Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
My research project explores relations between humans and forests and how we can understand the connection between forest policy, decisionmaking and land use change. Specifically, I focus on private forest owners' relations to forests and the effects those may have on forest governance and management. I use a mixed methods approach including walking interviews, geographic information and agent-based social simulation. The project is part of the interdisciplinary research project GreenPole and my position is shared between the Department of Political Science and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (previously Centre for Environmental and Climate Science).
Overall, I have an interest for society’s use of natural resources, land use change and urban/rural dynamics. With a background in Physical Geography and Gender studies, I have earlier studied water availability in rural Nepal, landslides in Uganda, socio-environmental conflicts in Chilean forestry and movements against mining in Sápmi and Ecuador.
Outreach
Green Forests policies: a comparative assessment of outcomes and trade-offs across Fenno-Scandinavia’ (GreenPole, 2021-2025)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Environmental Sciences
- Other Social Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Political Science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Now the forests are of value - An everyday historical political ecology from southern Sweden
Ekström Pigot, H., 2026 May, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 186, 9 p., 103778.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diverse People, Diverse Forests? The role of social-ecological interactions in biodiversity governance
Ekström Pigot, H., 2026, Lunds Universitet. 109 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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Evaluating transformative policies in complex land-use systems
Droste, N., Brownell, H., D'Amato, D., Ekström, H., Fridén, A., Harrinkari, T., Iliev, B., May, W., Nebasifu, A. & Thomsen, M., 2025 Dec, In: Ecological Economics. 238, 108734.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Avoiding Nightmare Forests: Insights From a Co-Creative Workshop
Nebasifu, A., Ekström, H., Iliev, B., Pihlainen, S., Linser, S., Polo-Villanueva, F. D., Viljanen, A., Charlier, M., Rahman, M. R., Niedzialkowski, K., Kuhlman, J., Assmuth, A., Garfield, D., D'Amato, D. & Droste, N., 2025 Aug, In: Futures and Foresight Science. 7, 2, e70010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing Nordic forest governance: Key informant perspectives
Nebasifu, A., D'Amato, D., Ekström, H., Pietarinen, N., Fridén, A., Harrinkari, T., Iliev, B. E., Brownell, H., May, W., Brockhaus, M., Thomsen, M. & Droste, N., 2025 Jan, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 170, 103368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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BECC AG: The world of Pantopia: an exploration of ecologically sound futures
Nikoleris, A. (PI), Droste, N. (Researcher), van Veelen, B. (Researcher), Hammer, E. (Researcher), Garson, K. (Researcher), Alexandridis, N. (Researcher), de Leeuw, G. (Researcher), Chaudhary, N. (Researcher), Soares, M. (Researcher), Ekström Pigot, H. (Researcher), Björkman, M. P. (Researcher), Cathcart Frödén, M. (Researcher), Brudin Borg, C. (Researcher) & Saglietti, C. (Researcher)
2023/01/01 → 2024/01/31
Project: Research
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Diverse People, Diverse Forests? The role of social-ecological interactions in biodiversity governance
Ekström Pigot, H. (Researcher), Droste, N. (Supervisor), Brady, M. V. (Assistant supervisor) & Clough, Y. (Assistant supervisor)
2022/01/03 → 2026/05/13
Project: Dissertation
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ForPol: Transdisciplinary co-production in forest policy research
D'Amato, D. (PI), Droste, N. (CoPI), Ekström Pigot, H. (Research student), Iliev, B. E. (Research student), May, W. (Researcher) & Thomsen, M. (CoPI)
2022/01/01 → 2024/12/31
Project: Research
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GreenPole: Green forest policies - a comparative assessment of outcomes and trade-offs across Fenno-Scandinavia
Droste, N. (Project coordinator), D'Amato, D. (CoPI), Ekström Pigot, H. (Research student), Iliev, B. E. (Research student), May, W. (CoPI), Thomsen, M. (CoPI), Christiansen, D. M. (Researcher) & Ayonghe, N. (Researcher)
Nordic Forest Research (SNS), FORMAS, The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
2021/08/01 → 2025/07/31
Project: Research
Activities
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Klimatet och skogen
Ek, T. (Advisor), Abdi, H. (Contributor), Kljun, N. (Contributor), Kelly, J. (Contributor), Ekström Pigot, H. (Contributor), Holst, J. (Contributor), Akselsson, C. (Contributor), Sporre, M. (Speaker) & Wårlind, D. (Speaker)
2025 Oct 25 → 2026 Jan 25Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of festival/exhibition/concert/performance
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Conference on Nordic Forest Policies
May, W. (Organiser), Ekström Pigot, H. (Organiser), Droste, N. (Organiser), Horne, P. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Pülzl, H. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Widman, M. (Invited speaker), Karlsson, S. (Invited speaker), Ersbøll, K. (Invited speaker), Koskela, T. (Invited speaker) & Kirsebom, L. (Chair)
2025 Oct 1 → 2025 Oct 2Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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Joint PhD seminar on environmental challenges: Processes of climate adaptation in Sweden
Sjöström, C. (Chair), Ganslandt, E. (Presenter), Jansson, A. (Presenter), Ochsner, M. (Presenter), Ekström, H. (Participant), Brolin, L. (Participant), Eriksson Lagerqvist, D. (Participant) & Andrén, H. (Participant)
2024 Oct 24Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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POSTER: Modelling forests as social-ecological systems - A systematic comparison of agent-based approaches
Ekström, H. (Presenter), Droste, N. (Contributor) & Brady, M. V. (Contributor)
2024 Jun 26Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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“Which strategies should we use?” - Modelling actors’ decision-making to forest policy interventions
Ekström, H. (Speaker)
2024 Jun 25Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation