Johanna Alkan Olsson
About me and my research
I have a PhD from Theme Environment (previously Theme Water) at Linköping University (2003). My doctoral project focused on the critical load concept as a boundary object in the development of national and international air pollution regulation during the 1980s and 90s. Today my research is increasingly focusing on environmental dilemmas in the urban context mainly the relation between blue green structures and the rest of the built areas in the context of strategic spatial planning and human wellbeing. But I am also involved in projects covering climate adaptation of cultural heritage, coping strategies in an increasingly hot climate, biodiversity and cultural ecosystem services in agriculture, PFAS pollution of drinking water – risk management and communication, public procurement and the reduction of CO2 emissions in the infrastructure and construction sectors.
If there is a need to place myself in relation to scientific disciplines, I would situate myself in the cross road between, environmental resource management, political science – public administration, law and society studies and the social studies of science and technology.
Three interrelated research areas
My research cover despite the large divergence in envrionmental topics three interrelated reserach areas. These areas relate to three trends in today's environmental policy regimes the; Intensified use of experts and aggregated science in the form of ICT technologies models and interfaces as a tool to articulate what the "problem" is and how it should be resolved. Increased demand for active stakeholder participation to reduce environmental problems and create adaptive management structures to handle wicked problems; Enlarged need to understand the relations and non-relations between different administrative scales and an urge to develop new institutional structure to fulfil national and global environmental and sustainable development goals.
- The role of, science and especially computer based tools such as models and assessment tools, within the paradigm of “evidence-based” policy making
- Participatory processes and social change including participatory design as a mean to promote processed based environmental management
- The interaction between rules, norms at different regulatory scales to manage environment problems
Interaction with stakeholders
My projects are always stakeholder related and the research processes are often designed, performed and disseminated in close interaction with stakeholders and policy makers at local, national and international level. Research has been and conducted in close contact with for example:
- EU Commission, DG environment DG agriculture DG research, DG Regio and DG Eco fin.
- Ministries and national agencies related to the Environment in Sweden, England and Turkey.
- Lobbyists and other pan European organizations focusing on agricultural Politics and Climate change.
- European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy
- County Administrative Boards in the region of Skåne, Kalmar and Kronoberg
- Municipalities in Sweden, France, England and Turkey
- Business: Riksbyggen, Kraftringen, Skanska, EON
- Consultants: COWI, WSP
- Local organistions: Water councils, Hållbar Utveckling Skåne
Disciplinary cooperation
Most of my research has been undertaken in a multi- or transdisciplinary context. I have cooperated with scientist from most of the social and natural sciences, engineers and researchers from the medical disciplines as well as law.
Publications
Retrieved from Lund University's publications database
Publications
- 2020
- Environmental and climate policy integration: Targeted strategies for overcoming barriers to nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation
(2020) Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal article - Grön infrastruktur för bevarande av biologisk mångfald
(2020)
Other - Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd : Rapport 2020
(2020)
Report - The use of conservation tillage in an agro-intensive region : results from a survey of farmers in Scania, Sweden
(2020) Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Journal article
- Environmental and climate policy integration: Targeted strategies for overcoming barriers to nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation
- 2019
- A suboptimal array of options erodes the value of CAP ecological focus areas
(2019) Land Use Policy
Journal article - Assessment of barriers and drivers for implementation of blue-green solutions in Swedish municipalities
(2019) Journal of Environmental Management
Journal article - Beyond participation : when citizen engagement leads to undesirable outcomes for nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation
(2019) Climatic Change
Journal article - Improving Individualized Thermal Exposure Warning and Advising Systems via User Feedback
(2019)
Conference paper: abstract - Mapping the governance complex of land use policies for compensation
(2019)
Conference paper: abstract - Understanding farmer uptake of measures that support biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) : An EKLIPSE Expert Working Group report
(2019)
Report - Working on the boundaries—How do science use and interpret the nature-based solution concept?
(2019) Land Use Policy
Journal article
- A suboptimal array of options erodes the value of CAP ecological focus areas
- 2018
- Blågröna lösningar i Sofielund : klimatanpassningsåtgärder i allt tätare städer
(2018)
Report - Challenges of using air conditioning in an increasingly hot climate
(2018) International Journal of Biometeorology
Journal article - Correspondence to the supplementary opinions on alternative cooling technologies in hot climate
(2018) International Journal of Biometeorology
Journal article (letter) - From climates multiple to climate singular : Maintaining policy-relevance in the IPCC synthesis report
(2018) Environmental Science and Policy
Journal article - Integrating individual factors with climate service data to provide personalized thermal stress warnings and advice
(2018) Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation, 7th International meeting
Conference paper - Riskkommunikation om långvarig exponering för hälsoskadliga kemiska ämnen : Utmaningar vid riskkommunikation och förslag på råd för en bättre kommunikation
(2018) Livsmedelverkets rapportserie
Report
- Blågröna lösningar i Sofielund : klimatanpassningsåtgärder i allt tätare städer
- 2017
- Ekologiska fokusarealer i samverkan : Utvärdering av effekter på ekosystemtjänster, jordbruk och administration
(2017)
Report - Ekosystembaserad klimatanpassning : Konceptualisering och kunskapsöversyn
(2017)
Report - From weather warning to personalized adaptation strategies to cope with thermal climate stress
(2017) Nordic Ergonomic Society (NES) Conference 2017
Conference paper - Integration of the ecosystem services concept in planning documents from six municipalities in southwestern Sweden
(2017) Ecology and Society
Journal article - Participatory Modelling for Sustainable Development : Key Issues derived from five cases of Natural Resource and Disaster Risk Management
(2017) Environmental Science and Policy
Journal article - Värdering av ekosystemtjänster inom jordbruket – för effektivt beslutsfattande
(2017) Rapport
Report
- Ekologiska fokusarealer i samverkan : Utvärdering av effekter på ekosystemtjänster, jordbruk och administration
- 2016
- Klimatanpassning av bostäder och bostadsområden : resultat från ett samarbetsprojekt mellan CEC och Riksbyggen
(2016) CEC Syntes
Report - Linking International Human Rights Law to Policy in Protecting against Adverse Effects of Climate Change
(2016) TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin
Journal article
- Klimatanpassning av bostäder och bostadsområden : resultat från ett samarbetsprojekt mellan CEC och Riksbyggen
- 2015
- Ebola: improving the design of protective clothing for emergency workers allows them to better cope with heat stress and help to contain the epidemic
(2015) Annals of Occupational Hygiene
Journal article (letter) - Hur kan vi bygga våra framtida städer?
(2015) 15 hållbara lösningar för framtiden
Book chapter - Migrantarbetare inom jordbruket – arbetsmiljö och arbetsvillkor
(2015) Arbetsliv i omvandling
Book
- Ebola: improving the design of protective clothing for emergency workers allows them to better cope with heat stress and help to contain the epidemic
- 2013
- Studying Norms and Social Change in a Digital Age: Identifying and Understanding a Multidimensional Gap Problem
(2013) Social and Legal Norms: Towards a Socio-legal Understanding of Normativity
Book chapter
- Studying Norms and Social Change in a Digital Age: Identifying and Understanding a Multidimensional Gap Problem
- 2012
- Implementation of the EU commitments in relation to the UNFCCC - how to advocate economic and social stability?
(2012)
Conference paper: abstract - Law, Norms, Piracy and Online Anonymity – Practices of de-identification in the global file sharing community
(2012) Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing: Special Issue on Digital Piracy
Journal article - Migrantarbete inom den gröna näringen
(2012)
Report - Turkey’s signature of the Kyoto protocol
(2012) İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi
Journal article
- Implementation of the EU commitments in relation to the UNFCCC - how to advocate economic and social stability?
- 2011
- A model-supported participatory process for nutrient management: a socio-legal analysis of a bottom-up implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
(2011) International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Journal article - Assessment of legal framework for corporate environmental behaviour and perceptions of residents in mining communities in Ghana
(2011) Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Journal article - Defining goals in participatory water management: merging local visions and expert judgements
(2011) Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Journal article - Integrated assessment of agricultural sustainability: exploring the use of models in stakeholder processes
(2011) International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Journal article (comment) - Sustainability indicator development-Science or political negotiation?
(2011) Ecological Indicators
Journal article - What role for soft law in building and developing the climate change regime?
