Environment, Nature and Society
The Environment, Nature and Society research section concentrates on interactions between humans and nature. We apply interdisciplinary approaches and a wide variety of natural and social science research methods. These approaches involve social-ecological systems, natural resource management, governance, and sustainability analysis. We also work with environmental policies and Sustainable Development Goals, practical application of the ecosystem services concept, biodiversity conservation and restoration, policy and planning for food security and preservation of agricultural land, policy and planning for food security and preservation of agricultural land, nature and fishing tourism development, and environmental conflicts. Our work is conducted in collaboration with stakeholders at different governance levels, from local communities and organisations to governmental authorities. Our main focal systems include coastal habitats, pollution, fisheries and aquaculture systems.
Research projects
- Fibrem, remediation of Sweden’s fiberbank sediment
- Treasure, targeting emerging contaminated sediments along the uplifting northern Baltic coast of Sweden for remediation.
- Ecosystem services, recreational fisheries and sustainable seafood
- Identification of hidden underwater methane hotspots with drones
- RemErgy project
- RESFOOD
Experts in different areas
Ian Snowball: environmental magnetism; contaminated sites; remediation techniques; environmental risk assessment; marine pollution; fiberbanks
Patrik Rönnbäck: recreational fisheries; fisheries management; fishing tourism; aquaculture; ecosystem services; environmental and ecological economics
Malgorzata Blicharska: biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; recreational fisheries; policy implementation; nexus; SDGs; environmental and ecological economics
Lina Mtwana Nordlund: sustainable coastal development; linkages among marine biodiversity, ecosystem services and poverty; social-ecological systems; seagrass ecosystems
Alizée P. Lehoux: contaminant transport; contaminated sites; remediation techniques; in-situ capping; fiberbanks; imaging methods; nanoparticles
Madeleine Granvik: food systems, agricultural land, food security, food preparedness in a policy and planning context
Samuel Blyth: recreational fisheries; fisheries management; fishing tourism; catch and release; sustainable fisheries; ecosystem services
Johann Stiepani: global change; coastal resource management; seagrass ecosystems; ecosystem services; numerical ecology
Lotte van den Heuvel: recreational fisheries; fisheries management; fishing tourism; nexus; ecosystem services