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
Researcher at Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 316 27 22
- E-mail:
- mikael.karlsson@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 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
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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Coping with an antagonistic climate: Researchers' perspectives
Part of Ambio, p. 2190-2201, 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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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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All publications
Articles in journal
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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Coping with an antagonistic climate: Researchers' perspectives
Part of Ambio, p. 2190-2201, 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
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
Part of Ocean and Coastal Management, 2019
Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 130-136, 2015
Part of Journal of Risk Research, p. 505-523, 2014
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
Coping with complexity in baltic sea risk governance: Introduction
Part of Ambio, p. 109-110, 2011
Part of Review of Policy Research, p. 167-185, 2010
Part of Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology, p. 49-56, 2006
The precautionary principle, Swedish chemicals policy and sustainable development
Part of Journal of Risk Research, p. 337-360, 2006
Biosafety principles for GMOs in the context of sustainable development
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, p. 15-26, 2003
Part of Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, p. 51-62, 2003
Articles, review/survey
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
Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 229-241, 2017
Vägar till en friskare Östersjö
Part of HavsUtsikt, p. 8-9, 2015
Chapters in book
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
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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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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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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 Governing Europe's Marine Environment, p. 141-160, Ashgate, 2015
Part of Regulating chemical risks, p. 239-265, Springer Netherlands, 2010
Scientific Committees and EU Policy: The Case of SCHER
Part of Regulating chemical risks, p. 301-317, Springer Netherlands, 2010
Genmodifiering av skogsträd i perspektivet hållbar utveckling
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
Konflikthantering för hållbar utveckling: om människor och skyddade skogar i Tanzania
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
Hållbar utveckling i skogslandskapet: med energi i fokus
Part of Inte bara träd, Carlsson, 2004
Collections (editor)
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
Nuclear Waste, Risks andSustainable Development
Part of VALDOR 2006, p. 257-330, 2006
Part of Science for sustainable development, p. 170-178, 2006
Understanding Sustainable Development: A Systemic View for Successful Realisation
Part of 2001 international sustainable development research conference, 2001
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
Investeringars betydelse för klimatomställningen
2023
Klimatpolitiska synergier: Från bördefördelning till skördefördelning
2022
2021
IKEA and the Responsible Governance of Supply Chains: IKEA’s work on chemicals in textiles
2013
2011
2011
Hazardous substances: a case study of environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea region
2010
2002