SEK 200 000. 2017.

Research applications connected to the research theme at the Pufendorf Institute 2016-17. One month's additional research time, financed by the Facuties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. 2017.

Coordinator of a multidiscplinary research group working with the theme The annual report – words, images and numbers at the Pufendorf Institute, Lund University. 30 % working time during eight months.Ìý 2016-2017.Ìý

The research project Redovisningens sprÃ¥k: Finansiell rapportering som organisationskommunikation. Researchers: Niklas Sandell (main applicant) and three co-applicants: Alexander Paulsson, Henrik Rahm and . Peter Svensson. Financed by the Foundation of Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius. Tax-free scholarship of SEK 1 000 000 kr which corresponds to 10 % research time during three years. 2015-2018.Ìý

Member of the steering committee for Nordic Network for Didactics of Neighbouring Languages since 2016. The network includes teacher trainers from around twenty universities and colleagues in the Nordic countries. The network has been granted funds from the Nordic Council for student and teacher exchange between the Nordic teacher training programs . See further the website of the project: https://nabosprogsdidaktik.dk/Ìý

I also have a strong commitment for internationalization and have been guest lecturer at various universities. The exchange with Málaga is particularly successful, where I have been on exchange twelve times since I initiated this exchange in 2011, partly at the Department of English, German and French, partly at the Faculty of Education (that is teacher training programmes). Since 2015 I have given lectures and seminars in English and Spanish at the University of Málaga. It has also resulted in good contacts with, among others, Carmen Sanchidrián Blanco, professor of Theory and History of Education.

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My first degree is subject teacher diploma for Swedish, Swedish as a second language and German. For two years I worked as a Swedish lecturer at the department for interpreter and translator training in Savonlinna, Joensuu University. After obtaining a doctoral degree in Scandinavian Languages 2002 at Lund University, I have worked at Malmö College University, Kristianstad College University, Lund University. Since 1 July 2024 I am Professor of Swedish at ¹û¶³´«Ã½.

Paulsson, Alexander & Rahm, Henrik & Sandell, Niklas & Svensson, Peter (2023): Bolagsstämman ÌýRitualer, kultur, normer och sprÃ¥k Lund: Studentlitteratur ISBN 9789144162485

Nyström Höög, Catharina, Rahm, Henrik & Thomassen Hammerstad, Gøril (editors) (2023): Nordic Perspectives on the Discourse of Things. Sakprosa texts helping us navigate and understand an ever-changing reality London: Palgrave Macmillan Open Access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-33122-0

Rahm, Henrik & Enell-Nilsson, Mona (2024): Att ha ledartröjan på sig Centrala innehåll över tid i retoriska drag i Ministern har ordet I: Jansson, Denny & Melander, Ida & Westberg, Gustav & Yassin Falk, Daroon (red.) Svenskans beskrivning del III, Svenskans beskrivning 38 Förhandlingar vid trettioåttonde sammankomsten Örebro 4–6 maj 2022https://oru.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1854511&dswid=8106

Rahm, Henrik & Paulsson, Alexander (2024): Corporate Elites on Stage: Speech Acts and Genre Positionings in Professional Communication Fachsprache Journal of Professional and Scientific Communication 46.1–2: 62–75.

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