Principal Investigators

• Johan Lindström – mathematic analysis, spatial statistics, simulation based inference, uncertainty analysis, Gaussian Markov Random Fields

• Anders Tunlid – microbial ecology, decomposition, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi, cycling of nutrients and carbon, biogeochemical processes
• Anna Runemark – speciation, biodiversity, biogeography, evolutionary genomics, evolutionary biology
• Bengt Hansson – population genetics, conservation genetics, genetic conflict, sex chromosome evolution, speciation, hybridisation, range expansion
• Caroline Isaksson – urbanisation, birds, oxidative stress, nutrition, pollution
• Christer Brönmark – predator-prey interactions, wetlands, landscape of fear, aquatic ecology, limnology
• Dag Ahrén – bioinformatics, systems biology, (meta)genomics, fungal host interactions, next generation sequencing
• Dimitrios Floudas –  microbes, carbon cycling, decomposition, genomics, spectroscopy
• Edith Hammer – soil organic matter, soil nutrient cycling, soil chips, microfluidics, soil structure, synchrotron, mycorrhiza, soil fertility, diversity, soil carbon storage, spectroscopy, human perception of soil, ecosystem valuation, phosphorus, nitrogen
• Emma Kritzberg – aquatic biogeochemistry, land-use, browning, linking terrestrial, limnic and marine systems, bacterial community
• Erik Svensson – evolutionary biology, phenotypic evolution, evolutionary dynamics, color signaling, evolution of phenotypic plasticity
• Francois Maillard – soil organic matter, decomposition, forst soil ecology, arctic, microbial community, diversity
• Hanbang Zou –  soil organic matter, soil biodiversity, fungal ecosystem services, concrete healing
• Henrik Smith – conservation biology, ecosystem services, behavioural ecology, agricultural intensification, agri-environment schemes
• Honor C. Prentice – botany, biological systematics, local adaptation, landscape history, plant community assembly
• Håkan Wallander – soil organic matter, forest, mycorrhiza, phosphorus, nitrogen
• Jadranka Rota - molecular phylogenetics, systematics, historical biogeography, evolutionary biology, Lepidoptera
• Johannes Rousk – ecology of microorganisms, microbial communities, soil systems, biogeochemistry, microbial decomposition
• Katarina Hedlund – soil science, above- and below ground interactions, microorganism, ecosystem services, sustainable use of soils and agricultural biodiversity
• Kristin Aleklett Kadish – soil ecology, mycorrhizal fungi, microfluidics, fungal ecology, fungal biodiversity, mycelial persistence, microbial community ecology, fungal physiology
• Lars Pettersson – biodiversity monitoring, citizen science, butterflies and moths, conservation biology, land management
• Lars-Anders Hansson – ecosystem ecology, aquatic ecology, cyanobacteria, food webs, limnology
• Lettice Hicks –  plant-soil-microbial interactions, carbon and nutrient cycling (C, N, P), global change ecology, soil fertility and carbon storage, linking microbial community structure and functions
• Magne Friberg – evolutionary biology, evolution of plant signals, plant-insect interaction, life-history biology, molecular and chemical ecology
• Maj Rundlöf – ecology, biodiversity, conservation science, landscape ecology, pollination, pollinators, landscape ecotoxicology, science-policy, restoration, agroecology, environmental risk-assessment
• Mats Hansson – plant architecture, time to flowering, chlorophyll and wax biosynthesis, molecular techniques, biochemical methods
• Martin Stjernman – field biology, conservation biology, agricultural land-use, biodiversity, predictive models
• Mikael Pontarp – theoretical ecology and evolutionary biology, biogeographical processes, ecosystem structure and dynamics across ecological and evolutionary time scales, eco-evolutionary simulation models, pollination, integrated pest management
• Milda Pucetaite –  carbon cycling in soil, microscale soil fungal interaction, synchrotron radiation, vibrational spectroscopy
• Niklas Wahlberg – biological systematics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, diversification, Lepidoptera
• Nils Cronberg – bryophytes, reproductive biology, evolutionary biology, peatland ecology, peat mosses, phenology, red data listing, rewetting, phylogeography, snow bed areas
• Ola Olsson – conservation biology, heterogenous environments, modelling and empirical methods, landscape characteristics, biodiversity, ecosystem services
• Olle Anderbrant – chemical ecology, insects, evolution, pest control, chemical signals
• Pablo Urrutia Cordero - agro-ecosystems, limnology, zooplankton
• Pål Axel Olsson – biodiversity, mycorrhiza, nature conservation, plant-soil interaction, botany
• Stefan Andersson – genetic and experimental research, evolution of wild plants, natural selection, ecotypic variation, inbreeding
• Åke Lindström – birds, monitoring, conservation biology, migration, energetics
• Øystein Opedal – plant interaction, high-alpine communities, changing climate, Dalechampia

• Anna Persson – urban biodiversity, urban green spaces, human-nature relations, landscape ecology, citizen science, ecosystem services, agricultural landscapes, pollinators
• Deniz Koca – system analysis, circular bioeconomy, modelling of complex dynamic systems, stakeholder facilitation
• Hakim Abdi – remote sensing, geospatial ecology, biodiversity, drylands, forests.
• Helena Hanson – green space governance, sustainable urban development, environmental sciences, climate change adaptation
• Jessica Knapp – biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, human behaviour, policy, practice, agricultural systems, pollinators, pesticides
• Johanna Alkan Olsson – natural resource management, stakeholder collaboration, processes of social change, environmental policy, regulatory scales
• Liam Kendall – pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination services, conservation, sustainable food production
• Maria Hansson – ecotoxicology
• Mark Brady – applied economics, agriculture, agent-based modelling, ecological economics, multidisciplinary
• Natascha Kljun – climate research, meteorology and atmospheric sciences, biospehere-atmosphere
• Océane Bartholomée – pollinator ecology, predictive modeling, evolutionary biology, agricultural landscapes, behavioural observations
• Per Persson – geochemistry, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, synchotron techniques, water-mineral interfaces, environmental chemistry
• Peter Olsson – GIS, big data, conservation
• Richard Walters – biodiversity in animals
• Romain Carrié – agroecology, farming systems, landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, farmer behaviour, food security
• Ullrika Sahlin – Scientific assessment, uncertainty, expert judgement, probabilistic modelling, biodiversity assessment, human health, decision theory
• Wilhelm May – climate variability and change, climate extremes, land surface climate interactions, climate impact, synthesis
• William Sidemo Holm - nature conservation, policy instruments, land management, organic farming
• Yann Clough – landscape ecology, ecosystem services, agricultural policy, agroecology, land use intensity and scenarios
• Charlotte Sparrenbom – groundwater, pollution, site conceptual models, remediation, sustainability
• Dan Hammarlund – natural climate fluctuations, lake sediments, paleoecology, quaternary, ecosystem responses
• Daniel Conley – biogeochemical cycles of nutrients, Silica, linkages between land and aquatic ecosystems, paleoecological techniques
• Helena Filipsson – oceanography, hydrology, water resources, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, marine sciences
• Jesper Sjolte – climate reconstruction, climate modelling, weather patterns, climate extremes, external forcing
• Johannes Edvardsson – tree-ring analysis and data, long-term climate dynamics, peatland development, tree colonization, palaeohydrology
• Karl Ljung – geosciences, multidisciplinary, past climate and environmental changes, microfossils, geochemical methods
• Raimund Muscheler – solar activity, sun-climate linkages, cosmogenic radionuclides, paleoclimate
• Sven Lukas – glaciers, environmental change, climate change, sediments, mountains
• Albert Brangarí –  microbial ecology, mechanistic modelling, carbon cycling, carbon sequestration land use
• Ali Mansourian – GIS, Geospatial AI, land-use planning
• Anders Ahlström – global cycles of C and water, interplay with climate and society, climate sensitivity, soil carbon dynamics, vegetation dynamics
• Anders Lindroth – greenhouse gas exchange, land-atmosphere, permafrost, eddy covariance flux measurements
• Anna Maria Jönsson – climate change adaptation, forestry and agriculture, phenology, ecosystem modeling, trees and insects
• Anneli Poska – pollen, palaeo ecology, radiation dating, climate reconstruction, biostratigraphy
• Annemarie Eckes-Sephard – vegetation dynamics, computer modelling, LPJ Guess
• Benjamin Smith – ecosystem models, terrestrial ecosystem functioning, interactions with climate, population and community processes, climate research
• Cecilia Akselsson – forest ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, synergies and conflicts, ecosystem services, sustainable forestry, continuous cover forestry
• Jonas Ardö – carbon cycle, earth observation, Africa, remote sensing, flux and eddy covariance measurements
• Jonathan Seaquist – network analysis, ecosystem production, net primary production, vegetation, interaction of climate and people on vegetation
• Jutta Holst – biosphere-atmosphere exchange processes, ICOS, bio-meteorology, earth and related environmental science
• Karin Hall – ecological remote sensing, farmland, grassland, landscape history, plant species richness
• Lanhui Wang – global (change) ecology, resilience, remote sensing, rewilding, sustainability
• Lars Eklundh – remote sensing, time series analysis, land resources, vegetation, ecosystem functioning, monitoring, phenology
• Lena Ström – CH4 flux, greenhouse gas balance, vegetation structure, Arctic, wetland
• Lina Eklund – land system dynamics, migration, drought, and conflict in the Middle East, satellite images
• Maj-Lena Linderson – biogeophysics, plant-atmosphere exchange processes, micrometeorology, climatology, ICOS
• Marko Scholze – data assimilation, global carbon cycle, inverse modelling, climate research, meteorology and atmospheric science
• Martin Berggren – biogeochemical cycles, aquatic systems, dissolved organic carbon, water resources, oceanography
• Minchao Wu – global carbon cycle, vegetation dynamics, ecosystem and climate modelling
• Patrik Vestin – biosphere-atmosphere interactions, GHG flux measurements, climate effects of management of forests and agricultural land, agricultural N2O emissions, rewetting of drained soils
• Paul Miller – earth system modelling (incl c and N cycles), LPJ-GUESS (incl LULCC and permafrost), C-N-P interactions incl wetlands, climate change, vegetation dynamic
• Petter Pilesjö – GIS, spatial models, hydrological modelling, topographical modelling, coastal planning
• Stefan Olin – land use, LPJ-GUESS, land-management, soil-organic matter (SOM)
• Thomas Holst – biosphere-atmosphere exchange processes, ecosystem flux measurements, BVOC emissions, biogeochemical climate feedbacks, aerosols, BVOC emission parameterization, climate change, reactive trace gases
• Thomas Pugh – forest ecology, land management, carbon cycle, environmental change
• Torbern Tagesson – primary production, dryland degradation, Sahel, vegetation changes, environmental variability
• Vaughan Phillips – clouds, precipitation, bio-aerosols, ice crystals, pseudomonas syringae
• Veiko Lehsten – ecosystem modelling, migration modelling, paleo fire analyses, late blight modelling, climate research
• Wenxin Zhang – earth system modelling, vegetation-climate feedback, belowground greenhouse gas transport, ecological remote sensing, plant root modelling
• Zheng Duan – satellite remote sensing, eco-hydrological modelling, land cover change, earth observations

• Alexandra Nikoleris – sustainability transitions, narratives
• Pål Börjesson – life cycle assessment, biomass potential, sustainability, agriculture and forestry

• Fariborz Zelli – global environmental governance, international institutions, political theory and philosophy, institutional fragmentation, global trade
• Jakob Skovgaard – international environmental politics, EU climate policy, climate governance, mitigation policy instruments, climate finance
• Johannes Stripple – urban politics of decarbonisation, forests, climate governance, carbon policy and market, imagination
• Nils Droste – quantitative methods, biodiversity, public finance, land use/ land use change, casual inference on policy effects
• Thomas Hickmann - multi-level governance, global sustainability politics, climate policy
• Åsa Knaggård – science-politics relations, environmental policy, public policy, managing scientific uncertainty, cooperation over sectoral and disciplinary boundaries

• Elina Andersson – agriculture/food systems, land use, rural livelihoods, participatory research, environmental justice
• Emily Boyd – sustainability, resilience, climate change, loss and damage
• Kimberly Nicholas – climate solutions; sustainable land and food systems; climate and wine; sustainability science; sustainability and climate education; science communication and public engagement for impact
• Lennart Olsson – perennial grains agriculture, agricultural politics
• Mine Islar – environmental governance, political ecology, IPBES, renewable energy
• Torsten Krause – environmental governance, forestry, conservation science, sustainable development
• Wim Carton – environmental governance, environmental politics, political ecology, political economy, climate mitigation, carbon removal

