Behaviour and individuals
This climate action research area focuses on sustainable behaviour, consumption, public participation, grassroot initiatives, and related topics.
Research projects
Occupy Climate Change! (OCC!)
OCC! focuses on the practices and experiments of grassroots organizations across different cases, identifying how their diverse, dynamic, self-organized responses to loss try to undo or embrace the damage and impacts of climate change. More info .
Mistra Sustainable Consumption
A research program that aims to stimulate a transition to more sustainable consumption in Sweden.
Gendered Sustainability: Norm-critical explorations of energy practices for everyday transitions
This project explores how interpretations of sustainability relate to aspects like gender, age and class, and what a sustainable everyday life could look like beyond current norms and power structures. More info .
BICIFICATION
An innovation project aiming at supporting a modal shift towards green and active mobility, through a behavioral nudging initiative using a reward bases gamification platform applied in three European cities. More info .
EVENT HORIZON
Supports energy transitions through increased knowledge on local / regional transition processes. Learn more about the project: EVENT HORIZON
From Homo Sapiens to Homo Colossus
This science + art + communications project aims to convey an understanding, both public and personal, of the energy footprint of Swedes through an open-air augmented reality art installation/exhibition in Stockholm (2022). Learn more about the project: Homo Colossus
GRIT - Grassroots Initiatives for Energy Transition
The project explores potentially successful grassroots initiatives in Gothenburg and Berlin with a focus on the fields of energy provision, daily transport, food and consumer goods.