Sara Löwgren

PhD student

How can better futures be shaped in rural areas in the age of climate change? It is a question that motivates my research

Research

Team Nordic Shrinkage

The network Team Nordic Shrinkage was initiated in 2019 by five scholars from Sweden, Norway and Finland. Since then, the network has expanded and is now a point of contact for young and senior scholars.

Bilden visar man som arbetar med solceller. Picture shows solar.

STRIPE

STRIPE stands for Socio-technical research of infrastructures, politics and the environment. It gathers researchers with an interest in the political and environmental dimensions of infrastructures such as energy, transport and waste.

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Education

2020
BA in human ecology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, USA.
2020-2021
Master’s program in global studies, University of Gothenburg.

Publications

2024

Sofie Hellberg, Beniamin Knutsson, Sara Löwgren (2024) Governmentalities of automobility in times of climate change: competing logics of circulation and imaginaries of the (im)possible Mobilities

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2021

Sara Löwgren (2021) Investigating Factors Influencing Community Acceptance of Established Hydroelectric Dams in Northern Sweden Human Ecology Review, Vol. 27, p. 101-124

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Supervisors

Simon Haikola

Senior Associate Professor

Jonas Anshelm

Professor

Organisation

Bilden visar byggnadsarbetare. The picture shows workers.

Technology and Social Change (TEMAT)

So much of our lives depend on technology. The development and use of technology creates possibilities as well as social, ethical and political dilemmas. That’s what we study at Tema T – Technology and Social Change.

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.