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Hanna Ekstrom outside the department of Political Science
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Hanna Ekström

Doctoral Student

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Hanna Ekstrom outside the department of Political Science
Contact details
  • Email: hanna [dot] ekstrom [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Department of Political Science
  • Service point: 35
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Other affiliations
  • Doctoral student
    Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC)
  • Profile area member
    LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions
  • Doctoral student
    BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

PhD student in Environmental Science


Main research areas

  • Land use change
  • Forest policy
  • Inequality and justice


Current research

My research project explores relations between humans and forests and how we can understand the connection between forest policy, decisionmaking and land use change. Specifically, I focus on private forest owners' relations to forests and the effects those may have on forest governance and management. I use a mixed methods approach including walking interviews, geographic information and agent-based social simulation. The project is part of the interdisciplinary research project GreenPole and my position is shared between the Department of Political Science and the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science. 

Overall, I have an interest for society’s use of natural resources, land use change and urban/rural dynamics. With a background in Physical Geography and Gender studies, I have earlier studied water availability in rural Nepal, landslides in Uganda, socio-environmental conflicts in Chilean forestry and movements against mining in Sápmi and Ecuador.

Teaching

I teach about governance, natural resources, climate change and sustainable development in the following courses:

Publications

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Introduction

I am interested in human-environment interactions. I hold a MSc in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis, and prior to joining as a PhD, I worked with geographic information (GIS) of water quality and spatial planning. 

Research environments

Research project

Green forest policies - A comparative assessment of outcomes and trade-offs across Fennoscandinavia

28 Aug 2024