A transdisciplinary collaboration
The programme is a close collaboration between researchers from diverse disciplines, authorities, civil society organisations, and companies. By drawing on multiple perspectives, experiences and forms of knowledge, we develop critical understandings and change–oriented approaches to communication for sustainability.
Through research, interactive workshops and other public events, we seek to reframe environmental communication as a driver of sustainability, creating practical tools and methods for policymakers, practitioners and communities.
People
Mistra Environmental Communication is made up of a large and diverse community of people from a broad range of research disciplines and professional fields outside academia.
Hanna Alfredsson
- Coordinator Biosfärområde Voxnadalen
- Biosfärområde Voxnadalen
Voxnadalen Biosphere Reserve works on behalf of UNESCO to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems, develop prosperous communities and support research and learning for a sustainable societal transition.
Sanna Barrineau
- Post Doc
- Uppsala University
Sanna is interested in how human-nature relations play out in the context of agriculture and food system transformations with a focus on care, futures, and time.
Per Bengtson
- Project leader at SCNI
- Swedish Centre for Nature Interpretation, SLU
Passionate about contributing to strengthening human’s relationship with nature – for our and the planet’s health – building bridges to new target groups and participating in strategic collaborations.
Hanna Bergeå
- Researcher
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Hanna is a researcher engaged in how people negotiate meaning, manage disagreements and process emotions in relation to environmental and sustainability challenges through social interactions.
Magnus Bergström
- CEO Paskaia
- Paskaia
Forest engineer and entrepreneur who enjoys working alongside rural communities. Dedicated to sustainable initiatives that empower local people and improve livelihoods.
Camilo Calderon
- Researcher
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Camilo Calderon is Director of Studies of the Environmental Communication and Management programme and Researcher in Environmental Communication at SLU. He is part of the project Textbook in M-EC.
Thao Do
- Research assistant
- Uppsala University
Thao’s work focuses on designing and facilitating stakeholder co-inquiry and co-creation processes, as well as developing innovative methods for transdisciplinary sustainability research.
Björn Ekström
- PhD, Lecturer
- Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS), University of Borås
Björn’s research interests include human and nonhuman engagement with information in scholarly conduct, in scholars’ relations with nonscholars and in environmental settings.
Lisa Engström
- Associate Professor
- Lund University
Lisa’s research interests includes critical information literacy and the influence of dis- and misinformation in environmental settings.
Anke Fischer
- Leader of the focus area Knowledge
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
My research in this programme is driven by a curiosity for the interactions between emotions, values and knowledge-based arguments in discourses about the environment and environmental governance.
Klara Fischer
- Associate Professor in Rural Development, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Communication
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
My research in focus area knowledge is driven by an interest in public discourse on new technologies for genetic modification, or genome editing, in food and agriculture.
Eva Friman
- Program Director
- Uppsala University
Eva is the program director of Mistra Environmental Communication. She is also working as a researcher within Focus area Transformation.
Nora Förell
- PhD student in Environmental Communication
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Carin Graminius
- Researcher, Ph.D in Information Studies
- Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS), University of Borås
Carin defended her thesis on climate communication in 2023 and has since worked as a researcher in Borås, exploring the role of everyday environmental data and affective environmental communication.
Ann Grubbström
- Researcher
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ann is a docent in human geography and a researcher at the Division of Environmental Communication. Her current research interests are transformative forestry, young foresters and forest education.
Marie Grusell
- Board member
- University of Gothenburg
Marie is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies and Head of Department at University of Gothenburg. She is also Associate Professor of Political Communication at Mid Sweden University.
Jutta Haider
- Leader of the focus area Information
- Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS), University of Borås
Concerned with the social study of information, Jutta Haider researches the algorithmic shaping and datafication of everyday life, and media and information literacy in environmental meaning-making.
Lars Hallgren
- Senior Lecturer
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Lars Hallgren is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Communication at SLU and part of the commons project Textbook in M-EC.
Alexander Hellquist
- Specialist
- Uppsala University
Alexander has worked at the university since 2010, focusing on participatory governance. He also has experience of policy analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Water Authorities.
Collaborator’s stories
Stories shared by our collaborators.
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Program Partners
Mistra Environmental Communication consists of a broad range of organisations from different societal fields.
Important documents
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