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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En grupp människor som sitter vid ett bord framför en folkmassa.

23 July 2026

Participants in UN climate meetings want greater focus on implementation

UN climate negotiations are often criticised for moving too slowly. A new study published in Nature Climate Change examines what changes government delegates and other participants at the COP29 UN climate conference would like to see.

En person som lagar mat över öppen eld.

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.

En kvinna tittar på ett konstverk som hänger på en vägg.

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.

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2026

David Bastviken, Martin Karlson, Guillem Domènech-Gil, Magnus Gålfalk, Henrique Sawakuchi (2026) Greenhouse gas flux measurements in wetlands One Earth, Vol. 9, Article 101743 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2026.101743
Alex Enrich Prast, Markus Kroger, Sepe Ragati Kuiruro, Vitor H. F. Gomes (2026) Global responsibility for Amazon conservation: why soy, beef imports and agrochemical overuse demand urgent international action Globalizations (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2026.2689255
Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Jennifer Bergman (2026) Internationell klimatpolitik och styrning Klimatinfo för alla (Chapter in book)
Ola Langvall, Gustav Strandberg (2026) Short-term forecasts and long-term regional scenarios of climate change effects on Swedish forest phenology International journal of biometeorology, Vol. 70, Article 203 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-026-03259-5
Shyamasree Dasgupta, C. R. Parvathy, Raja Dhar, Sayantan Sarkar, Megha Anand, Akash Sharma, Yingchang You, Shiguo Jia, Rausan Zamir, Mohammad Shoeb, Apostolos Bossios, Joyanto Routh (2026) Respiratory health impacts of coal-fired power plant emissions with transboundary environmental complexities Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 20544 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-58245-z
Priyatma Singh (2026) Marine spatial planning in the Pacific Islands - a transformative approach to ocean governance? Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol. 13, Article 1842952 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1842952
Esther Turnhout, Peter Bridgewater, Josephine Chambers, Tim Forsyth, Qingxu Huang, Julia Leventon, Björn-Ola Linnér, Lyla Mehta, Valerie Nelsonj, Kristina Raab, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Catherine Sabinot, Hakon B. Stokland (2026) Knowing and unknowing transformative change: Epistemic inequities and epistemic justice in the IPBES transformative change assessment Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 182, Article 104434 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104434
Sherilyn C. Fritz, Andre O. Sawakuchi, Anders Noren, Paul A. Baker, Cleverson Silva, Carlos Jaramillo, Renato Paes de Almeida, Liliane Janikian, Isaac Salem Bezerra, Marcos Barbosa, Dailson Bertassoli, Rain Blankenship, Cristiano M. Chiessi, Sarah J. Feakins, Maria da Gloria Garcia, Cecile Gautheron, Brian Grivna, Gelvam Hartmann, Cindy Kunkel, Andre Marconato, Angela Martinez, Sebastian G. Marulanda, Carlos Eduardo M. Mazoca, Francisco R. Negri, Mauricio Parra, Werner E. Piller, Fabiano N. Pupim, Victor Salgado, Rachel T. So, Priscila Emerich Souza, Elena Stiles, Caroline A. E. Stromberg, Siu Mui Tsai, Ingo Wahnfried, Josh West, Marc-Elie Adaime, Jhon Afonso, Thomas Kenji Akabane, Camila Eliza Althaus, Carlos D'Apolito, Kleiton R. Araujo, Roney da Silva de Azevedo Junior, Jessica Barcellos, Tacio Bicudo, Giovanni Bogota, Bodo Bookhagen, Caio Breda, Alderlene Pimentel de Brito, Francy Carvajal, Daniel Antunes Coppi, Carolina Barbosa Leite da Cruz, Felipe Torres Figueiredo, Kate Freeman, Pedro Victor Oliveira Gomes, Martin Gross, Emma Hartke, Katja Heeschen, William Mozart Henrichs, Leonardo Henrique, Carina Hoorn, Brian K. Horton, Andres Diaz-Jamamillo, Said Kamrani-Mehni, Fatima Leite, Lin Li, Rodrigo Ferreira de Lucena, Alastair Milne, Thomas Miranda, Marcelo Mota, Diana Ochoa, Vinicius de Lima Passos, Rafaela Maciel Lopes de Paula, Elisa Piispa, Angelo Plata Torres, Surangi W. Punyasena, Adriano Domingos dos Reis, Catherine Rigsby, Andres F. Salazar Rios, Fernanda Costa Goncalves Rodrigues, Raquel M. M. Romao, Ingrid C. Romero, Henrique Sawakuchi, Doug Schnurrenberger, Kristina Brady Shannon, Silane A. F. da Silva-Caminha, Clauses Sousa, Larissa Natsumi Tamura, Thomas Wiersberg, Helanlin Xiang, Belen Zamudio (2026) Initial results from a Trans-Amazon Drilling Project core from the Acre Basin of Brazil Scientific Drilling, Vol. 35, p. 127-157 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/sd-35-127-2026

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