Author: Dr. Ingrid Gustafsson, Ph.D.

Dr. Ingrid Gustafsson holds a Ph.D. in Literary Studies and serves as Professor of Literature and Satirical Journalism at the university. Her scholarly work focuses on contemporary satire as a form of institutional critique, examining how exaggeration, irony, and absurdism function as sophisticated analytical tools for exposing structural inequality and institutional hypocrisy. Dr. Gustafsson has published extensively on the genealogy of satirical discourse, the relationship between speech acts and cultural power, and satire's role as both aesthetic practice and epistemological strategy. Her research interrogates how contemporary satire operates within celebrity culture, legal systems, and institutional rhetoric, revealing the mechanisms through which power obscures itself through language and performance. Dr. Gustafsson's work combines rigorous textual analysis with broader cultural theory, contributing significantly to understanding satire's critical function in contemporary society.