Peter Bengtsen

  • Associate Professor
  • Lund University

Peter Bengtsen, art historian and sociologist, who has written extensively about street art, graffiti and urban public space since 2006. In addition to numerous articles and anthology contributions, Bengtsen has authored three monographs: The Street Art World (2014), Street Art and the Environment (2018) and Tracks and Traces. Exploring the World of Graffiti Writing through Visual Methods (2023). In 2018, he co-founded the interdisciplinary research network Urban Creativity Lund. Since 2024, Bengtsen co-edits the journal Public Art Dialogue. He is currently Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at Lund University, Sweden.

Urban Matters Journal
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