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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27 May 2026

SEK 6 million grant for LiU research on air pollution

Joyanto Routh has been awarded nearly SEK 6 million from Formas for research on air pollution, health risks and climate‑adapted solutions in Sweden and India.

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26 March 2026

The artist Birthe Jørgensen in collaboration with researchers from Tema

How can artistic practice contribute to research on a just transition? This is what the artist Birthe Jørgensen will explore together with researchers at Linköping University.

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.

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2026

Viktor Sköld Gustafsson, Tobias Andersson Granberg, Mattias Hjerpe, Sofie Pilemalm, Martin Waldemarsson (2026) Optimizing flood response: A decision support tool for protecting critical societal services utilizing flood level projections Climate Risk Management, Vol. 52, Article 100820 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2026.100820
Junfeng Wang, Xinghui Xia, Shaoda Liu, Sibo Zhang, Junyu Dong, Gongqin Wang, Wenhao Xu, Ling Zhang, Wenxiu Zheng, Zhuangzhuang Zhang, Xin Chen, Linfeng Yuan, Jiao Liu, Jiajia Zhang, Yuan Xin, William H. McDowell, Hanqin Tian, David Bastviken, Zhifeng Yang (2026) Globally doubled methane emissions from nutrient-enriched rivers NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, Vol. 13, Article nwag192 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag192
Emma Moberg, Anders Lyngfelt, Fridahl Mathias (2026) A liability for the climate impact of foods for financing negative emissions Dialogues on Climate Change, Article 29768659261449305 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/29768659261449305
Björn-Ola Linnér, Therese Bennich, Henrik Carlsen (2026) The geopolitics of sustainability: an introduction Handbook on the Geopolitics of Sustainability, p. 2-21 (Chapter in book) https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035342549.00009
Maria Jernnäs, Judith Nora Hardt, Alva Linnér (2026) Producing sustainability as a security problem Handbook on the Geopolitics of Sustainability, p. 379-390 (Chapter in book) https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035342549.00047
Eva Lövbrand, Alejandro Esguerra, Henrike Knappe (2026) Climate justice activism and the populist challenge to global environmentalism Handbook on the Geopolitics of Sustainability: Björn-Ola Linnér, Therese Bennich, Henrik Carlsen, p. 297-308 (Chapter in book) https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035342549.00039
Nils Weng, Eduardo Pinela, Sepehr Shakeri Yekta, Jan Moestedt, Maria Westerholm (2026) Interplay of iron and sulfur with syntrophic propionate oxidation Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 17, Article 1798413 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1798413
Bartira S Fortes, Jocimar Da Conceição-Carvalho, Márcia F. de Camargo, Juliana Porsani (2026) Utopías pluriversales: La Reserva da Jaqueira, entre la resistencia decolonial y la economía comunitaria en la construcción de un futuro sostenible Murmullos desde abajo: Turismo comunitario y (otras) iniciativas de economías alternativas ecuatorianas en perspectiva (Chapter in book)

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Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies/Environmental Change, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden

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