My research focuses on cross-sectoral natural resource governance and management, collaborative governance approaches and EU policy implementation.
I am mainly interested in the policy implementation and governance issues, specifically on EU policy implemntation, the conflicts of goals, and barriers and incentives to implementation. My research focuses on forest and water management, and I have previously focused on collaborative governance in forest and water management. I am currently working in two Formas-funded projects. One is Blue Leads Green: Using blue infrastructure to lead the way to a better forested green infrastructure, with Eliza Maher Hasselquist as project leader. In it, we investigate the conflicts between goals of different policies at various institutional levels that affect the implementation of alternative forest management practices.
In my previous research, I have focused on the implementation of EU water policy from a comparative perspective and on the cross-sectoral governance of forest water. My PhD thesis work was part of an interdisciplinary project between the Department of Political Science at Umeå University and the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at SLU.
In addition to the above-mentioned issues, I am interested in international relations, European Union politics, and the local, as well as the global environmental movement.
Current projects:
2023-2026 Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Formas: Blue leads green: Using blue infrastructure to lead the way to a better forested green infrastructure; co-applicant, project leader: Eliza Maher Hasselquist.
2022-2026 Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Formas: Barriers and Opportunities to Managing forest ditches for climate – Research, Up-scaling, & Legislation (BOM), project leader: Hjalmar Laudon.
Past projects:
2022 MIRAI 2.0 – Joint seed-funding of Japan-Sweden collaborative projects: Chemical pollution from pharmaceuticals and water governance, project leader for the Swedish side.
2021-2023 Swedish Research Council, International Postdoc: Collaborative Water Governance in the European Union: A Comparison between Two Member States; Postdoctoral researchers at the Department of Political Science, Umeå University and the Water & Development Research Group, Aalto University.
2014-2019 Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Formas: Healthy Waters: The role of collaborative governance to minimize negative forestry impact on water quality. Project leaders: Katarina Eckerberg and Hjalmar Laudon. Doctoral student, main supervisor: Katarina Eckerberg.
I have in the past been course-responsible for courses mainly focusing on Public Administration, Politics and Society and Environmental Governance. I have taught a number of courses at, among others, Umeå University, Dalarna University, SLU, Aalto University in Finland, and Politecnico di Torino in Italy. I also have many years of experience in interdisciplinary collaboration with teachers from other disciplines such as environmental science, technology, physics and economic history. I have experience with supervising and examining bachelor theses.