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Personal profile
Research
My research interests focus on the question of politics of transformative change for sustainable future as well as the political agency of change. I explore collective movements for sustainability through the case studies of citizen municipalism in Barcelona and renewable energy cooperativism in different continents such as Samsö island, Denmark and South Lalitpur, Nepal. My overall aim with my research is to understand political opportunity structures that make citizen collective action possible.
Throughout my work, I also rework the concepts of political community and ecological citizenship, which refer to a ‘new politics of obligation’, according to which human beings have obligations to non-humans such as animals, trees, mountains, oceans, and other members of the biotic community. At the center of my theoretical exploration is the firm belief that conventional conceptions of justice and citizenship so far have not provide us with an adequate set of tools for resolving the difficulties created by ecological challenges today and future.In line with the ambition to understand the political significance of intrinsic valuation of non-human species, I have also acted as a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in the international effort to develop methodological framework for pluralistic valuation of nature.
Teaching
- MESS 34 Governance for Sustainability (7,5 credits), Lund University Master Programme in Environmental Science and Sustainabillity (LUMES).
- MESS 56 Popular Culture (7,5 credits), Lund University Master Programme in Environmental Science and Sustainabillity (LUMES).
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):
UKÄ subject classification
- Social Sciences
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
- Human Geography
Free keywords
- Renewable Energy
- Environmental governance
- Sustainability Science
- IPBES
- Political Ecology
- water resources, hydropolitics, hydrosolidarity
- Urban governance and urban planning processes
- Degrowth
- Turkey
- Spain
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Safe havens for energy democracy? Analysing the low-carbon transitions of Danish energy islands
Busch, H., Radtke, J. & Islar, M., 2023 Apr 18, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A political ecology of aviation and development: an analysis of relations of power and justice in the (de)construction of Nepal's Second International Airport
Geschewski, H. & Islar, M., 2022, In: Journal of Political Ecology. 29, 1, p. 51-75 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coloniality as a Barrier to Climate Action: Hierarchies of Power in a Coal-Based Economy
Islar, M. & Van Ryneveld, T., 2022 Dec 2, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Antipode.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Chapter 6: Policy options and capacity development to operationalize the inclusion of diverse values of nature in decision-making.
Islar, M., Balvanera, P., Kelemen, E., Pascaul, U., Subramanian, S. M., Nakangu, B., Kosmus, M., Nuesiri, E., de Vos, A. & Porter-Bolland, L., 2022 Oct 10, Bonn: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Nog nu, politiker – ta klimatkrisen på allvar
Gerhardt, K., Nicholas, K., Carton, W., Habib, A. B., Galafassi, D., Krause, T., Osberg, G., Samper, J. A., Lefstad, L., Ullström, S., Olsson, L., Jerneck, A., Andersson, E., Busch, H., Wamsler, C., Ness, B., De Rosa, S. P., Isgren, E., Hougaard, I-M., Islar, M., & 7 others, 2022 Aug 25, Aftonbladet Debatt, -, -.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Newspaper article
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CISR: Crisis Inequalities and Social Resilience (CISR)
Rydström, H., Turner, S., Hill, A., Banerjee, S., Hjärpe, T., Nicoli Aldini, C., Caretta, M. A., Gregoratti, C., Gustafsson, N., Harnesk, D., Islar, M., Kauko, S., Kim, Y., Linnell, M., Lundqvist, M., Lundberg, T., Mathieu, C., Di Matteo, C., Mattsson, A., Nordbeck, P., Qamar, A. H., Samper, J. A., Solano, P., Wiggill, M. & Zhao, H.
2023/04/27 → …
Project: Research
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NaturICE: Changing social and cultural values of nature: Exploring plural values of human-nature relationships in glacierized environments
Islar, M., Johansson, E., Gomez Baggethun, E. & Sinisalo, A.
FORMAS, The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
2023/01/15 → 2027/05/05
Project: Research
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Double transitions of energy: Analyzing changing energy poverty and access patterns in the era of climate change mitigation in Nepal
Islar, M., Brogaard, S., Sharma, S. & Gyawali , D.
2023/01/01 → 2027/12/31
Project: Research
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Unravelling climate change impacts on migrant farmworkers in agri-food production
Kavak, S., Islar, M. & Olsson, L.
2022/12/26 → 2026/12/25
Project: Research
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Mistra BIOPATH
Arvidsson, S., Elliot, V., Smith, H., Gipperth, L., Droste, N., Alkan Olsson, J., Stenseke, M., Loor, M., Generosi, J., Sahlin, U., Börjesson, P., Asgharian, H., Andersson, F. N. G., Islar, M., Somsen, J., Svahn, F., Paananen, M., Appelgren, V., Baeckström, Y., Jonäll, K., Dzielinski, M., Liu, L., Jonsson, S., Lundtofte, F., Magnusson, J., Sterner, T., Antonelli, A., Groom, B., Silvestro, D., Palme, U., Svensson, J., Cao, V., Lindblad, M., Sidemo Holm, W., Coelho, C., Olofsson, E., Fransson, L. & Mao, J. Q.
2022/10/01 → 2026/09/30
Project: Research
Activities
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Kick-off - Nature-based future solutions
Cerina Wittbom (Organiser), Henrik Smith (Presenter), Emily Boyd (Presenter), Paul Miller (Presenter), Susanne Arvidsson (Presenter), Fariborz Zelli (Presenter), Maria Johansson (Presenter), Sonja Aits (Presenter), Moa Sporre (Participant), Pål Börjesson (Participant), Kes Mccormick (Participant), Åsa Knaggård (Participant), Anna Maria Jönsson (Participant), Katarina Hedlund (Participant), Natascha Kljun (Participant), Christine Wamsler (Participant), Marianne Hall (Organiser), Thomas Hickmann (Participant), Pontus Roldin (Participant), Nils Droste (Participant), Kalle Åström (Participant), Max Koch (Participant), Juliana Dänhardt (Organiser), Johan Friberg (Participant), Anders Ahlström (Participant), Mine Islar (Participant), Lars Eklundh (Participant), Thomas Pugh (Participant), Pål Axel Olsson (Participant), Anders Warell (Participant), Johan Rahm (Participant), Yann Clough (Participant) & Ali Mansourian (Participant)
2023 Feb 27Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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SRA workshop series: How can we develop research ideas and influence research policy related to the SDGs?
Cerina Wittbom (Organiser), Helen Avery (Organiser), Johanna Alkan Olsson (Host), Lina Nikoleris (Host), Pia Berntsson (Host), Rickard Eksten (Invited speaker), Per Mickwitz (Invited speaker), Erika Söderstjerna (Contributor), Anna Hansen (Contributor), Helena Persson (Session chair) & Mine Islar (Session chair)
2021 May 11Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course