The format: Each seminar consists of a panel of three current PhD candidates. Presenters speak briefly on their research in relation to the seminar topic. This is followed by a panel discussion between the three presenters, supported by a moderator and inviting dialogue with the audience.

Upcoming seminars 2023

Friday 10 November

14:15-15:30, hybrid. Coffee and sandwich for on-site participants.
Venue: Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10, Room F126 (Gotland) and Zoom

Registration is now closed.

Mechanisms for impacting land use

What do major global coal miners, Europe's largest steelworks, and Swedish forests have in common? They're all spaces where communities, natural resources, and economic interests intersect, with diverse values and mechanisms impacting decisions with significant environmental and social implications.

They are all, additionally, part of the PhD research topics of Vera, Carlo and Hanna –presenters at this seminar, part of the Joint PhD seminar series on environmental challenges at Lund University.

Vera Braun is a student at the Technical University of Dresden, Business Administration, especially Environmental Management and is a current member of the ClimBEco graduate research school. She will share insights into institutional mechanisms such as regulations, industry standards, and society pressure that impact the biodiversity reporting of some of the largest coal-mining operators in Australia, USA, China and the EU.

Carlo Nicoli Aldini, based at the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University and part of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School, investigates the specific case of Taranto, Italy. Here, the local population has fought against the local steel industry for more than a decade, due to the factory’s impact on public health. He will share insights into the role of the law in the mobilization strategies of Taranto’s social movements.

Hanna Ekström, from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) and the Department of Political Science at Lund University, as well as ClimBEco, looks at forest policy in Nordic countries. She studies how forest actors, with their various values, objectives and beliefs, relate to policies and land use and in turn, affect change in both.

Moderator for the event is David O'Byrne, Researcher at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (portal.research.lu.se)