Sara Ullström
PhD Student
Research Areas
Climate action, sustainable lifestyles, aeromobility, flying less
Current Research
My PhD research is part of the FORMAS funded research project The Takeoff of Staying on the Ground which studies the rising movement in Sweden to reduce flying, and the potentially transformative cultural shift it represents. In my research, I focus on the emergence of new narratives associated with reducing air travel for climate change reasons, and the ways in which a flight-free movement increasingly is problematizing flying by mobilizing around and orchestrating these narratives. Much of the conversations about flying and climate change take place in social media, and the flight-free movement has also received rising attention in both national and international news media. How narratives of avoiding flying have emerged, evolved, and diffused over time in different media outlets, and with what impacts on policy and daily life, is therefore a key question in my research.
Teaching
I currently teach in two courses at the Center for Environmental and Climate Research:
MVEN15: Klimatförändringen, vetenskap, och samhälle
MVEN16: Klimatpolitik, samhällsstyrning, och kommunikation
News about my work
Publications
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- Melissa García-Lamarca, Sara Ullström
(2020) Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
Journal article - Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Karl Holmberg, Moa Petersén, Johannes Stripple, Sara Ullström
(2020) Global Sustainability, 3 p.1-12
Journal article - Sara Ullström, Kimberly Nicholas
(2020) Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Debatt
Newspaper article - Ann-Kathrin Benner, Delf Rothe, Sara Ullström, Johannes Stripple
(2019) IFSH Research Report #001
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Introduction
Sara Ullström is a doctoral student at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). She holds a bachelor degree in political science and a master’s degree in applied climate change strategies, both from Lund University. Her research focuses on the role of narratives and individual lifestyle changes in sustainability transitions.
Research projects
The takeoff of staying on the ground (2019-2022, funded by Formas)
A project exploring narratives of staying on the ground and their potential in fostering social, cultural and political change towards more sustainable air travel behaviors.