Research output per year
Research output per year
Senior Lecturer, Associate professor
I perform research about sustainability in forests from plot to landscape scale:
(1) Sustainability at plot-scale: We use empirical data together with the dynamic forest ecosystem model ForSAFE for two purposes - to develop process understanding about nutrient and carbon cycling in forests, and to address questions about future effects of climate change, different types of forest management and atmospheric deposition on soil chemistry, runoff water quality and tree growth. The SWETHRO monitoring network, managed by IVL, is an important platform in our work, and we have extensive and very fruitful cooperation with the SWETHRO group at IVL. One important aim with our research is to provide mainly Swedish stakeholders, e.g. the Energy Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Agency and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, with decision support.
(2) Sustainability at landscape scale: We develop methodologies for a landscape approach for forested areas. The aim is to demonstrate how synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services can be analyzed using this approach and highlight the advantages compared to business as usual approaches. I lead the interdisciplinary project ForestPath, funded by FORMAS during the years 2022-2025. The goal is to, in collaboration with forest owners and other stakeholders, find solutions to better achieve the various goals in the forest. For this, we have gathered a team that represents four disciplines: ecology, forestry, law and environmental psychology. We are part of the strategic research area BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate), and we have started collaboration with researchers from this environment working on agriculture, for a broader landscape perspective across sectors.
My main teaching is on the courses "Physical Geography: An introduction to the global environment" and "Land surface processes and landscape dynamics".
Research output: Book/Report › Report › Popular science
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Akselsson, C., Smith, H., Appelstrand, M. & Johansson, M.
2022/01/03 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
Borgström, P., Smith, H., Akselsson, C., Björk, J., Johansson, M., Nilsson, L., Nilsson, P. M., Rebouillat, P. & Wullenkord, M.
2021/08/01 → 2024/07/31
Project: Research
Bakx, T., Akselsson, C., Trubins, R. & Smith, H.
2019/06/01 → …
Project: Dissertation
Lucander, K., Akselsson, C. & Belyazid, S.
2017/01/09 → …
Project: Dissertation
Kronnäs, V., Akselsson, C. & Belyazid, S.
2013/09/01 → …
Project: Dissertation
Cheryl Sjöström (Organiser), Helena Gonzales Lindberg (Organiser), Cecilia Akselsson (Invited speaker), Giuliana Zanchi (Invited speaker), Tristan Bakx (Organiser), Arti Jadav (Presenter), Cecilia Larsson (Presenter), Dániel Tájmel (Presenter), Deborah Zani (Presenter), Jalisha Theanutti (Presenter), John Bergkvist (Presenter), Josefin Winberg (Presenter), Karl Holmberg (Presenter), Katja Garson (Presenter), Akash Deshmukh (Presenter), Lovisa Nilsson (Presenter), Melanie Karlsson (Presenter), Paola Micaela Mafla Endara (Presenter), Mitro Müller (Presenter), Pedro Rosero (Presenter), Raül López I Losada (Presenter), Saga Bergqvist (Presenter), Sara Ullström (Presenter), Sara Winterfeldt (Presenter), Tjördis Störling (Presenter), Yuanyuan Quan (Presenter), Zachary Nolen (Presenter), Chansopheaktra Sovann (Presenter) & Deepak Waman (Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Juliana Dänhardt (Organiser), Maria von Post (Organiser), Cecilia Akselsson (Chair), Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson (Invited speaker) & Tomas Lundmark (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Juliana Dänhardt (Organiser), Maria von Post (Organiser), Henrik Smith (Session chair), Johanna Alkan Olsson (Session chair), Johan Ekroos (Session chair), Cecilia Akselsson (Session chair), Yann Clough (Session chair), Fredrik Wilhelmsson (Session chair) & Sara Brogaard (Session chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Cecilia Akselsson (Presenter), Carina Keskitalo (Presenter) & Karin Öhman (Presenter)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Cerina Wittbom (Organiser), Yann Clough (Organiser), Anna S. Persson (Presenter), Cecilia Akselsson (Presenter), Emma Johansson (Presenter) & Tomas Germundsson (Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Akselsson, Cecilia (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)