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Therese Asplund

Associate Professor

Environmental communication and engagement scholar.

Environment and communication in focus

My research examines the ways in which dialogical processes shape our understanding of, and engagement with, climate – environmental – sustainability change. With a particular focus on various forms of communication, such as media, games, narratives and storytelling, performance arts, and interpersonal dialogues, my research explores the role of communication in sustainability transformations.

Research projects

Forestry machinery in the forest

New value chains from alternative forestry

The project explores alternative value chains from continuous cover forestry to strengthen its commercial viability. The goal is to support forest owners in reaching the market while promoting biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
A number of hands holding up a globe.

Experiencing personal sustainability and climate transformations – techniques and practices for narrating the interconnected self.

What motivates individuals to engage in personal sustainability transformations? This project asks: what is needed for a transformative change of perspective to take place?
A red barn in the background and a green field in the foreground

Adapting agriculture to climate change

Agriculture is seriously affected by climate changes. This project studies how agriculture can cope with such changes and what effects various adaptation measures may have, based on new methods that include visualization, participation and gaming.
Dark clouds and the text

Our story – interactive theatre as a tool for empowering children’s creation of green utopias

The need for new stories based on another way of talking about and engaging with our planet - stories that helps us to achieve goals for a fossil-free society - has been a recurring argument...

Our story – interactive theatre as a tool for empowering children’s creation of green utopias

Publications

New children's book - Esmeralda och draken

Front page of Esmeralda och draken The children's book Esmeralda och draken - a story about The Twin City, written by Annika Lykta.

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DIVA Publications

2024

S Pettersson, Therese Asplund, Madelene Ostwald (2024) Circumstantial factors and local collaboration determine farmers' perceptions and practices on circular bioeconomy - examples from Southern Sweden Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, Vol. 9, p. 100114-100114, Article 100114 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100114
Ann-Sofie Kall, Ola Uhrqvist, Therese Asplund (2024) What's the matter in education for sustainable development? How sustainability stories make matter as issues or problems Environmental Education Research, Vol. 30, p. 544-559 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2213418

2023

Ola Uhrqvist, Simon Wessbo, Therese Asplund, Ann-Sofie Kall (2023) Att skapa den nya berättelse som världen behöver: Ett fortbildningsmaterial för att arbeta med berättelser i lärande för hållbar utveckling i förskolan (Report) https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789180750974
Therese Asplund, Ola Uhrqvist, Ann-Sofie Kall, Amina Bijedic (2023) Att lära för FN:s Globala Mål - utmaningar och möjligheter med ämnesövergripande och samskapande undervisning i förskolan NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Vol. 19, p. 35-48 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.5617/nordina.9349
Kira Jade Cooper, Therese Asplund, Pål Dobrin (2023) Inner Transformation and Well-being: A Transformations Community Dialogue Transformative Partnerships: Proceedings of Transformations Conference '23 (Conference paper)

News

Children in the forest

12 November 2020

Tomorrow’s citizens learn about sustainable development

The teachers working in some Norrköping preschools have been given a tough assignment: teach children aged from 1-6 years about sustainability. The work in the preschools is part of a research project at LiU.
Solar cells on the houses in a village in Fiji.

02 December 2019

“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.

Related 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.
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Societal Transformations Lab

With Societal Transformation Lab, we create an innovative platform for research on how communities can be set to become sustainable.

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Organisation

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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.
Water on a rock

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.