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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
Kristoffer Ekberg is a trained historian focusing on environmental history, political history, climate obstruction and social movements. His current research concern business and think tank responses to environmentalism and environmental legislation especially the extractive sector and neoliberal think tanks in the post 1960s period. Further he is engaged in a project on the political and cultural histoy of oil dependence in Sweden. He has also written on the Swedish counterculture and social movements.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- History
- Technology and Environmental History
- Human Geography
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 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Research output
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Green petroculture: Insights from the oil corporation Preem’s tall oil strategy
Roos, A. & Ekberg, K., 2026 May 6, In: Global Environmental Change. 98, 103165.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the CCCM – The Conditions Facilitating the Swedish Climate Change Reactionary Movement
Vowles, K. & Ekberg, K., 2026 Jan 19, In: Environmental Communication. 1, 20, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Global Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in Climate Delay and Denial
Dembicki, G., Ekberg, K., Davies, K., Bergquist, A.-K., Nissen, A. & Levantesi, S., 2025 Oct 14, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment. Roberts, J. T., Milani, C. R. S., Jacquet, J. & Downie, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 29-61 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Petroculture, safety and security – frame contestations in the environmental protest against Scan-Link 1984–1988
Ekberg, K., 2025 Sept 15, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Planning Perspectives. p. 1-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capitalist Fictions: Environmentalism and the Swedish Industry's Effort to Educate for Optimism and Uncertainty, 1968–1988
Ekberg, K., 2025 Apr 28, Environmental Regulation and the History of Capitalism: The Role of Business from Stockholm 1972 to the Climate Crisis. Bott, S., Pitteloud, S. & Schaufelbuehl, J. M. (eds.). New York: Routledge, p. 180-197 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Open Access
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Den svenska elen: Kunskap och kommunikation mellan beredskap, nationalism och informationskris
Ekberg, K. (CoI), Haider, J. (CoI) & Vowles, K. (CoI)
2026/04/01 → 2029/12/31
Project: Research
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GETRO: Green petroculture: The case of the Swedish oil corporation Preem's pine biodiesel narrative and its opponents
Roos, A. (Researcher) & Ekberg, K. (PI)
2024/09/01 → 2026/08/31
Project: Research
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Estrange to Change - Utopian Practice in 1970s Sweden
Ekberg, K. (PI)
2012/09/01 → 2016/12/31
Project: Dissertation
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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Svenska historikermötet 2017
Larsson Heidenblad, D. (Organiser), Ekberg, K. (Presenter), Kaijser, A. (Presenter), Kall, A.-S. (Presenter) & Lundberg, B. (Presenter)
2017 May 10Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference