Research

Our research approach is co-production of policy relevant research. Co-production means that our research is informed by civil society organisations, sometimes after joint deliberation in workshops and roundtables. Our research is published in peer-review scientific journals and books, and listed below. Popular science and policy reports are listed under ’Other publications’ below.

Scientific publications by FAIRTRANS 2021-2024

2024

Industrial climate mitigation strategies and the remaining fair carbon budget – The case of Sweden.

Alfredsson, E. C., Lindvall, D., Karlsson, M. & Malmaeus, M. J. (2024). Industrial climate mitigation strategies and the remaining fair carbon budget–The case of Sweden. Next Sustainability, 3, 100031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxsust.2024.100031

Coworking and local development outside metropolitan areas in Sweden.

Rex, A. & Westlund, H. (2024). Coworking and local development outside metropolitan areas in Sweden. Journal of Rural Studies (105), 103185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103185

Smart Cities for All? Bridging Digital Divides for Socially Sustainable and Inclusive Cities.

Colding, J., Nilsson, C. & Sjöberg, S. (2024). Smart Cities for All? Bridging Digital Divides for Socially Sustainable and Inclusive Cities. Smart Cities, 7(3), 1044-1059. https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7030044

Overcoming the headwinds: Can policy design shape public acceptance of wind power in Sweden?

Lindvall, D., Sörqvist, P. & Barthel, S. (2024). Overcoming the headwinds: Can policy design shape public acceptance of wind power in Sweden? Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103674

Climate Proofing Cities by Navigating Nature-Based Solutions in a Multi-Scale, Social– Ecological Urban Planning Context: A Case Study of Flood Protection in the City of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Egegård, C. H., Lindborg, M., Gren, Å., Marcus, L., Pont, M. B. & Colding, J. (2024). Climate Proofing Cities by Navigating Nature-Based Solutions in a Multi-Scale, Social– Ecological Urban Planning Context: A Case Study of Flood Protection in the City of Gothenburg, Sweden. Land, 13(2), 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020143

Navigating complexity with the four pillars of social sustainability.

Nilsson, C., Levin, T., Colding, J., Sjöberg, S. & Barthel, S. (2024). Navigating complexity with the four pillars of social sustainability. Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2982

Diverse experiences by active travel for carbon neutrality: A longitudinal study of residential context, daily travel and experience types.

Samuelsson, K., Brandt, A. S., Barthel, S., Linder, N., Lim, N. J., Hallman, D. & Giusti, M. (2024). Diverse experiences by active travel for carbon neutrality: A longitudinal study of residential context, daily travel and experience types. Geography and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.05.002

Public acceptability of climate-motivated rationing.

Lindgren, O., Elwing, E., Karlsson, M. & Jagers S. (2024). Public acceptability of climate-motivated rationing. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11: 1252: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03823-7

Counteracting climate denial: A systematic review.

Mendy, L., Karlsson, M. & Lindvall, D. (2024). Counteracting climate denial: A systematic review. Public Understanding of Science 33:4 https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625231223425

The system dynamics approach for a global evolutionary analysis of sustainable development.

Feder, C., Callegari, B. & Collste, D. (2024). The system dynamics approach for a global evolutionary analysis of sustainable development. J Evol Econ 34, 351–374 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-024-00866-6

The active, the sympathetic, and the reluctant: Political action and ecosocial attitudes among Swedish residents.

Emilsson, K., Hildingsson, R. & Fritz, M. (2024). The active, the sympathetic, and the reluctant: Political action and ecosocial attitudes among Swedish residents. European Political Studies Journal. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773924000213

The Role of Fairness for Accepting Stricter Carbon Taxes in Sweden.

Lindvall, D., Sörqvist, P., Jagers, S., Lindeberg, S.,Karlsson, M., Sjöberg, S. & Barthel, S. (2024). The Role of Fairness for Accepting Stricter Carbon Taxes in Sweden. Climate 12, 170. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12110170

What do you mean “Climate Change”? An analysis of climate change framings in three climate assemblies.

