Environmental Change (TEMAM)

Tema M – Environmental Change is a platform for highly topical, problem-oriented and critical interpretive environmental research and education. At a time when almost the entire nature bears traces of human activity, the state of the environment is strongly linked to the development of society. Today, environmental problems are no longer perceived as ‘problems in nature’ but also as complex social problems that set new standards for scientific breadth, integration and problem-solving.

Environmental Change meets this challenge through a strong combination of analysis traditions and methods for natural science, social sciences, and the humanities. Among these included are analysis of biogeochemical processes and material flows, policy studies developed in close collaboration with user groups, as well as analytical studies of ideas and debates within the environmental and climate field. By promoting interdisciplinary cooperation in the borderland between these different analytical traditions, Tema M ensures that environmental change as a concept, process and political point at issue is not taken for granted but instead subject to constant review and transparency.

Tema M builds on a strong tradition of interdisciplinary environmental studies that have permeated the unit since 1980 and the Center for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) since 2004. At Tema M, these studies are further developed and profiled in relation to contemporary environmental science and environmental policy development.

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28 November 2025

LiU researchers are looking for solutions for climate transition in agriculture

Changing agriculture to reduce climate and environmental impact can cost money. But farmers wanting to invest and banks who want to lend them money share a problem. In a new project, researchers at LiU want to find solutions.

Northern lake

12 November 2025

Higher methane emissions from warmer lakes and reservoirs may exacerbate worst-case climate scenario

Emissions of methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change according to a new study from LiU and NASA. This in turn could raise Earth’s temperature more than suggested by current worst-case scenario.

05 November 2025

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit: “It’s looking really bad.”

Not enough is being done, and not fast enough. That is the harsh assessment made by LiU researchers Mathias Fridahl and Maria Jernnäs ahead of this year’s major international climate summit in Brazil.

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2026

Genevieve Metson, Karin Eliasson, Björn-Ola Linnér, Tina Neset (2026) Phosphorus geopolitical scarcity: Representation of 2020-2023 market shocks in the media Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, Vol. 14, Article 00035 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Henrik Kylin (2026) Två dagar vid sjön Spoven, Vol. 50, p. 23- (Article in journal)
Anke Fischer, Eva Lövbrand, Sofie Joosse, Josefina Marklund, Nora Forell (2026) Doing Justice in Transition Governance? Transient Assemblages of Actors, Discourses and Practices Environmental Policy and Governance (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Naghmeh Nasiritousi (2026) Agency IPSA Companion to Political Science (Chapter in book) Continue to DOI
Flavien G. B. Sawadogo, Hugues R. Bazié, Paulin Bazié, Martin Karlson, Madelene Ostwald, Jules Bayala (2026) Temporal and spatial variability in photosynthetic activity of Vitellaria paradoxa in agroforestry parklands of Burkina Faso Agroforestry Systems, Vol. 100, Article 88 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jonas Olsson, Johan Kjellin, Sara Tunjic Ekeroth, Fanny Jeppson Stahl, Erik Glaas (2026) Ready for the flood? Assessing the applicability of pluvial flood mapping based on the worst urban flood in Sweden Climate Services, Vol. 42, Article 100645 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sara Gottenhuber (2026) Policy Coherence in Process and Outcome: Solving Sustainability Goal Conflicts?
Muhammad Jamshaid Ashiq, Anna Andersson, Henrik Kylin, Teresia Svensson, Michael Gonsior, David Bastviken (2026) Formation of Adsorbable Organic Halogens (AOX) from Chlorination and Chloramination in Full-scale Drinking Water Production Water, Air and Soil Pollution, Vol. 237, Article 505 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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