My research often focuses on households’ (un)sustainable consumption patterns and how they differ between groups. In my studies, I have examined factors influencing household greenhouse gas emissions, whether there is a link between well-being and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as how rebound effects vary across groups with regard to their assumed intentions.

I work on analyzing household consumption patterns. I run the company Svalna (www.svalna.se), which develops and provides technological solutions and platforms to help individuals and organizations measure and reduce their climate impact. Data from Svalna’s app is used in my own research as well as in that of others. I am also the founder of the card game Klimatkoll (www.kortspeletklimatkoll.se).

david.andersson@chalmers.se 

My research concerns local policy for sustainable food consumption. I am interested in how local authorities can work with school meals, but also within other areas, to make food consumption more sustainable. My methodological focus is on experiments.

erik.andre@chalmers.se 

I am a postdoc at KTH working in a research project on similar topics as Mistra Sustainable Consumption, about the climate transition of the Swedish Tourist Association (STF) in their mountain stations without connection to the road network. We study climate measures based on the idea of sufficiency (e.g. changed restaurant concept to avoid helicopter transport of fresh ingredients) with respect to mitigation potential and feasibility. In particular, I am interested in the acceptability of sufficiency measures, their assessment in life cycle assessment (LCA) and potential scalability. In other research I investigate user behavior and rebound effects in circular economy contexts.

My research concerns sustainability transitions, sharing economies, social movements and contestations around planning and policy for sustainable development. Within the Mistra programme I lead the project ““Public policy experiments”. In addition, I lead the project “Framing futures for deep transformation” together with Åsa Svenfelt.

karin.bradley@abe.kth.se
+46709186088

I have over 20 years’ experience of research related to products policies and sustainable consumption issues. I am a board member of Re:Source, a national Swedish innovation program that funds Circular Economy projects. I am also a member of the Research Council of the Swedish Competition Authority. I teach at several international and Swedish master programs.

carl.dalhammar@iiiee.lu.se

 

 

I am a doctoral student affiliated with the program, researching how values relate to ideas of what sustainable consumption is and how it can be achieved. If certain values permeate and shape less environmentally impactful consumption practices, how can this insight be utilized to design policies that promote such values and thus enable deep sustainability transitions?

hannaegg@kth.se

My research concerns the design and public acceptability of environmental policies, specifically policies related to sustainable food consumption. Methodologically my focus is on experiments.

ejelov@chalmers.se

My research focuses on how consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions have developed as a calculation practice, target-setting mechanism, and area for policy governance. I shed light on these issues by examining discussions within expert networks at the intersection of politics, academia, business, and civil society.

eskilen@kth.se

My research focuses on inequality and just climate transformations, and is a part of the research program Fairtrans (https://fairtrans.nu/). I have a licentiate degree in physics (Royal Institute of Technology) and has worked as a science journalist focusing on the climate crisis and climate transformation at the national Swedish Television (SVT).

My research is focused on sustainable consumption, circular economy and methods for environmental and sustainability assessments of different types of products and systems. In the program I am the director and also leading a project on sustainable consumption and macro-economic effects.

goran.finnveden@abe.kth.se
+46 8 790 73 18

My research focuses on governance, collaboration, and strategic planning for local and regional development and transition. Based on the high expectations that progress towards sustainable development needs to occur in a decentralized manner and according to local conditions, I study, through various projects, municipalities’ strategies, initiatives, and roles in sustainable transition. This research is grounded in different focus areas, including passenger transport, green industrialization, and climate work.

brita.hermelin@liu.se

I am a researcher in transition planning at the Division of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH. My research critically examines various interpretations (and paradoxes) of sustainability by also exploring norm-critical, alternative ways of acting and living as part of the transition to a more sustainable society. Within Mistra Sustainable Consumption, my focus is primarily on the role different actors play in promoting sustainable consumption and the potential of policy experiments.

pernilla.hagbert@abe.kth.se

Together with Åsa Svenfelt, I study initiatives on alternative goals and models for prosperous societies, i.e., goals and models beyond the traditional measures of prosperity such as GDP, and to what extent such initiatives contribute to sustainable development. I have a background as a dentist, and I hold a master’s degree in Sustainable Technology from KTH.

maria.jansson@liu.se

My research revolves around sustainable long-distance travel with extra focus on the climate impact of aviation. I am interested in how the climate impact from vacation travel can be reduced, through both technical development and behavioral change. My background is in engineering physics and industrial ecology.

kamb@kth.se

My research interest is in the relation between human motivation – ecological, social, economic, practical – and how tensions between motivations play out at the organizational and societal levels, concerning how to reduce harms to environment and health. Within the Mistra programme I am leading the project “From disputes to the constructive application of Sustainable Consumption knowledge”.

mikael.klintman@soc.lu.se
+46702845548

My research aims to understand how consumption patterns can be adjusted to achieve politically set goals, such as climate targets. This involves developing goal scenarios with calculations of climate benefits from both technical and behavioral changes. My main focus is on analyzing political instruments aimed at achieving these goals, including how policies can be designed to both reduce emissions and be accepted by the public. I primarily work with the consumption areas of long-distance travel (air travel) and food. In addition,I am the vice program director for the Mistra program and lead the projects “Policy packages and public support” and “Company targets as a form of sustainable consumption governance.”

jorgen.larsson@chalmers.se
+46317723108

Together with Göran Finnveden, I will study the macroeconomic effects of a transition towards a sustainable consumption. Which sectors will gain or lose from the transition? How are GDP, employment and income in different groups affected? We are also interested in how the environment and (sustainable) consumption are affected by economic policy.

marklars@kth.se

My research focuses on sustainable consumption behavior and sustainable business models. Within this field of sustainable consumptoin behaviour I have worked both on marketing/branding, consumer behaviour, nudging, and alternative consumption ideas (sharing, collaborative consumption, cooperatives). My main interest in all of these areas is the individual consumer and how her behaviour can be changed towards higher levels of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Within the field of sustainable business models I am most interested in how niche business models can become mainstream.

Within the Mistra programme I am leading the project “Digitalisation: friends & foes of sustainable consumption?”

matthias.lehner@iiiee.lu.se
+46 46 222 02 07

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I am a professor of political science. My main research interests are in environmental politics and policy, focusing on the emergence of and (political) solutions to large-scale collective action problems, such as climate change and resource depletion. Theoretically, my research lies at the intersection of political science, social and environmental psychology, and behavioral economics, with a methodological emphasis on experimental and survey methods.

Simon.Matti@ltu.se
0920-492331

Our research focuses on analyzing how consumption patterns can be changed through economic instruments in order to achieve politically set goals. Currently, we are working on a project aimed at steering food consumption in a more sustainable direction, both from a climate and health perspective. The effects of various tax changes in the food sector are being analyzed in terms of their impact on environmental footprint, as well as how they would affect the personal finances and health of low- and high-income earners.

edvinman@chalmers.se