In Sweden and globally, rivers are at the center of a key tension: hydropower is important for energy production, but it also causes ecological damage, leading to growing efforts to remove dams and restore rivers. River restoration works best when it takes people's views and experiences into account. This study looks at how local communities...
Invasive species are often seen as a major threat to native plants and animals around the world. But in cities and post-industrial areas, they can also help create new ecosystems that support important functions and provide habitats for many other species. Despite this, management usually focuses on removing or controlling them without paying much...
In this new paper Procedural Justice for Whom? A Case Study of a Densification Project led by Azadeh Shahrad, we explored the concept of procedural justice, introducing the idea of "lived procedural justice" in urban development by focusing on a marginalized neighborhood in the city of Malmö in Sweden. See abstract and full link below:
I am now spending a few months at the Sydney Environment Institute as a visiting researcher. I am excited to learn from the critical work going on here in multi-species justice, transformative governance and inclusive biodiversity solutions! https://lnkd.in/grjW3Ziv
Thank you all lecturers and students who participated in this years PhD course on Critical Plant Studies at SLU Alnarp! It was a lot of fun exploring how our relationships with plants can be re-imagined through a wide range of perspectives and activities including plant intelligence, sentience, relationality and process philosophy, plant...
Transformative research seeks to couple knowledge production with co-creating change. This paper is led by Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu and defines the transformative way of doing research to pro-actively support society's fight against pressing societal and environmental problems. We present six characteristics of transformative research. We...
The PhD course "Critical Plant Studies: Re-imaginings of vegetal life" is now open for applications for 2024.
In this new study called "Contested representations of benefits of urban nature in a densifying marginalised neighbourhood", we examine diverse representations of "benefits" of urban nature, and how these are considered and operationalised in planning by examining a case of densification in Bellevuegården, a marginalised neighbourhood in Malmö in...
How can psychedelics support sustainability? In this new paper published in the European Journal of Ecopsychology me and Marion Nilsson review the evidence of links between classic psychedelics and inner dimensions of sustainable change https://t.co/KWlQ4fxYiz. See abstract below:
