Mikael Karlsson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Earth Sciences; Natural Resources and Sustainable Development; Climate Change Leadership
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 316 27 22
- E-mail:
- mikael.karlsson@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Villavägen 16
75236 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
75236 Uppsala
Affiliated Researcher at Uppsala University Future Institutes (UUniFI); Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 316 27 22
- E-mail:
- mikael.karlsson@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Segerstedthuset, Dag Hammarskjölds v 7
751 05 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 256
751 05 Uppsala
- Academic merits:
- Docent
Short presentation
Associate Professor Environmental Science, Associate Professor Climate Change Leadership
Keywords
- climate governance
- bioenergy
- biodiversity
- sustainable development
- environmental politics
- environmental ethics
- environmental policy
- environmental risk governance
- climate policy
- science-policy interactions
- decision-making
- precautionary principle
- chemicals legislation
- climate policy co-benefits
- marine governance
- natural resources management
- biodiversity offsets
- environmental law
- sustainable procurement
- nuclear waste management
- nature conservation
- forest policy
- environmental objectives

Publications
Recent publications
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Coping with an antagonistic climate: Researchers' perspectives
Part of Ambio, p. 2190-2201, 2025
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Working Life in the Circular Economy: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Part of European Journal of Workplace Innovation, p. 95-110, 2025
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Beyond materials: how work and skills shape the future of reuse in Sweden's industrial ecosystems
Part of Cleaner Production Letters, 2025
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Modelling policy packages with combined climate, social, and macroeconomic goals: the Swedish case
Part of Climate Policy, 2025
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Part of Ambio, p. 1237-1249, 2025
- DOI for Exploring a green Swedish model: Coinciding and contradictory interests on a just climate transformation in Sweden
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Coping with an antagonistic climate: Researchers' perspectives
Part of Ambio, p. 2190-2201, 2025
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Working Life in the Circular Economy: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Part of European Journal of Workplace Innovation, p. 95-110, 2025
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Beyond materials: how work and skills shape the future of reuse in Sweden's industrial ecosystems
Part of Cleaner Production Letters, 2025
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Modelling policy packages with combined climate, social, and macroeconomic goals: the Swedish case
Part of Climate Policy, 2025
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Part of Ambio, p. 1237-1249, 2025
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Analysing Coherence in Policy for Multi‐Functional Landscapes: An Exploratory Framework
Part of Environmental Policy and Governance, p. 450-470, 2025
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Public acceptability of climate-motivated rationing
Part of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024
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Part of Nature Communications, 2024
- DOI for Estimating countries' additional carbon accountability for closing the mitigation gap based on past and future emissions
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The Role of Fairness for Accepting Stricter Carbon Taxes in Sweden
Part of Climate, p. 170-170, 2024
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Exploring sufficiency in energy policy: insights from Sweden
Part of Sustainability, 2023
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Part of Climate Policy, 2023
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Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy
Part of Climate, p. 40-40, 2023
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Faithful Stewards of God's Creation?: Swedish Evangelical Denominations and Climate Change
Part of Religions, 2022
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Biodiversity Offsetting: Ethical Views within Environmental Organisations in the European Union
Part of Sustainability, 2022
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Sweden's Climate Act: its origin and emergence
Part of Climate Policy, p. 1132-1145, 2021
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Ethics and biodiversity offsetting
Part of Conservation Biology, p. 578-586, 2021
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Chemicals denial-a challenge to science and policy
Part of Sustainability, 2019
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Part of Ocean and Coastal Management, 2019
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Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 130-136, 2015
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Part of Journal of Risk Research, p. 505-523, 2014
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Responsible procurement and complex product chains: the case of chemical risks in textiles
Part of Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, p. 95-111, 2012
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Coping with complexity in baltic sea risk governance: Introduction
Part of Ambio, p. 109-110, 2011
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Part of Review of Policy Research, p. 167-185, 2010
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Part of Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology, p. 49-56, 2006
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The precautionary principle, Swedish chemicals policy and sustainable development
Part of Journal of Risk Research, p. 337-360, 2006
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Biosafety principles for GMOs in the context of sustainable development
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 15-26, 2003
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Part of Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, p. 51-62, 2003
Articles, review/survey
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Counteracting climate denial: A systematic review
Part of Public Understanding of Science, p. 504-520, 2024
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Part of Climate Policy, p. 87-103, 2024
- DOI for Exploring the democracy-climate nexus: a review of correlations between democracy and climate policy performance
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Climate policy co-benefits: a review
Part of Climate Policy, p. 292-316, 2020
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Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 229-241, 2017
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Vägar till en friskare Östersjö
Part of HavsUtsikt, p. 8-9, 2015
Chapters in book
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Part of Handbook of the Anthropocene Humans Between Heritage and Future, p. 645-649, Springer, 2023
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Part of Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea, p. 173-203, Springer, 2016
- DOI for Science-Policy Interfaces in Baltic Sea Environmental Governance: Towards Regional Cooperation and Management of Uncertainty?
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Part of Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea, p. 1-17, Springer, 2016
- DOI for Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea: Identifying Key Challenges, Research Topics and Analytical Approaches
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Seeking Pathways Towards Improved Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea
Part of Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea, p. 229-246, Springer, 2016
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Part of Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea, p. 97-123, Springer, 2016
- DOI for Governance of Chemicals in the Baltic Sea Region: A Study of Three Generations of Hazardous Substances
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Part of Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea, p. 21-44, Springer, 2016
- DOI for Eutrophication and the Ecosystem Approach to Management: A Case Study of Baltic Sea Environmental Governance
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Part of Governing Europe's Marine Environment, p. 141-160, Ashgate, 2015
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Part of Regulating chemical risks, p. 239-265, Springer Netherlands, 2010
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Scientific Committees and EU Policy: The Case of SCHER
Part of Regulating chemical risks, p. 301-317, Springer Netherlands, 2010
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Genmodifiering av skogsträd i perspektivet hållbar utveckling
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
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Hållbar utveckling i skogslandskapet: med energi i fokus
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
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Konflikthantering för hållbar utveckling: om människor och skyddade skogar i Tanzania
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
Collections (editor)
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Nuclear Waste, Risks andSustainable Development
Part of VALDOR 2006, p. 257-330, 2006
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Part of Science for sustainable development, p. 170-178, 2006
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Understanding Sustainable Development: A Systemic View for Successful Realisation
Part of 2001 international sustainable development research conference, 2001
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Regulatory frameworks for sustainable control of genetically modified organisms
Part of Third International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics on transitions towards a sustainable Europe, 2000
Manuscripts (preprints)
Reports
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Ekologisk kompensation som verktyg i miljömålsarbetet: Syntes från en forskningssatsning
2023
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Investeringars betydelse för klimatomställningen
2023
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Klimatpolitiska synergier: Från bördefördelning till skördefördelning
2022
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2021
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IKEA and the Responsible Governance of Supply Chains: IKEA’s work on chemicals in textiles
2013
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2011
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2011
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Hazardous substances: a case study of environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea region
2010
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2002