Research output per year
Research output per year
Professor, 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".
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Akselsson, C. (Researcher), Bergkvist, J. (Researcher), Trubins, R. (Researcher), Droste, N. (Researcher) & Bakx, T. (Researcher)
2024/10/07 → 2027/03/08
Project: Research
Pugh, T. (PI), Ahlström, A. (Researcher), Akselsson, C. (Researcher), Fuentes-Franco, R. (Researcher), Kljun, N. (Researcher), Olin, S. (Researcher), Strandberg, G. (Researcher) & Brinkhoff, R. (Researcher)
FORMAS, The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
2024/01/01 → 2026/12/31
Project: Research
Neij, L. (PI), Sandin Lompar, S. (Project coordinator), Akselsson, C. (Researcher), Alkan Olsson, J. (Researcher), Andersson, F. N. G. (Researcher), Arvidsson, S. (Researcher), Bernardo, R. (Researcher), Grillitsch, M. (Researcher), Hildingsson, R. (Researcher), Winslott Hiselius, L. (Researcher), Janson, U. (Researcher), Johansson, M. (Researcher), Johnsson, C. (Researcher), Kanters, J. (Researcher), Karvonen, A. (Researcher), Khan, J. (Researcher), Mccormick, K. (Researcher), Mukhtar-Landgren, D. (Researcher), Nicholas, K. (Researcher), Palm, J. (Researcher), Paulsson, A. (Researcher), Pettersson-Löfstedt, F. (Researcher), Richter, J. (Researcher), Stripple, J. (Researcher), Thufvesson, O. (Researcher), Wall, M. (Researcher), Wamsler, C. (Researcher) & Wickenberg, B. (Researcher)
2023/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Network
Akselsson, C. (Researcher), Smith, H. (PI), Appelstrand, M. (PI), Johansson, M. (PI), Andersson, H. (Researcher) & Borgström, P. (Project coordinator)
2022/01/03 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
Akselsson, C. (PI)
FORMAS, The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
2021/11/01 → 2026/10/31
Project: Research
Dänhardt, J. (Organiser), Akselsson, C. (Invited speaker) & Bruun, M. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Gustafson, A. (Organiser), Marshall, J. (Organiser), Kang, Y. H. (Organiser), Ardö, J. (Speaker), Brady, M. V. (Speaker), Lindgren, A. (Speaker), Nikoleris, A. (Speaker), Faurby, S. (Speaker), Jönsson, J. (Speaker), Ahlström, A. (Speaker), Akselsson, C. (Speaker), Zuleta, D. (Speaker), Zelli, F. (Speaker), Pugh, T. (Speaker), Björk, R. G. (Speaker) & Gärdenäs, A. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
Akselsson, C. (First/primary/lead supervisor)
Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PostDoc
Akselsson, C. (Role not specified)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Akselsson, C. (Commissioned member of Examining committee)
Activity: Examination and supervision › External Reviewer of PhD thesis/Opponent
Akselsson, C. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)