Research Areas

Climate action, sustainability transitions, environmental governance, flying less, low-carbon lifestyle changes

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 about international climate politics and environmental governance in the master's course MVEN16: Klimatpolitik, samhällsstyrning, och kommunikation.