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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Portrait of man by the stream

01 April 2025

Mathias Fridahl nominated to the Swedish Climate Policy Council

Mathias Fridahl, researcher at Linköping University, has been nominated to the Swedish Climate Policy Council, a government agency that evaluates how the government's policies align with Sweden's climate goals.

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21 February 2025

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03 February 2025

Diplomatic talks focusing on nuclear waste and climate

Do the environmental organisations still have a role to play in Swedish nuclear waste final repository design? And is it possible to reach understanding between oil producer Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Fiji?

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2025

Henrik Kylin (2025) Är näbbvalar sällsynta eller bara sällan sedda Fauna och flora : populär tidskrift för biologi, Vol. 120, p. 54-55 (Article in journal)
Christine Lundberg, Maria Lexhagen, Cecilia de Bernardi (2025) The Trifecta of Popular Culture Tourism: Pursuing eternal life among the living and un-dead Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, Vol. 36, Article 100999 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Polina Skvortsova, Iryna Ablieieva, Anton Boiko, Yelizaveta Chernysh, Yevhen Bataltsev, Kristina Kuzomenska, Hynek Roubík (2025) Assessment of ecological safety and economic efficiency of biosorption technology for soil protection after hostilities Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Vol. 18, Article 100677 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Camille Joy Enalbes, Dennis Njagi, Chen Luo, Daniel Olago, Joyanto Routh (2025) Reconstructing Historical Land Use and Anthropogenic Inputs in Lake Victoria Basin: Insights from PAH and n-Alkane Trends Toxics, Vol. 13, Article 130 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sara Gottenhuber, Henrik Carlsen, Björn-Ola Linnér, Nina Weitz (2025) Operationalizing Indivisibility-Synergies and Trade‐Offs in Six Swedish Municipalities' Work With the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Julianne Oliveira, Martin Karlson, Abraham Sotongo Ouédraogo, Hugues Roméo Bazié, Madelene Ostwald (2025) Towards a framework for monitoring crop productivity in agroforestry parklands of the Sudano-Sahel using Sentinel-1 and 2 time series Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Vol. 37, Article 101494 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Henrik Kylin (2025) A strange breaching behaviour of a beaked whale Biodiversity observations, Vol. 15, p. 4-7, Article 1738 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Till Reinholtz, Rinata Kazak, Jan Peters, Ievgeniia Kopytsia, Jody Bragger, Angus Aitken (2025) Der Schutz und die Wiederherstellung ukrainischer Ökosysteme aus interdisziplinärer und praktischer Perspektive im Kontext des Environmental Peacebuilding Klima und Recht, Vol. 02, p. 44-52 (Article in journal)

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