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Linus Ekman Burgman

Postdoc

I am interested in how we utilize different waste resources. Right now, looking at sewage sludge and how it can be both waste and a resource, natural and unnatural.

Imagination and technology

In my research, I am interested in how we imagine the present and the future, and how that understanding guides our actions.

I have previously focused on the byproduct of the sewage system, sludge, and how it became a resource among Swedish farmers. Now, I am expanding my focus, still within water and sewage, towards extreme weather and climate adaptations.

The water and sewage sector faces enormous challenges due to the changing climate. Much needs to be done, and much is already being done; the question is what and how it is framed. If there is one thing that climate change research shows, it is that we need to find new ways to imagine the future. The problem may be that these imaginations are too influenced by how we have traditionally solved various issues that have arisen. These solutions have often been large-scale with the hope of solving a problem once and for all. But perhaps there are other ways. These I want to explore.

Public disputation

Between Waste and Resource Enacting Sewage Sludge as Useable Good

Linus Ekman Burgman, at Technology and Social Change, the Department of Thematic Studies, defends his thesis “Between Waste and Resource – Enacting Sewage Sludge as Useable Good”. Opponent is Professor Olli Pyyhtinen, Tampere University, Finland.

Publications

2024

Linus Ekman Burgman (2024) Between Waste and Resource: Enacting Sewage Sludge as Useable Good

2023

Marzieh Bagheri, Torben Bauer, Linus Ekman Burgman, Elisabeth Wetterlund (2023) Fifty years of sewage sludge management research: Mapping researchers' motivations and concerns Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 325, Article 116412 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Linus Ekman (2022) What sewage sludge is and conflicts in Swedish circular economy policymaking Environmental Sociology, Vol. 8, p. 292-301 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2021

Linus Ekman Burgman, Björn Wallsten (2021) Should the Sludge Hit the Farm?: - How Chemo-Social Relations Affect Policy Efforts to Circulate Phosphorus in Sweden Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol. 27, p. 1488-1497 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2020

Torben Bauer, Linus Ekman Burgman, Lale Andreas, Anders Lagerkvist (2020) Effects of the Different Implementation of Legislation Relating to Sewage Sludge Disposal in the EU Detritus, Vol. 10, p. 92-99 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI

Webinar presentation

From Waste to Resource – The Role of Certification in Transforming Sewage Sludge

In this webinar by GreenTechKnowledgeHub (a part of GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Linus Ekman Burgman talks about the increasing proportion of sludge used in Swedish agriculture. He explains how the introduction of a certification system helped stakeholders align on quality standards, paving the way for sustainable change.

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