Stockholm university

Research group Group Eriksson

The historical ecology of Scandinavian cultural landscapes.

I have a long standing interest in crossing scientific boundaries between ecology and human social history, mainly archaeology and agrarian history. I collaborate with archaeologists using a framework of niche construction theory aiming at analyzing how land-use practices have developed over the last millennia, and how these practices have formed, and become influenced by, features of the vegetation. A focal topic is the development of infields/outland (inägor/utmark). The project also concerns current conservation programs aimed at preserving the often rich biodiversity present in remnants of the ‘old’ cultural landscapes.

Group members

Group managers

Ove Eriksson

Professor

Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
Ove Eriksson