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The Seed Box

Naturen vs människan
Plant power. Charles Mann

Conventional humanities are still largely divided into nature and culture. Research at LiU aims to study the natural world, the environment and ethics in an interdisciplinary fashion, as well as how our identity is formed. The role of mankind in nature is studied in depth, as well as nature's role for and in us humans. 

One of the issues being studied is the view of nature that led to the dumping of chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea, and how and why this view has changed. How does the sense of powerlessness affect us when major environmental issues are discussed? How are we influenced by the threat from climate change and environmental disasters, and why are these generally considered to be issues for the experts?

Researchers at LiU coordinate the major interdisciplinary Mistra and Formas programme, The Seed Box. This research is carried out in close cooperation with other research groups in the EU, the US and Australia.

Research

Virtual Worlds: digital technologies in climate and biodiversity governance

Virtual Worlds explores the role of digital technologies in managing climate change and biodiversity loss. The program reviews how technology can improve environmental governance and include local knowledge for sustainable development.
Girl in front of a bookshelf reaching for books.

Nordic Research Network on Human-Animal Relations i Children's Literature

The Nordic Research Network HARCHIL is a multidisciplinary network where researchers with an interest in narrative representations of human-animal relations aimed at children can meet for knowledge exchange and collaboration.
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Environmental Humanities

Our research examines the interactions between humans and the environment, both within the sciences and in our everyday lives. The Seminar Series Environmental Humanities Forum is part of our research programme.

News

Ladies dressed in toilet paper

Festival marks end of six-year research programme

The Seed Box has entered its final year. During this time, the project has grown from research seeds to a vital flora of research projects. The results from some of these projects will be presented at a festival which will run from 7 to 11 February.
Swedish National park

Visitor information about Swedish national parks gives a problematic picture of humans and animals

Researchers have studied visitor information for Swedish national parks. The results show that, perhaps against its purpose, the information fuels the notion that humans are not part of nature.
Childs hand throwing empty plastic bottle into the trash.

Environmental researcher counts flip-flops

The huge volumes of litter in the oceans is one of the greatest environmental problems. LiU Professor Henrik Kylin has studied how the beaches on an atoll in the Indian Ocean have been covered with litter, even though it has no permanent residents.

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