
Chad Boda
Researcher

Chad S. Boda is an interdisciplinary geographer with a focus in research and teaching on issues of environmental conservation and sustainable development. His current project work is a collaboration between Sweden, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ghana studying the emergence, development and outcomes of farmer-based rural social movements for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. His teaching portfolio is broad and interdisciplinary. He is also the coordinator for the Lund University branch of the Right Livelihood College network.
Research
My research focuses on a variety of issues under the broad topics of sustainable development, environmental studies and collective action, and as such is interdisciplinary, often combining conservation sciences, political economy and social movement studies. I am also keenly interested in action-oriented methodology in sustainability science, and often collaborate with societal (e.g. government, civil society) actors through my research. I am currently working on a four year collaborative research project aimed at building research capacity on rural social movements emerging from farmer organization, mobilization and political opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa, with collaborating research and civil society partners in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Ghana. I recently worked as post-doctoral fellow for a project investigating concepts, metrics and policies related to the disproportionate impacts of climate change extreme events (DICE), involving collaboration with research institutes in the USA and Bangladesh. I have long worked with the politics and science of coastal management and restoration, particularly in the US state of Florida. Finally, I am currently the coordinator for the Lund University branch of the Right Livelihood College network.
Teaching
Beyond my research I also teach for a variety of courses for the Lund University International Master’s Program in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES), including:
- MESS31- Earth System Science
- MESS32- Social Theory and Sustainability
- MESS33- Sustainability Science
- MESS34- Governance and Sustainability
- MESS35- Urban and Rural Systems and Sustainability
- MESS36- Economy and Sustainability; Lead coordinator
- MESS50- Deciphering Landscape; Lead coordinator; elective course.
As well as other Lund University Departments:
- SGEL49 - Sustainable development from a global, regional and local perspective; Undergraduate course, KEG, LU
- SIMP 35 - Theories and Issues in Development; Graduate School, Faculty of Social Science, LU
Publications
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Three crucial considerations when presenting alternative paradigms in sustainability research
Chad Boda, David Harnesk
(2022) Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Journal articleForgotten coast, forgotten people: sustainable development and disproportionate impacts from Hurricane Michael in Gulf County, Florida
Chad Boda, Murray Scown, Turaj Faran
(2022) Natural Hazards , p.877-899
Journal articleSustainable Development and Canada’s Transitioning Energy Systems
Michael Benson, Chad Boda, Runa R. Das, Leslie King, Chad Park
(2022) Sustainability (Switzerland), 14
Journal articleA collective alternative to the Inward Turn in environmental sustainability research
Chad Boda, David O'byrne, David Harnesk, Turaj Faran, Ellinor Isgren
(2021) Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Journal articleValues, science, and competing paradigms in sustainability research: furthering the conversation
Chad Boda
(2021) Sustainability Science
Journal article (comment)Framing Loss and Damage from climate change as the failure of Sustainable Development
Chad S. Boda, Murray Scown, Turaj Faran, Maryam Nastar, Kelly Dorkenoo, et al.
(2021) Climate and Development, 13 p.677-684
Journal articleLoss and damage from climate change and implicit assumptions of sustainable development
Chad Boda, Turaj Faran, Murray Scown, Kelly Dorkenoo, Brian C. Chaffin, et al.
(2021) Climatic Change, 164
Journal articleVill du rädda klimatet? Välj verkliga alternativ
David Harnesk, Chad Boda, Ellinor Isgren
(2020) ETC
Newspaper articleToward an Inventory of the Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change
Friederike E L Otto, Luke Harrington, David Frame, Emily Boyd, Kristian Lauta, et al.
(2020) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101
Journal articleEnabling local adaptation to climate change: towards collective action in Flagler Beach, Florida, USA
Chad Boda, Anne Jerneck
(2019) Climatic Change , p.631-649
Journal article”Fakta och statistik om temperaturökning och förlust av biologisk mångfald räcker inte.”
David Harnesk, Ellinor Isgren, Chad Boda, David O Byrne, Maryam Nastar, et al.
(2019) Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Debatt
Newspaper articleThe Discipline in Interdisciplinarity: Flagging a Blind-Spot in Sustainability Science
Chad Boda, Turaj Faran
(2019) Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences, 3 p.21-35
Journal articleScience has much to offer social movements in the face of planetary emergencies
Ellinor Isgren, Chad Boda, David Harnesk, David O Byrne
(2019) Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 p.1498-1498
Journal articleThe road traveled and pathways forward: A review of Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options by Mechler, R., Bouwer, L., Schinko, T., Surminski, S. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (Eds.)
