Biodiversity dilemmas in ordinary places

The project aims to deepen our understanding of the complex tasks that civic communication has in the transformation to a more sustainable society. The studies included utilize tools from sociolinguistics and discourse analysis to explore the role of language in societal change, and, more specifically, the role of linguistic messages in human action.

More and more people (both private individuals and scientists) see animals as subjects rather than objects. Pets are often viewed as family members, and we spend time trying to understand them and make them understand us. But how does communication between and within species work? This is something that linguistics is just beginning to explore.

How were the exhibition spaces of general art and industrial expositions designed in terms of landscape architecture, with borders, trees, and flowers, and what significance did they convey to the visitor? These issues will be explored within a two-year research project in art history.

Teaching sustainability issues needs to include both facts, feelings and values in order to deepen learning. The aim of the project is to develop teaching for sustainable development in higher education so that it becomes more interactive and offers students increased participation.

Archaeological surveys of melting glaciers and snow patches in Swedish Sápmi. A four year program, financed by Stifteslen Marcus och Amalia Wallenbergs minnesfond

Scientific Depictions of the Arctic from St Petersburg, Stockholm, and Paris.