Björn-Ola Linnér (born 1963) is a Swedish climate policy scholar and professor at Linköping University. He is program director of Mistra Geopolitics, a research programme that critically examines and explores the interplay between the dynamics of geopolitics, human security, and global environmental change. He is also affiliated at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at Oxford University and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Biography

Linnér was born in 1963, Sweden. He received a

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in 1998 on the dissertation ''The world household: Georg Borgström and the postwar population–resource crisis''., which was later reworked into the book ''The Return of Malthus: Environmentalism and'' ''Postwar Population–Resource Crises'', where he analyses neo-Malthusianism in conservationism, environmentalism and in international politics in the 20th century. In 2008, he was appointed professor at the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change at Linköping University. Linnér is currently program director of Mistra

Geopolitics Geopolitics () is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of State (polity), states: ''de fac ...

, a research programme that critically examines and explores the interplay between the dynamics of

geopolitics Geopolitics () is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of State (polity), states: ''de fac ...

human security Human security is a paradigm for understanding global social vulnerability, vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security through military security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be ...

, and global environmental change. He is also affiliated as a researcher at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at

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, the

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, and the

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1966 and provides data, analysis and recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade a ...

. Linnér's climate policy research focuses on societal transformations to sustainability, linkages between climate and sustainable development policy, international climate governance and tools for climate visualization. He is associate editor of the ''Oxford research encyclopedia of climate science''. He is

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and agencies as well as industry and civil society organisations. He has been scientific expert in the Swedish delegation to negotiations of the Synthesis Report of the

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and the

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(IPBES). He held the Research and Independent NGO constituency's address at the High-level segment of UNFCCC Conference (

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2009). He is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and a lead author of the IPBES' assessment report on Transformative Change. Linnér is frequently engaged in public debate on international climate policy.

Selected bibliography

;Books *Björn-Ola Linnér
''The Return of Malthus: Environmentalism and Postwar Population–Resource Crises''
2nd revised edition (Whitehorse Press; 2023) *Björn-Ola Linnér, Victoria Wibeck. ''Sustainability Transformations: Agents and Drivers across Societies'' (Cambridge University Press; 2019) () * Benjamin Sovacool, Björn-Ola Linnér. ''The Political Economy of Climate Adaptation'' (Palgrave Macmillan; 2015) ;Articles *Karin Bäckstrand, Jonathan Kuyper, Björn-Ola Linnér, Eva Lövbrand (2017) Non-state actors in global climate governance: from Copenhagen to Paris and beyond. ''Environmental Politics'' (journal) 26, 561-579 *Sirkku Juhola, Erik Glaas, Björn-Ola Linnér, Tina Neset (2016). Redefining maladaptation. Environmental Science & Policy. 55,135-40 *Christer Karlsson, Charles Parker, Mattias Hjerpe, Björn-Ola Linnér (2011). Looking for leaders: Perceptions of climate change leadership among climate change negotiation participants. ''

Global Environmental Politics ''Global Environmental Politics'' (''GEP'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which examines the relationship between global political forces and environmental change. It covers such topics as the role of states, international finance, ...

'' 11, 89–107 * Benjamin Sovacool, Björn-Ola Linnér, Michael Goodsite (2015). The political economy of climate adaptation.

Nature Climate Change ''Nature Climate Change'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio covering all aspects of research on global warming, the current climate change, especially its effects. It was established in 2011 as the contin ...

, 2015. 5, 616-618.

References

External links

Full publication list Björn-Ola Linnér, Linköping University Electronic Press
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