(2011) Journal of Yeditepe University Faculty of Law
Journal article
- A model-supported participatory process for nutrient management: a socio-legal analysis of a bottom-up implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
- 2010
- Case Study Report: Kalmar County
(2010) RUFUS Deliverables
Report - Case Study Report: Kronoberg County
(2010) RUFUS Deliverables
Report - Seasonal pattern of climate vulnerability and adaptation in the Lake Victoria basin – Identifying needs and opportunities using a multi-stakeholder approach. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Conference, San Diego
(2010)
Conference paper: abstract - Uncertainty analysis in integrated assessment: the users’ perspective. Regional Environmental Change
(2010) Regional Environmental Change
Journal article - Use of participatory scenario modeling as platforms in stakeholder dialogues
(2010) IAHS Publication
Report chapter
- Case Study Report: Kalmar County
- 2009
- A goal oriented indicator framework to support integrated assessment of new policies for agri-environmental systems
(2009) Environmental Science and Policy
Journal article - A methodology for enhanced flexibility of integrated assessment in agriculture
(2009) Environmental Science and Policy
Journal article - Defining assessment projects and scenarios for policy support: Use of ontology in Integrated Assessment and Modelling
(2009) Environmental Modelling & Software
Conference paper - Methodology to translate policy assessment problems into scenarios: the example of the SEAMLESS integrated framework
(2009) Environmental Science and Policy
Journal article - The Gap between Theory and Practice of Stakeholder Participation : The Case of Management of The Korle Lagoon, Ghana
(2009) LEAD Journal
Journal article
- A goal oriented indicator framework to support integrated assessment of new policies for agri-environmental systems
- 2008
- Compilation of crucial elements of knowledge to be incorporated in the learning (and information) material for SEAMLESS-IF PD 7.5.1
(2008)
Report - Emerging dilemmas and risks in the changing context of water law, administration and management in Sweden
(2008)
Conference paper - Integrated Assessment of Agricultural and Environmental Policies – A Modular Framework for the EU (SEAMLESS)
(2008) Agricultural Systems
Journal article - Use of participatory scenario modelling as platforms in stakeholder dialogues
(2008) Water SA
Conference paper
- Compilation of crucial elements of knowledge to be incorporated in the learning (and information) material for SEAMLESS-IF PD 7.5.1
- 2007
- How participatory can participatory modeling be? Degrees of influence of stakeholder and expert perspectives in six dimensions of participatory modeling
(2007) Water Science and Technology
Journal article - Integrated impact assessment Tools - A way to design future framing systems in the case of the SEAMLESS integrated framework?
(2007)
Conference paper: abstract - Plan for Using and Dissemination of Knowledge, D0.3.1, SEAMLESS integrated project
(2007)
Working paper - Possibilities and problems with the use of models as a communication tool in water resource management
(2007) Water Resources Management
Journal article - THE NORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME: The Interplay between Hard and Soft Law
(2007)
Conference paper - Using catchment models to establish measure plans according to the Water Framework Directive
(2007) Water Science and Technology
Journal article
- How participatory can participatory modeling be? Degrees of influence of stakeholder and expert perspectives in six dimensions of participatory modeling
- 2005
- Local stakeholders' acceptance of model-generated data used as a communication tool in water management: The Ronnea study
(2005) Ambio: a Journal of Human Environment
Journal article
- Local stakeholders' acceptance of model-generated data used as a communication tool in water management: The Ronnea study
- 2003
Editor
- 2011
- The Work Environment - Impact of Technological, Social and Climate Change
(2011) Arbete och hälsa
Conference publication
- The Work Environment - Impact of Technological, Social and Climate Change
- 2009
Senior lecturer
Centre for Environmental and Climate Research (CEC)
E237
Ekologihuset, Sölvegatan 37, Lund
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Ongoing projects
Procurement for Sustainable Innovation in the Built Environment ProcSIBE subproject IMPRES
www.procsibe.se/pages/?pg=projekt-impres
Implementation of Procurement Requirements for Sustainable Collaboration in Infrastructure project IMPRES constructionclimatechallenge.com/research/impres-project
Nature-based solutions for urban challenges Urban Nature
Urban Nature
Translating climate service information into personalized adaptation strategies to cope with thermal climate stress ClimApp
www.lth.se/climapp/project
SusTaining AgriCultural ChAnge Through ecological engineering and Optimal use of natural resources STACCATO
www.staccato-project.net
Doctoral students assistant supervisor
Jasmine Livingston
www.cec.lu.se/jasmine-livingston
Björn Wickenberg
www.iiiee.lu.se/bjorn-wickenberg
Public speaches and lectures
2017
Hur kunde PFAS-skandalen i Ronneby hända? Nationella Dricksvattenkonferensen 2017.
Watch lecture in Swedish on urskola.se
How to communicate with farmers – mainstreaming ecosystem services in agricultural production.
Watch on youtube.com
Framtidens miljömålsarbete. Länstyrelsens Miljömålsdagar 2017.
Watch in Swedish on youtube.com
Giftkonferensen i Eslöv 2017.
Watch on eslov.se
Education that gives impact
2017 Masteruppsats om mikroplaster.
Article in Swedish on forskning.se
In media and on the web
2017
Forskning mot översvämningar.
Article in Swedish on fastighetsagaresofielund.se
2016
Konflikt mellan tätt och grönt när Malmö växer.
Article in Swedish on sydsvenskan.se
2015
Extrem hetta kräver bättre åtgärder.
Article in Swedish on fria.nu
