Robert Nilsson Mohammadi serves as the theme leader for urban humanities at Malmö University’s Institute for Urban Research (IUR), where he coordinates the development of a research environment and hub dedicated to urban humanities.

His current work focuses on how local actors handle the afterlives of far-right racist attacks. By studying public memory art in various cities affected by far-right violence, his research introduces a spatialized, urbanized, and translocal perspective to memory work conducted by those impacted by such violence. He also approaches this topic through the framework of reparative remembering, investigating alternatives to dominant critical approaches and examining how cultural production and spatial practices can be reparative.

Another key research interest concerns participatory practices in the production of culture and knowledge in the public sphere. He approaches this both critically and creatively, analyzing the conditions for just co-production within an unequal society and a political economy that often reinforces the divide between those who contribute experiences and those who refine theories. A central concept in his work is “shared authority.” He also studies community art and community archives as examples of participatory knowledge production in urban public spaces.