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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05 November 2025

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit: “It’s looking really bad.”

Not enough is being done, and not fast enough. That is the harsh assessment made by LiU researchers Mathias Fridahl and Maria Jernnäs ahead of this year’s major international climate summit in Brazil.

Drone in flight.

30 October 2025

Unexpectedly high emissions from wastewater treatment plants

Greenhouse gas emissions from many wastewater treatment plants may be more than twice as large as previously thought. This is shown in a new study from LiU, where the researchers used drones with specially manufactured sensors to measure emissions.

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.

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2025

Stephen Woroniecki, Pamela Feetham, Björn-Ola Linnér, Api Movono, Priyatma Singh, Franco Vaccarino, Victoria Wibeck, Kristin Zeiler (2025) Grounding the conversation on loss and damage: insights from sense-making analysis with Pacific leaders Climatic Change, Vol. 178, Article 190 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Stina Edelfeldt, Rafaela Flach, Helge Balk, Tonya DelSontro, Alex Enrich Prast, Humberto Marotta, Henrique Sawakuchi, David Bastviken (2025) Bubble Distribution Along Major Rivers in the Amazon During the High-Water Season Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, Vol. 130, Article e2025JG009118 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anna Bohman, Eva Lövbrand (2025) Att göra plats: Om medskapande dialogmetoder i klimatomställningens tid
Manon Maisonnier, Maoyuan Feng, David Bastviken, Sandra Arndt, Ronny Lauerwald, Aidin Jabbari, Goulven Gildas Laruelle, Murray D. MacKay, Zeli Tan, Wim Thiery, Pierre Regnier (2025) A new biogeochemical modelling framework (FLaMe-v1.0) for lake methane emissions on the regional scale: development and application to the European domain Earth System Dynamics, Vol. 16, p. 1779-1808 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Konstantinos Kourkoutas, Tina-Simone Neset, Paloma Valdivia Vizarreta, Oriol Barat Auleda, Karin Eliasson, Fabio Alberto Hernandez Palacio, Kristiane Marie Fjær Lindland, Igor Tempels Moreno Pessoa, Veronica Junjan (2025) THE EMERGING LAB OF LABS: PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES OF EUROPEAN URBAN EXPERIMENTATION SPACES
Anders Riel Müller, Konstantinos Kourkoutas, Begonya Saez Tajafuerce, Karin Eliasson, Tina-Simone Neset, Ana Mafalda Madureira, Javier Martinez (2025) Mutual Learning Communities Roadmap: Learning(s) from the ULALABS Experience
Tina-Simone Neset, Karin Eliasson, Valentina Bresciani, Vangelis Angelakis, Stefan Cavalcante Bernat Junior, Ida Grundel, Marko Ševrović (2025) ELABORATOR Twinning: Guidelines and templates towards the crosscase co-creation process
Viktor Sköld Gustafsson, Tobias Andersson Granberg, Mattias Hjerpe, Sofie Pilemalm, Martin Waldemarsson (2025) Effektiv hantering av multipla naturhändelser - kartläggning och beslutsstödsutveckling

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