Researchers and PhD students

David Andersson
PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
David is interested in issues related to sustainable consumption and how society can change in a more sustainable direction. In his research, he has examined, among other things, the factors that affect households’ emissions of greenhouse gases, the link between well-being and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as rebound effects in the transport sector. In the program, David will participate in work on evaluating sustainable practices as well as investigating citizen engagement on sustainable lifestyles through ICT solutions.
David also runs the Svalna web service (www.svalna.se), which helps users gain understanding of their greenhouse gas emissions by analysing transaction data. Data from Svalna is used in the research program to identify and analyze sustainable lifestyles and as a platform for citizen engagement. David is also one of the founders of the card game Climate Call (www.kortspeletklimatkoll.se)

Erik André
Phd Student, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory, and Environmental Administration, City of Gothenburg.
I am a Phd student employed at the Environmental Administration at the City of Gothenburg, doing my Phd studies at Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers.

Karin Bradley
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH
My research concerns sustainability transitions, the sharing economy, social movements and contestations around planning and policy for sustainable development.
karin.bradley@abe.kth.se
+46709186088

Carl Dalhammar
Associate professor, (IIIEE) at Lund University
I have over 20 years’ experience of research related to products policies and sustainable consumption issues. I am a board member of Re:Source, a national Swedish innovation program that funds Circular Economy projects. I am also a member of the Research Council of the Swedish Competition Authority. I teach at several international and Swedish master programs.

Emma Ejelöv
PostDoc, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
My research concerns the design and public acceptability of environmental policies, specifically policies related to sustainable food consumption. Methodologically my focus is on experiments.

Hanna Eggestrand
Research Engineer, the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH, Stockholm
I am interested in how (intrinsic and extrinsic) values influence our consumption, how resource use in turn affect the environment and how different consumption practices contribute – or not – to well-being. Most of my time is spent working with sustainability related courses at undergraduate and graduate level.
hannaegg@kth.se
+46 8 790 89 97

Göran Finnveden
Program Director and Professor in Environmental Strategic Analysis at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering at KTH
My research is focused on Sustainable consumption, Circular economy and Methods for environmental and sustainability assessments of different types of products and systems. In the program I am director and also leading a project on sustainable consumption and macro-economic effects.

Anneli Kamb
Doctoral student, Strategic Sustainability Studies (SEED), KTH, Stockholm
My research revolves around sustainable long-distance travel with extra focus on the climate impact of aviation. I am interested in how the climate impact from vacation travel can be reduced, through both technical development and behavioral change. My background is in engineering physics and industrial ecology.

Mikael Klintman
Professor sociology, Lunds universitet
I lead Work package 3, which is focused on understanding the perspectives and roles of the general public in initiatives aimed at sustainable consumption. The role of voluntary organizations in stimulating public involvement is in particular focus. More broadly, my research interest is in the relation between human motivation – ecological, social, economic, practical – and how tensions between motivations play out at the organizational and societal levels, concerning how to reduce harms to environment andd health.

Jörgen Larsson
Deputy programme director, assistant professor, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
I am leading the work package in the Mistra programme which is focusing policy innovation for sustainable consumption patterns. Since I have done research on aviation and long-distance travel for some years the consumption domain of vacationing is my focus in the programme. My research in this field is e.g. about new ways of measuring greenhouse gas emissions from air travel of a country’s residents, as well aspolicy analysis for the aviation sector. I am also doing other research relating to sustainable consumption patterns including e.g. analysis of the links between time use patterns (e.g. work time) and greenhouse gas emissions.
jorgen.larsson@chalmers.se
+46317723108

Matthias Lehner
Postdoctoral Fellow, IIIEE, Lunds university
My research focuses on sustainable consumption behavior. Within this field I have worked both on marketing/branding, consumer behaviour, nudging, and alternative consumption ideas (sharing, collaborative consumption, cooperatives). My main interest in all of these areas is the individual consumer and how her behaviour can be changed towards higher levels of economic, social, and environmental sustainability
matthias.lehner@iiiee.lu.se
+46 46 222 02 07
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Simon Matti
Associate professor of political science, Luleå University of Technology and Centre for Collective Action Research (CeCAR), University of Gothenburg
I am associate professor of political science and participate in Mistra Sustainable Consumption, WP5. My main research interests concern environmental politics and policy, in particular the origins and (political) solutions of large-scale collective action problems for example climate change and resource depeletion. Theoretically, my research bridges the fields of political science, social- and environmental psychology, and behavioural economics, with a methodological preference for experimental and survey methods.
Simon.Matti@ltu.se
0920-492331

Oksana Mont
Professor in sustainable consumption governance, The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University, Lund
I am a leader of WP4 in Mistra Sustainable Consumption. I am a Research Coordinator in Sustainable Consumption Governance at the International Environment Institute at Lund University, Lund. My research comprises sustainable consumption and innovative business models. My main research area is a multidisciplinary evaluation of various measures for changing consumption behavior, such as different consumption policy tools and business models in circular and sharing economies, collaborative production and consumption.

