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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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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.

River in the mountains.

05 June 2025

Rivers release ancient carbon into the atmosphere

Watercourses release soil carbon that can be thousands of years old into the atmosphere. This runs counter to the prevailing view that it is mainly carbon from newly decomposed organic material that is released from watercourses.

A woman standing by a tree.

09 May 2025

SEK 26 million for research on the environment and sustainability

Five projects at LiU receive funding when the Kamprad Family Foundation rewards research that can contribute to a better environment and better quality of life for the elderly. The projects at ¸£Àû¼§ are very much about sustainability.

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2025

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)
Anders Riel Müller, Konstantinos Kourkoutas, Begonya Saez Tajafuerce, Karin Eliasson, Tina-Simone Neset, Ana Mafalda Madureira, Javier Martinez (2025)
Tina-Simone Neset, Karin Eliasson, Valentina Bresciani, Vangelis Angelakis, Stefan Cavalcante Bernat Junior, Ida Grundel, Marko Ševrović (2025)
Viktor Sköld Gustafsson, Tobias Andersson Granberg, Mattias Hjerpe, Sofie Pilemalm, Martin Waldemarsson (2025)
Fredrik Envall, J. Daniel Andersson, Johanna Liljenfeldt (2025) Geoforum, Vol. 166, p. 1-12, Article 104411 (Article in journal)
Fredrik Envall, Daniel Andersson (2025) Human Geography (Article in journal)
Elvira de Eyto, Robyn L. Smyth, Rachel M. Pilla, Alo Laas, Amir Reza Shahabinia, Angela Baldocchi, Ankur R. Desai, Anna Lupon, Annalea Lohila, Biel Obrador, Blaize A. Denfeld, Cayelan C. Carey, David Bastviken, David Reed, David Aldén Rudberg, Eva-Ingrid Room, Francois Clayer, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, Hannah E. Chmiel, Hans Peter Grossart, Heleen A. de Wit, Ilga Kokorite, Jan-Erik Thrane, Janis Bikse, James A. Rusak, Jorge Encinas Fernandez, Jose Fernandes Bezerra-Neto, Ludmila S. Brighenti, Matthias Koschorreck, Mika Aurela, Nathan Barros, Philipp S. Keller, R. Iestyn Woolway, Rafael Marce, Ryan P. Mcclure, Samuel Haverinen, Sari Juutinen, Sarian Kosten, Steve Sadro, Brian C. Doyle (2025) Limnology and Oceanography Letters (Article in journal)
Roberto Schaeffer, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Daniel Ospina, Paula Mirazo, Ane Alencar, Mehrnaz Anvari, Paulo Artaxo, Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Tanja Blome, Melanie Boeckmann, Ebba Brink, Wendy Broadgate, Mercedes Bustamante, Wenju Cai, Josep G. Canadell, Roberto Cardinale, Maria Paz Chidichimo, Peter Ditlevsen, Ursula Eicker, Sarah Feron, Mahelet G. Fikru, Sabine Fuss, Amadou T. Gaye, Orjan Gustafsson, Niklas Harring, Cheng He, Sophie Hebden, Adrian Heilemann, Marina Hirota, Nandakumar Janardhanan, Sirkku Juhola, Tae Yong Jung, Jiang Kejun, Siir Kilkis, Nilushi Kumarasinghe, David Lapola, June-Yi Lee, Carolina Levis, Adelaide Lusambili, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Claire MacIntosh, Jemilah Mahmood, Justin S. Mankin, Pia Marchegiani, Maria Martin, Aditi Mukherji, Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson, Zeenat Niazi, Joseph Nyangon, Santosh Pandipati, Amarasinghage T. D. Perera, Geeta Persad, Åsa Persson, Aaron Redman, Ilona Riipinen, Johan Rockstrom, Sarah Roffe, Joyashree Roy, Boris Sakschewski, Bjorn H. Samset, Peter Schlosser, Ayyoob Sharifi, Wan-Yu Shih, Giles B. Sioen, Youba Sokona, Detlef Stammer, Sunhee Suk, Djiby Thiam, Vikki Thompson, Erin Tullos, Rene M. van Westen, Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Daniel J. Vecellio, John Worden, Henry C. Wu, Chi Xu, Yang Yang, Mariam Zachariah, Zhen Zhang, Gina Ziervogel (2025) One Earth, Vol. 8, Article 101285 (Article, review/survey)

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