• Henrik Thorén – science in policymaking, interdisciplinarity, uncertainty, sustainability science

• Mikkel Brydegaard – photonic instrumentation, laser remote sensing, optical spectroscopy, biophotonics, entomological ecology

• Alexandre Antonelli – evolutionary biology, biodiversity, biogeography, climate change
• Anne Bjorkman – Arctic, alpine tundra ecosystems, biome-wide patterns, plant function and phenological traits
• Annemieke Gärdenäs – climate-vegetation interactions, impacts of extreme weather, land use and management, ecosystem functioning and services, forest, agriculture, and urban systems, process-based models
• Christine Bacon – evolutionary biology, biological systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, biodiversity
• Daniel Zuleta Zapata – Forest dynamics, tree mortality, diversity, global change, forest biomass, tropical forests
• Göran Wallin – water sources tropical trees, stem respiration, plant ecology
• Håkan Pleijel – interaction between vegetation and atmosphere, ground level-ozone, CO₂ effects on crops, traffic air pollutants, urban greenery
• Johan Uddling Fredin – interactions plant-environment, ecophysiology, climate change, CO₂ effects on crops, trees and urban air quality
• Julia Osterman – ecosystem services, ecotoxicology, pollinator conservation and restoration, pollination, stakeholder interactions
• Lasse Tarvainen – stem respiration, urban tree ecophysiology, thermal stress in tropical trees
• Mats Andersson – plant responses to change, genetic variation, biochemical analysis
• Mats Björkman – biosphere-atmosphere interactions, cryosphere-atmosphere interactions, soil and microbial composition, carbon and nutrient dynamics, tundra ecosystems, permafrost
• Nestor González Roldán – pollen, health
• Sören Faurby – evolutionary biology, species richness, species diversity, phylogenetics, museum specimens
• Åslög Dahl – allergology, airborne pollen, pollen prognosis, biological weather, climate change effects on pollen

• Amelie Lindgren – peatland, Skogaryd, permafrost thaw, nitrous oxide emission
• Hans Linderholm – climate variability, effect of climate change on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, role of large-scale circulation in oceans and atmosphere on climate, tree rings, reconstructing past climate changes
• Heather Reese – remote sensing, alpine vegetation, mapping of land cover types, spectral data, spatial modelling
• Jesper Björklund – tree-rings, AI image analysis, climate impact of volcanism
• John Marshall – forest carbon budget, scaling GPP from tree to stand, stable isotopes, sap flux, eddy covariance, allometrics, water uptake depth, xylem water sources
• Kristina Seftigen – tree-rings, proxy records (for climate change), General Circulation Models 
• Robert Björk – plant community dynamics, greenhouse gas fluxes, plant- soil interactions in rizosphere, tundra, responses to climate change
• Tobias Rütting – Forest nitrogen cycling, continuous-cover forestry, stable isotopes, canopy photosynthesis
• Åsa Kasimir – climate research, forest, peatland, rewetting, IPCC, greenhouse gas exchange
• Deliang Chen – impact of climate change, earth system science, climate dynamics and modeling, atmospheric circulation, synoptic climatology

• Claes Ek - environmental economics, behavioural economics, applied econometrics, public economics
• Fredrik Carlsson – environmental valuation, environmental regulation, environmental economics, social preferences and norms, cooperation and resource conservation
• Gunnar Köhlin – environmental economics, non-market valuation techniques, domestic energy demand, sustainable resource management, soil conservation
• Håkan Eggert – natural resource management, marine issues, behavioural and experimental economics, resource economics
• Olof Johansson Stenman – behavioural economics, environmental economics, public economics, welfare economics
• Peter Martinsson – behavioural economics, environmental economics, experimental economics, development economics, health economics
• Thomas Sterner – economic policy instruments, local and as global environmental problems, climate policy, resource management in developing countries, economics of energy use and climate change

• Lars Gamfeldt – biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality, habitat diversity, experimental warming, marine

• Ebba Lisberg Jensen – human ecology, lexical ecological literacy, education for sustainable development, biology didactics, outdoor pedagogy

Daniel Slunge – policy design, risk perception, economic valuation, pollution, policy acceptance, pesticides