Jonas Nässén
Senior Researcher, Physical Resource Theory, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology
My research is about understanding the effects of consumption and how the consumption patterns can be transformed in relation to long term climate goals. Examples of specific research interests include rebound effects from green choices and relationship between time use, consumption and emissions. Within the programme I am one of two leaders for work package 2 that analyses potentials and consequences from changing consumption practices and I also work in work package 5 about policy innovations for sustainable consumption.

Vishal Parekh
PhD candidate, Division of Strategic Sustainability Studies, KTH, Stockholm
I am a PhD candidate at the division of Strategic Sustainability Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. I hold a master’s degree in industrial ecology, and my academic interests include consumption and economic growth. My research focuses on the possible roles of civil society, the business sector, and policy in enabling a more sustainable consumption of food in society.

Ola Persson
PhD candidate, Division of Urban and Regional Studies, KTH, Stockholm
I am a PhD candidate at the division of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. I hold a Master of Science in Sustainable Development at Uppsala University., and my academic interests include consumption, sufficiency and economic growth. Prior to starting my PhD, I worked as sustainability consultant, with a specialization within Corporate Social Sustainability. My research focuses on the possible roles of civil society, the business sector, and policy in enabling a more sustainable consumption of furnishing and durable material goods.

Jessika Richter
Postdoctoral Fellow, IIIEE, Lunds university
My research is about evaluating policy instruments and initiatives enabling sustainable consumption through a circular economy, including repair, reuse, longer product lifetimes, extended producer responsibility (EPR), green procurement, circular business practices and circular city initiatives. In particular, I have researched trade-offs and challenges with more circular electronics, batteries, and vehicles.

Heather Schoonover
PhD candidate, Lund University IIIEE
I am a PhD candidate at the Lund University’s International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE). My primary interests include cross-sector engagement and business as an agent of social change. Before beginning my PhD, I worked as a corporate sustainability manager and as a policy analyst in the non-profit sector. My research within the Mistra Sustainable Consumption programme focuses on innovative business models to facilitate sustainable home furnishings consumption.
heather.schoonover@iiiee.lu.se

Liselotte Schäfer Elinder
Adjunct professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
I am a professor in Public Health Sciences and leader of the research group Community Nutrition and Physical Activity at Karolinska Institutet. My area of research is health promotion and disease prevention, mainly focusing on dietary habits, physical activity and prevention of obesity and chronic diseases. Within the MISTRA Sustainable Consumption project I am responsible for analysing the potential health impacts of niche practices when scaling them up in the population. Health impact assessment is a multidisciplinary approach that draws from diverse disciplines such as public health, the social and political sciences, environmental health, urban planning, epidemiology and statistics.

Åsa Svenfelt
Reader (Docent)/Research leader, Division of Environmental Strategies Research (fms), KTH, Stockholm
I am a researcher and research leader at the Division of Strategic sustainabiliy studies. I am docent in sustainability and futures studies. My research concerns sustainable consumption, sustainable futures beyond GDP growth and just distribution and use of ecosystem goods and services. My main research field is futures studies and backcasting as a tool for sustainability and for dealing with uncertainty in environmental policy and long-term planning.
Former researchers
Noha Baraka Wadha
Research engineer, Strategic Sustainability Studies, KTH, Stockholm
Mårten Berglund
Researcher, SCB
Miriam Börjesson Rivera
PhD student/researcher, KTH, Stockholm
Nils Brown
Researcher, SCB
Åsa Callmer
Resarcher, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, KTH
Annika Carlsson Kanyama
Reader (Docent)/Research leader, Division of Environmental Strategies Research, SEED, KTH, Stockholm
Riccardo Curtale
Postdoctoral researcher, Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology
Eskil Engström
Research Engineer, KTH, Stockholm
Rob Hart
Professor, Environmental and natural resource economics, SLU, Uppsala
Raul Lopez Losada
Resarch engineer, Division of Strategic Sustainability Studies, KTH, Stockholm
Viveca Palm
Resarcher, SCB
Maria Thorson
PhD student, Department of Space, Earth, and Environment, Chalmers, Gothenburg