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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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.

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.

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2026

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) Continue to DOI
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) Continue to DOI
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) Continue to DOI
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) Continue to DOI
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) Continue to DOI
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)
Rickard Lalander, Juliana Porsani, Magnus Lembke, Kari Lehtilä (2026) Value transformations amidstlivelihood alterations: Decolonialand Rubbish Theory reflections onIndigenous Community Tourismfrom below in Ecuador and Brazi All That Glitters Is Not Garbage: Adventures In Rubbish Theory, p. 95-127 (Chapter in book)
Idoia Beloki Ezker, Bo Yuan, Pernilla Bohlin Nizzetto, Li Li, Anders Røsrud Borgen, Thanh Wang (2026) Indoor organic films and dust as reservoirs of polychlorinated alkanes: Enrichment patterns and exposure implications Environmental Pollution, Vol. 398, Article 128099 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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