Research output per year
Research output per year
Senior lecturer
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.
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: Book/Report › Report › Research
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Newspaper article
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
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
Islar, M., Brogaard, S., Sharma, S. & Gyawali , D.
2023/01/01 → 2027/12/31
Project: Research
Kavak, S., Islar, M. & Olsson, L.
2022/12/26 → 2026/12/25
Project: Research
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
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)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course