Malin Andersson

Short presentation

My research is a part of the project Integrated planning – municipalities’ and regional actors’ roles and collaborations for resilient regional food systems. The project explores how municipalities work with the development of regional and local resilient food systems. The study aims to identify obstacles, opportunities, and possible ways to strengthen integrated planning - both within municipalities, between municipalities and between municipalities and other regional and local key actors.

Keywords

• climate change
• resilience
• sustainable development
• case studies
• local food systems
• food policy
• integrated planning
• food governance
• resilient food systems
• food systems planning
• municipal planning

Biography

Education

Master's degree: Science for Sustainable Development, Master's Programme at Linköping University. 2019-2021. Thesis. Stories of Climate Change: Circular Transformation or Business as Usual? A Discourse Analysis of Climate Change Mitigation Policy in Three Swedish Municipalities

Bachelor's degree: Linguistics programme at Uppsala University. 2009-2013

Exchange Studies: Univeristy of Oregon. Courses in Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Geography an Linguistics. 2011-2012

Research

Integrated planning – municipalities’ and regional actors’ roles and collaborations for resilient regional food systems

The project contributes to research on food security and rural development with focus on regional and local planning, policy and practice. The project explores how municipalities work with the development of regional and local resilient food systems. The study aims to identify obstacles, opportunities, innovative approaches, and possible ways to strengthen integrated planning - both within municipalities, between municipalities and between municipalities and other regional and local key actors.

Today, there is a lack of leadership for a transition to resilient regional and local food systems. With its many areas of responsibility and authority, Swedish municipalities have the potential to take on that role in collaboration with other key regional actors. The project will therefore also investigate how collaborations can be created and improved.

A national study was conducted on municipalities' strategies and working methods, which was then followed up by in-depth case studies in three selected municipalities. In parallel, analyzes are made of the work of regional and local key actors. Co-production of knowledge with these key actors is used to strengthen the municipalities' capacity to promote resilient food systems at local and regional level.

Project leader/supervisor: Madeleine Granvik, Uppsala University

Supervisor: Rebecka Milestad, KTH and FOI