Chad Boda
(2019) Climatic Change, 156 p.293-297
ReviewParadigm Found? Immanent Critique to Tackle Interdisciplinarity and Normativity in Science for Sustainable Development
Chad Boda, Turaj Faran
(2018) Sustainability, 10
Journal articleThe entrepreneurial Sunshine State : Neoliberalism, growth management and environmental conservation in Florida
Chad Stephen Boda
(2018) Journal of Urban Affairs, 40 p.838-862
Journal articleA reply to Balmford et al. (2017)
David O'Byrne, Ellinor Isgren, Chad Stephen Boda
(2018) Biological Conservation, 218 p.293-294
Journal article (comment)From economic choice to social choice in coastal management : A critical assessment of the use of cost-benefit analysis in the evaluation of an erosion control project in Flagler County, Florida, U.S.A.
Chad Stephen Boda
(2018) Ocean and Coastal Management, 162 p.85-99
Journal articleThe Beach Beneath the Road : Sustainable coastal development beyond governance and economics
Chad Boda
(2018)
DissertationHotet från Donald Trump kvarstår efter valet i USA.
Henrik Thorén, Chad Boda
(2018) Dagens arena
Newspaper articleNature Is Dying. Florida Is Sinking. Are Republicans Up to the Challenge?
Chad Boda
(2018) FlaglerLive
Newspaper articleFlagler Beach without a beach? Researcher lays out erosion’s implications at workshop.
Chad Boda
(2018) FlaglerLive
Newspaper articleRepublikanerna har underminerat demokratin – det märktes i veckan.
Henrik Thorén, Chad Boda
(2018) ETC
Newspaper articleCommunity as a Key Word: : A Heuristic for Action-Oriented Sustainability Research
Chad Boda
(2018) Sustainability, 10
Journal articleA critical realist inquiry in conducting interdisciplinary research : An analysis of LUCID examples
Maryam Nastar, Chad Boda, Lennart Olsson
(2018) Ecology and Society, 23
Journal articleFlagler Beach needs to plan for sea level rise
Chad Boda
(2017) Palm Coast Observer, 8 p.6-6
Newspaper articleHow do we know if managed realignment for coastal habitat compensation is successful? : Insights from the implementation of the EU Birds and Habitats Directive in England.
Abigail Brady, Chad Boda
(2017) Ocean and Coastal Management, 143 p.164-174
Journal articleThe politics of landscape creation in the history of development along Florida's Atlantic coast
Chad Boda
(2017) Landscape Research, 42 p.361-374
Journal articleFlagler Beach needs to weigh seawall and other A1A options carefully
Chad Boda
(2017) Palm Coast Observer
Newspaper articleWhy a Seawall in Flagler Beach Could Harm Sea Turtles and Violate the Law
Chad Boda
(2017) FlaglerLive
Newspaper articleApplying frame-analysis and reframing for integrated conservation and development : Example from Mumbai
Chad Boda
(2017) Development in Practice, 27 p.528-543
Journal articleFlagler’s beach could die as seas rise
Chad Boda
(2017) Daytona Beach News Journal
Newspaper articleA modified diagnostic social-ecological system framework for lobster fisheries: Case implementation and sustainability assessment in Southern California : Case implementation and sustainability assessment in Southern California
Stefan Partelow, Chad Boda
(2015) Ocean and Coastal Management, 114 p.204-217
Journal articlePower and rationality in coastal planning: effects on participation and possibility in the management of barrier island dunes in Flagler Beach, Florida, USA
Chad Boda
(2015) Journal of Coastal Conservation, 19 p.561-576
Journal articlePolitical ecology of inter-basin water transfers in Turkish water governance
Mine Islar, Chad Boda
(2014) Ecology & Society, 19 p.15-15
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Biography
Chad S. Boda is a researcher and teacher at LUCSUS. He holds a Ph.D in Sustainability Science from Lund University, as well as a master's in environmental studies from Lund University, and a bachelor's in geography and urban and regional planning from Florida State University.

Mobilizing farmer organisations for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Collaborative research on how to overcome political barriers to sustainable and inclusive agricultural development in sub-Saharan African
DICE Team
- Emily Boyd, Principal investigator
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Visiting research fellow - Joyce Soo, Project Coordinator
Read more about Joyce Soo - Noomi Egan, Communiations Officer
Read more about Noomi Egan - Brian Chaffin, Asssistant Professor, University of Montana
Read more about Brian Chaffin at University of Montana's homepage