Dominic Power, Professor of Human Geography at Stockholm University, together with Tina Mathisen, Oslo Metropolitan University and Johan Jansson, Uppsala University, have written an article published in the Journal of Rural Studies.
Ståle Holgersen's book that was published in Swedish 2022 has now been updated and translated into English. In the book, Holgersen examines economic and ecological crises, and the links between them to demonstrate that they are not exceptions to an otherwise functioning system but integral to its operation. Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World is published by Verso Books, one of the largest independent, publishing houses in the English-speaking world. The book is translated from Swedish by Steven Cuzner and Ståle Holgersen.
Linn Axelsson, Senior Lecturer, Docent in Human Geography at Stockholm University, has together with Charlotta Hedberg, Professor of Human Geography at Umeå University published an article in the journal Population, Space and Place.
Every year, the Swedish Association for Higher Education awards a prize for the most outstanding doctoral thesis in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at Stockholm University. Natalia Volvach, researcher at the Department of Human Geography, is one of the laureates.
A new study finds that immigrants are more likely to adapt to Swedish childbearing norms if they move to Sweden at a young age. This seems to be the case regardless of their gender or country of birth.
Linn Axelsson at the Department of Human Geography, together with Charlotta Hedberg at Umeå University, has been granted research funding of SEK 5.1 million from the Swedish Research Council for research on the workers who build the industries in the 'New Green North´. The title of the project is Ignored work: Channelling temporary migration to the 'New Green North' and will run from 2025 to 2027. Qian Zhang at Södertörn University is also a co-applicant for the research grant awarded by the Swedish Research Council.
A new study surprisingly shows that nitrogen pollution is the main driver of forest plant expansion in Europe. Climate change does not affect plant movement to the same extent. This is a study made by researchers from the University of Stockholm, University of Gothenburg and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Professor Georgia (Gia) Destouni, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, has been honoured with the prestigious Baltic Sea Award for her groundbreaking contributions to addressing one of the most pressing environmental challenges facing the Baltic Sea: eutrophication.
Every year, the Department of Human Geography organises the Urban and Regional Planning Day, which gives the students of the Bachelor's Programme in Urban and Regional Planning a better picture of their future profession by having alumni talk about their experiences from education and work.
We are very happy and proud to congratulate Lowe Börjeson who has been appointed professor in Geography with a focus on Human Geography at Stockholm University.
We are very happy and proud to congratulate Karen Haandrikman who was recently appointed professor in Geography with a focus on Human Geography at Stockholm University!
Securing the world's water supply is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Research at Stockholm University is now presenting an alternative method for quantifying the global risk of water scarcity. Results indicate higher risks to water supply than previously expected if accounting for the environmental conditions and governability where rain is produced.