Zeitfogel, C., Daw, T. & Collste D. (2024). What do you mean “Climate Change”? An analysis of climate change framings in three climate assemblies. Environmental Science & Policy 162:103936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103936

Estimating countries’ additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions.

Hahn, T., Morfeldt, J., Höglund, R., Karlsson, M. & Fetzer, I. (2024). Estimating countries’ additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions. Nature Communication 15:9707. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54039-x

Community climate commons for collective climate action.

Nässén, N., Lilja, M., Sjöberg, S. & Colding, J. (2024). Community climate commons for collective climate action. Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3227

2023

What motivates urban climate leaders? A study of urban climate governance in eight Swedish municipalities.

Lindvall, Daniel (2023). What motivates urban climate leaders? A study of urban climate governance in eight Swedish municipalities. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2023.2253755

Exploring the democracy-climate nexus: a review of correlations between democracy and climate policy performance.

Lindvall, Daniel & Karlsson, Mikael (2023). Exploring the democracy-climate nexus: a review of correlations between democracy and climate policy performance. Climate Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2023.2256697

Modeling place-based nature-based solutions to promote urban carbon neutrality.

Cong, C., Pan,H., Page, J., Barthel, S., Kalantari, Z (2023). Modeling place-based nature-based solutions to promote urban carbon neutrality. Ambio 52 (8), 1297-1313 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01872-x

Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality.

Pan, H., Page, J., Shi, R., Barthel, S., et al. (2023). Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 862– 870. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01737-x

Denialism.

Karlsson M (2023) Denialism. In N. Wallenhorst & C. Wulf (eds.), Handbook of the Anthropocene: Humans Between Heritage and Future (s. 645-649). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4

Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value.

Hahn, T., Sioen, G.B., Gasparatos, A., Elmqvist, T., Brondizio, E., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Folke, C., Setiawati, M.D., Atmaja, T., Arini, E.Y., Jarzebski, M.P., Fukushi, K., Takeuchi, K. (2023). Insurance value of biodiversity in the Anthropocene is the full resilience value. Ecological Economics, Volume 208, 107799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107799

Climate- Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy.

Karlsson M, Westling N., Lindgren O (2023). Climate- Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy. Climate 11, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11020040

Exploring sufficiency in Energy Policy: Insights from Sweden.

Lindgren, O., Hahn, T., Karlsson, M., Malmaeus, M. (2023). Exploring sufficiency in Energy Policy: Insights from Sweden. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy 19(1):2212501, https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2023.2212501

Why municipalities reject wind power: A study on municipal acceptance and rejection of wind power installments in Sweden.

Lindvall, Daniel, (2023). Why municipalities reject wind power: A study on municipal acceptance and rejection of wind power installments in Sweden. Energy policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113664

Organic agriculture in a low-emission world: Exploring combined measures to deliver a sustainable food system in Sweden.

Basnet, S., Wood, A., Röös, E., Jansson, T., Fetzer, I., & Gordon, L. (2023). Organic agriculture in a low-emission world: Exploring combined measures to deliver a sustainable food system in Sweden. Sustainability Science 18(1), 501-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01279-9

A decentralized approach to model national and global food and land use systems

Mosnier A, Javalera-Rincon V, Jones S, Basnet, S., Fetzer I, et al. (2023) A decentralized approach to model national and global food and land use systems, Environ. Res. Lett. 18 045001, https://doi/org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc044

2022

Urban Commons and Collective Action to Address Climate Change.

Colding, J., Barthel, S., Ljung, R., Eriksson, F., Sjöberg, S. (2022). Urban Commons and Collective Action to Address Climate Change. Social Inclusion https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v10i1.4862

Private governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Findings from Nordic Forest companies.

D’Amato, D., Matthies, B. D., Hahn, T., Toppinen, A. (2022). Private governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Findings from Nordic Forest companies. Frontiers in Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.945374

Green theory.

