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Björn-Ola Linnér

Professor

Societal Transformationscoping with climate and environmental changes and human development

To spur societal transformations worldwide that are able to cope environmental changes while advancing global development, we need to understand the interactions between climate action and sustainable development objectives, such as energy and food security.

Professor Linnér analyses how the political processes and actors affect conditions for social changes towards sustainable development in different parts of the world. An important part of his research is to develop new methods and platforms for analysis, such as Norrköping decision arena, climate visualization and surveys of international negotiations. Linnér has long experience in research dialogues with various societal actors, such as the climate convention’s secretariat, governments, businesses and environmental organizations.

He is a member of the Research council of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and its scientific council for ecosystem services and biological diversity. He is fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and Associate Senior Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Research

Norrköping Decision Arena.

Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, CSPR

CSPR is a platform for knowledge production to trigger and promote societal changes towards safe and just climate futures for all. Our goal is to create knowledge and methodological approaches that can support and advance climate actions.
Flooding.

AI4ClimateAdaptation

AI4ClimateAdaptation explores the capacity of AI-based image processing and text mining to contribute to evaluating the accuracy of the national system for impact-based weather warnings and to contribute to the development of the system.

Mistra Geopolitics

A research programme that critically explores the interaction between geopolitics, security and global climate and environmental change.

Mistra Geopolitics
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Watch the Mistra Geopolitics film “Navigating towards a secure and sustainable future”

Publications

2024

Tina-Simone Neset, Katerina Vrotsou, Lotta Andersson, Carlo Navarra, Fredrik Schück, Magnus Mateo Edström, Caroline Rydholm, Clara Greve Villaro, Kostiantyn Kucher, Björn-Ola Linnér (2024) Artificial Intelligence in Support of Weather Warnings and Climate Adaptation Climate Risk Management, Vol. 46, Article 100673 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Stephen Woroniecki, Victoria Wibeck, Kristin Zeiler, Björn-Ola Linnér (2024) The lived experiences of transformations: The role of sense-making and phenomenology analyses Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 159, Article 103797 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tina-Simone Neset, Lotta Andersson, Magnus Matteo Edström, Katerina Vrotsou, Clara Greve Villaro, Carlo Navarra, Kostiantyn Kucher, Fredrik Schück, Caroline Rydholm, Jonas Unger, Björn-Ola Linnér (2024) AI för klimatanpassning: Hur kan nya digitala teknologier stödja klimatanpassning?

2023

Björn-Ola Linnér (2023) The Return of Malthus: Environmentalism and Post-war Population-Resource Crises
Sara Gottenhuber, Björn-Ola Linnér, Victoria Wibeck, Åsa Persson (2023) Greening recovery - Overcoming policy incoherence for sustainability transformations Environmental Policy and Governance, Vol. 33, p. 546-560 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

Portrait picture of Björn-Ola Linnér sitting outside with some trees in the background.

Björn-Ola Linnér: I am a frustrated optimist

Climate researcher Björn-Ola Linnér never imagined an academic career. Here you can hear him talk about the road to  becoming a professor and, as a researcher, active in the environmental debate.
coal power and wind power

LiU researchers on the climate report: “A transition must come”

Research from Linköping University has contributed to the climate report from the UN’s IPCC, published on 9 August. “Sombre reading, but a proud day for science”, summarises Björn-Ola Linnér, professor of climate policy.
Solar cells on the houses in a village in Fiji.

“A lot of good is done for the environment in many parts of the world”

Researchers have studied how ordinary people around the world view environmental problems, and whether they face any in their day-to-day lives. The interviews gave the researchers hope – and some clever solutions.

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Supervision

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Maria Jernnäs

Assistant Professor

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Marie Francisco

PhD student

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Sara Gottenhuber

PhD student

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Malaika Mikaelsson

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Organisation

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Environmental Change (TEMAM)

Almost all nature bears traces of human activity. Its condition is strongly linked to social development. This creates a need for scientific breadth and problem-solving skills. Education and research at Environmental Change respond to this challenge.
Drone image of the Tema building at Campus Valla

Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.
Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Linköping

About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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