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.

News

Johan Niskanen, Ida Grundel and Kristina Trygg,

11 June 2025

More than SEK 63 million in Formas research grants

Research into planning, reuse and renovation in the construction sector receives substantial grants from Formas, a government research council for sustainable development. Seven projects share a total of just over SEK 63 million.

River in the mountains.

05 June 2025

Rivers release ancient carbon into the atmosphere

Watercourses release soil carbon that can be thousands of years old into the atmosphere. This runs counter to the prevailing view that it is mainly carbon from newly decomposed organic material that is released from watercourses.

A woman standing by a tree.

09 May 2025

SEK 26 million for research on the environment and sustainability

Five projects at LiU receive funding when the Kamprad Family Foundation rewards research that can contribute to a better environment and better quality of life for the elderly. The projects at Linköping University are very much about sustainability.

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2025

Shansheng Mo, Zhongli Liu, Yuanhao Hao, Norbert Hertkorn, Hanzhe Wang, Chenyang Zhang, Gregory Korshin, Jinren Ni, Mingquan Yan (2025) Unveiling ongoing biogeochemical dynamics of CDOM from surface to deep ocean Nature Communications, Vol. 16, Article 5202 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Joshua F. Dean, Gemma Coxon, Yanchen Zheng, Jack Bishop, Mark H. Garnett, David Bastviken, Valier Galy, Robert G. M. Spencer, Suzanne E. Tank, Edward T. Tipper, Jorien E. Vonk, Marcus B. Wallin, Liwei Zhang, Chris D. Evans, Robert G. Hilton (2025) Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems Nature, Vol. 642 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Josefin Persson, Jessika Hagberg, Michael Carlberg, Thanh Wang (2025) Children's exposure risk toward brominated flame retardants and organophosphate esters during preschool attendance and potential contamination sources International journal of hygiene and environmental health, Vol. 267, Article 114598 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Mette Axelsson Bjerg, Fredrik Heino, Sepehr Shakeri Yekta, Luka Šafarič, Alex Enrich Prast, Jan Moestedt, Ebba Perman, Anna Schnürer, Annika Björn (2025) Enhancing biogas production from lignocellulosic digestate through priming and post-digestion Bioresource Technology Reports, Vol. 30, Article 102168 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Zhengkui Ge, Zhifeng Yan, Mike Peacock, Baoxuan Chang, Yunyun Zhang, Wenxin Wu, Si-Liang Li, David Bastviken, Cong-Qiang Liu (2025) Village ponds are hotspots of CO2 and CH4 emissions regulated by biological communities Environmental Pollution, Vol. 378, Article 126492 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Walter Leal Filho, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Moara Almeida Canova, Marcio Cataldi, Giulia Angelina Silva da Costa, Alex Enrich Prast, Elias Symeonakis, Francis Q. Brearley (2025) Managing ecosystem services in the Brazilian Amazon: the influence of deforestation and forest degradation in the world's largest rain forest GEOSCIENCE LETTERS, Vol. 12, Article 24 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Carlo Navarra, Kostiantyn Kucher, Tina-Simone Neset, Clara Greve Villaro, Fredrik Schück, Jonas Unger, Katerina Vrotsou (2025) Leveraging Visual Analytics of Volunteered Geographic Information to Support Impact-Based Weather Warning Systems International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 126, Article 105562 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Eva Lövbrand, Anna Bohman, Veronica Brodén Gyberg, Clifton Evers (2025) Att leva i omställningens tid: Varför klimatpolitik är mer än industripolitik

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