Kronsell A, Hildingsson R (2022) Green theory. In: Hay, C., Lister, M., & Marsh, D. (eds.) The State: Theories and Issues, 2nd edition, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, Chapter 7.

Envisioning sustainable carbon sequestration in Swedish farmland.

Johansson, E. Brogaard, S. Brodin, L. (2022). Envisioning sustainable carbon sequestration in Swedish farmland. Environmental Science & Policy, 135:16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.04.005

Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science.

Linder, N., Giusti, M., Samuelsson, K., Barthel, S. (2022). Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science. Ambio 51: 46–556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01619-6

No net loss of biodiversity, green growth, and the need to address drivers.

Hahn, T, Koh, N.S., Elmqvist, T. (2022). No net loss of biodiversity, green growth, and the need to address drivers. Preview. One Earth, 5 (June 17), 612-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.022

Urban green commons for socially sustainable cities and communities.

Barthel, S., Colding, J., Hiswåls, A.-S., Thalén, P. & Turunen, P. (2022). Urban green commons for socially sustainable cities and communities. Nordic Social Work Research, 12(2), 310-322, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2021.1947876

2021

Specified resilience value of alternative forest management adaptations to storms.

Hahn, T., Eggers, J., Subramanian, N., Caicoya, A. T., Uhl, E., Snäll, T. (2021). Specified resilience value of alternative forest management adaptations to storms. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2021.1988140

Policy reports and popular science reports 2021-2024

2024

Vad är en rättvis klimatomställning?

Sjöberg, S., Alfredsson, E., Colding, J., Hahn, T., Malmaeus, M. & Barthel, S. Fairtrans Report, University of Gävle. 2024.

Bruka utan att förbruka.

Svensson, H., Wijkman, A., Sylwan, P., Gerremo, I., Hahn, T., Edling, P. Slutrapport från en av KSLA:s klimatgrupper. 2024.

Kapacitetsbyggande för ekosocial integration: Utmaningar och möjligheter för Lunds kommun.

Khan, J., Hildingsson, R., Wahlund, M., and Persson, A. IMES Rapport 138. Lunds universitet. 2024.

Fair Transformations Towards Sustainability

Olsson, P., Sivertsson, T. Research Fronts and Insights for Phase 2 from the FAIRTRANS Project. Fairtrans Report, Stockholm Resilience Centre. 2024.

Klimatpolitiken i Sverige – ett kunskapsunderlag, utkast 3.0.

Karlsson, M., Hildingsson, R., Alfredsson, E., Berg Grimstad, A., Lindgren, O. (2023). Presenterad inför Fairtrans Workshop #5, Styrmedel för en verksam och rättvis klimatomställning, Saco, Stockholm, 2024-04-22.

Rättvis klimatomställning

Barthel, S., Karlsson, M. Resultat från Fairtrans enkät om svenskarnas inställning till klimat- och energiomställningen. Fairtrans Report, University of Gävle. 2024.

2023

Fairtrans Rapport 2: Investeringars betydelse för klimatomställningen

Alfredsson, E., Malmaeus, M., Lindvall, D., Karlsson, M. 2023.

Fairtrans Rapport 3: Rättviseperspektiv på digitaliseringens roll för omställning mot ett fossilfritt Sverige

Colding, J., Sjöberg, S., Barthel, S., Svensson-Wiklander, M., Rex, A., Andersson, P.,. Nordin, K., Hahn, T. 2023.

Coworking i Sverige

The Remote Lab 2023.

2022

Tillväxten inför verkligheten

Malmaeus, M. & T. Hahn. COGITO, 2022

Fairtrans Rapport 1: Rättvisa koldioxidbudgetar för Sverige.

Hahn, T., Fetzer, I., Karlsson, M., Ergon, J., Alfredsson, E., Malmaeus, M., Barthel, S., Colding., J. 2022

2021