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: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Newspaper article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Report › Popular science
Neij, L., Sandin Lompar, S., Akselsson, C., Alkan Olsson, J., Andersson, F. N. G., Arvidsson, S., Bernardo, R., Grillitsch, M., Hildingsson, R., Winslott Hiselius, L., Janson, U., Johansson, M., Johnsson, C., Kanters, J., Karvonen, A., Khan, J., Mccormick, K., Mukhtar-Landgren, D., Nicholas, K., Palm, J., Paulsson, A., Pettersson-Löfstedt, F., Richter, J., Stripple, J., Thufvesson, O., Wall, M., Wamsler, C. & Wickenberg, B.
2023/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Network
Akselsson, C., Smith, H., Appelstrand, M. & Johansson, M.
2022/01/03 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
öhman, K., Lämås, T., Johansson, J., Eggers, J., Belyazid, S., Nilsson, U., Felton, A. & Akselsson, C.
2021/11/01 → 2025/10/31
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
Kasimir, Å., Akselsson, C., Belyazid, S., Andresen, L. C., Hammer, E., Jansson, P., Klemedtsson, L., Kljun, N., Kritzberg, E., Reurslag Gärdenäs, A., Toet, S. & Vestin, P.
2019/12/01 → 2023/11/30
Project: Research
Annemarie Eckes-Shephard (Organiser), Cecilia Akselsson (Participant), Henrik Smith (Participant), Wilhelm May (Participant), Anna Maria Jönsson (Participant), Yann Clough (Participant), Edith Hammer (Participant), David Wårlind (Participant) & Björn Klatt (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Juliana Dänhardt (Organiser), Johanna MacTaggart (Organiser), Julian OIden (Organiser), Lena Maria Nilsson (Organiser), Pål Axel Olsson (Member of programme committee), Henrik Smith (Member of programme committee), Cecilia Akselsson (Member of programme committee), Yann Clough (Member of programme committee), Johanna Alkan Olsson (Member of programme committee), Sara Brogaard (Member of programme committee), Emily Boyd (Member of programme committee), Pål Börjesson (Member of programme committee) & Ann Åkerman (Member of programme committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
Juliana Dänhardt (Organiser), Cecilia Akselsson (Organiser), Riccardo Bommarco (Invited speaker), Olof Johansson (Invited speaker) & Hugo Malm (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Cecilia Akselsson (Participant), Oskar Löfgren (Participant) & Niklas Lundberg Alseryd (Chair)
Activity: Consultancy, expert advice and memberships › Member of board/committee/council etc
Cecilia Akselsson (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Akselsson, Cecilia (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)