PhD | Senior Lecturer
Political Science
Main Research and Teaching Areas
- Science-politics relations
- Environmental policy
- Public policy
Current Research and Teaching
My research is about the relation between science and politics. Firstly, I study the role of ideas and scientific knowledge (and uncertainty) in how political problems are defined and decisions are made. I am involved in several research projects on this theme, including on carbon pricing, green infrastructure, and biodiversity offsetting. Secondly, I study decision-making under risk and uncertainty from a more conceptual perspective, including a focus on robust decision-making. Thirdly, I do research on the scientific side of the relation, more specifically on how scientists understand and approach the relation. My research also concerns environmental and climate politics more broadly. For example, I am involved in a project on the division of responsibility over climate adaptation in a Swedish context, dealing with issues about public/private and the state/local level.
My research is partly interdisciplinary and is conducted together with researchers from different disciplines, at the moment Ecology, Philosophy and Engineering.
I teach courses at the Department of Political Science, including a master course on Policy processes, and give a course on Environmental Politics and Administration to environmental science students. I am at the moment involved in two PhD courses: one on Risk, uncertainty and decisionmaking, and one on Science communication. Both are interdisciplinary.
Publications
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- Tobias Olofsson, Andreas Vilhelmsson, Maria Hedlund, Åsa Knaggård, Shai Mulinari
(2021) Comparative Covid Response : Crisis, Knowledge, Politics
Report chapter - Åsa Knaggård, Erik Persson, Kerstin Eriksson
(2020) Challenges, 11
Journal article - Maria von Post, Johan Ekroos, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Åsa Knaggård, Ola Olsson, et al.
(2020) , 7
Other - Per Adman, Mats Alvesson, Elina Andersson, Mimmi Maria Barmark, Ebba Brink, et al.
(2019) Dagens nyheter (DN debatt)
Newspaper article - Elias Isaksson, Åsa Knaggård
(2019) K2 WORKING PAPER, 2019
Working paper - Mapping and clustering the adoption of carbon pricing policies : what polities price carbon and why?Jakob Skovgaard, Sofía Sacks Ferrari, Åsa Knaggård
(2019) Climate Policy, 19 p.1173-1185
Journal article - Johanna Alkan Olsson, Helena Hanson, Åsa Knaggård, Linda Lundmark, Tobias Nielsen, et al.
(2019)
Conference paper: abstract - Åsa Knaggård, Daniel Slunge, Anders Ekbom, Maria Göthberg, Ullrika Sahlin
(2019) Environmental Science and Policy, 97 p.25-35
Journal article - Åsa Knaggård, Barry Ness, David Harnesk
(2018) Ecology & Society, 23
Journal article - Åsa Knaggård
(2018) Vetenskap och beprövad erfarenhet politik , p.71-80
Book chapter - Åsa Knaggård, Terese Thoni
(2017) Ekosystembaserad klimatanpassning : En kunskapsöversyn , p.22-24
Report chapter - Daniel Slunge, Olof Drakenberg, Anders Ekbom, Åsa Knaggård, Ullrika Sahlin
(2017)
Report - Johanna Alkan Olsson, Ebba Brink, Johan Ekroos, Helena Hanson, Johan Hollander, et al.
(2017)
Report - Åsa Knaggård
(2016) Decision-making under ambiguity and time constraints : Assessing the Multiple Streams Framework , p.109-123
Book chapter - Åsa Knaggård
(2015) European Journal of Political Research, 54 p.450-465
Journal article - Åsa Knaggård, Karin Ericsson, Marianne Hall, Emma Lund, Markku Rummukainen, et al.
(2015) Klimatsäkrat Skåne, 2 p.229-240
Report chapter - Marianne Hall, Åsa Knaggård, Markku Rummukainen, Håkan Pihl, Jessica Wadin
(2015) Klimatsäkrat Skåne, 2 p.221-228
Report chapter - Åsa Knaggård
(2015) Klimatsäkrat Skåne, CEC rapport nr 2 p.210-216
Report chapter - Åsa Knaggård
(2015) Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten i Lund - en vital 50-åring : En jubileumsskrift
Book chapter - Åsa Knaggård, Håkan Pihl
(2015) Rethinking the Green State : Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions
Book chapter - Åsa Knaggård
(2014) Policy Studies, 35 p.22-39
Journal article - Åsa Knaggård, Håkan Pihl
(2013) Generationsmålet - kontroverser kring klimat och konsumtion , p.165-196
Book chapter - Åsa Knaggård
(2013)
Conference paper - Åsa Knaggård
(2009) Lund Political Studies
Dissertation
introduction
Many of the research questions that interest me are interdisciplinary and I am connected to several interdisciplinary environments, including CEC.
Research projects
Sustainable distribution of responsibility for climate change adaptation
A price on carbon emissions: what makes states adopt carbon pricing policies?
The making of green infrastructure as a policy tool for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity offsetting – what does it mean?
Dynamic modelling as a basis for policy decisions