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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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

Chen Luo, Sayantan Sarkar, Fanny Gesmond, Megha Anand, Kalpana Munnuru Singamshetty, Joyanto Routh (2025) Unmasking Emissions: Tracing organic aerosols around a coal-fired power plant in India Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 360, Article 121428 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Magnus Gålfalk, David Bastviken (2025) In Situ Observations Reveal Underestimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Treatment with Anaerobic Digestion - Sludge Was a Major Source for Both CH4 and N2O Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 59, p. 18146-18155 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Atun Roy Choudhury, Neha Singh, Sumanth Chinthala, Jitesh Lalwani, J. Sri Kalyana Rama, N. Chandana, Sankar Ganesh Palani, Mohammad Mehdizadeh, V. Vinayaka Ram, Azam Akhbari (2025) Environmental health hazards attributed to deteriorated indoor air quality caused by inferior construction practices Environmental Science: Atmospheres (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Eva Lövbrand, Cecilia Enberg, Veronica Brodén Gyberg (2025) The Will to Decarbonize: Problematizing European Just Transition Governance Environmental Policy and Governance, Article eet.70019 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Raja Dhar, Sayantan Sarkar, Chen Luo, Megha Anand, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Ujjwal Neogi, Apostolos Bossios, Rausan Zamir, Mohammad Shoeb, Joyanto Routh (2025) The energy-health-environment nexus: assessing the transboundary impacts of coal-fired power plants Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 13, Article 1581460 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
T. Rutting, V. Figueiredo, Alex Enrich Prast (2025) Stochastic Dynamics of Gross Soil Nitrogen Transformations in Amazon Forests-High Local Variation but Lack of Basin-Wide Patterns Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 39, Article e2024GB008454 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Emily Christley, Yat Yin Lai, Hanna Bjorner Brauer, Ashley Almqvist Ingersoll (2025) A beginner's guide to reflexivity in energy research and social science Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 127, Article 104267 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Malaika Mikaelsson, Victoria Wibeck, Björn-Ola Linnér (2025) Navigating the waves of change: Framing Pacific Small Island Developing States within a geopolitical and climate context Environmental Development, Vol. 56, Article 101270 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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