Research output per year
Research output per year
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).
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Social Sciences
- Other Social Sciences
- 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
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 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations the last five years
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Changing hydrosocial relations in the era of climate change: the case of water governance and new technologies in Ladakh's cryosphere
Subramanian, S. & Islar, M., 2026 Sept 29, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Sustainability. 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Autonomy within limits: Post-growth and social imaginaries of work, education and democracy
Paulsson, A., Koch, M., Islar, M. & Raphael, R., 2026 Mar 31, In: Environmental Values. 35, 2, p. 115 133 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Framing energy cultures: materiality and motivators of household energy transition in Nepal
Kok, D., Brogaard, S., Islar, M., Sharma, S. & Thapa, R., 2026, In: Sustainability Science. 21, p. 139-153Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Glaciers’ contributions to people, nature’s values, and coping strategies in the Indian Himalaya
Johansson, E., Islar, M., Shah, M., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Subramanian, S. & Margiotta, C., 2025 Dec, In: Ecology and Society. 30, 4, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Toward an integrated research agenda for cryospheric change: a socio-glaciology approach
Islar, M., Johansson, E., Sinisalo, A. & Gómez-Baggethun, E., 2025 Oct, In: Global Sustainability. 8, e43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Climate risk and adaptation in the Middle East
Rosenquist Ohlsson, L. (Research student), Eklund, L. (Supervisor), Seaquist, J. (Assistant supervisor), Islar, M. (Assistant supervisor) & Becker, P. (Assistant supervisor)
2024/09/01 → 2028/08/31
Project: Dissertation
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CISR: Crisis Inequalities and Social Resilience (CISR)
Rydström, H. (PI), Turner, S. (Project coordinator), Hill, A. (Project coordinator), Banerjee, S. (Project coordinator), Hjärpe, T. (Researcher), Nicoli Aldini, C. (Researcher), Caretta, M. A. (Researcher), Gregoratti, C. (Researcher), Gustafsson, N. (Researcher), Harnesk, D. (Researcher), Islar, M. (Researcher), Kauko, S. (Researcher), Kim, Y. (Researcher), Linnell, M. (Researcher), Lundqvist, M. (Researcher), Lundberg, T. (Researcher), Mathieu, C. (Researcher), Di Matteo, C. (Researcher), Mattsson, A. (Researcher), Nordbeck, P. (Researcher), Qamar, A. H. (Researcher), Samper, J. (Researcher), Solano, P. (Researcher), Wiggill, M. (Researcher) & Zhao, H. (Researcher)
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. (PI), Johansson, E. (Researcher), Gomez Baggethun, E. (Researcher), Sinisalo, A. (Researcher), Subramanian, S. (Research student), Margiotta, C. (Research student) & Shah, M. (Researcher)
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. (PI), Brogaard, S. (Researcher), Sharma, S. (Researcher) & Gyawali , D. (Researcher)
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. (PI), Islar, M. (Researcher) & Olsson, L. (Researcher)
2022/12/26 → 2026/12/25
Project: Research
Activities
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Reflections on anti-extractivist research practices in social-ecological research
Lin, W. N. (Organiser), Eklund, L. (Organiser), Islar, M. (Organiser), Nardi, M. A. (Invited speaker), Ranjous , L. (Invited speaker), Johansson, E. (Invited speaker), Abdi, H. (Invited speaker), Dinc, P. (Participant), Terskaia, A. (Participant), Samper, J. A. (Participant), Rosenquist Ohlsson, L. (Participant), Krusberg, T. (Participant), Berner, A. (Participant), Sardar, P. (Participant) & Tjalve, F. A. (Participant)
2025 Sept 29 → 2025 Sept 30Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Reflections on anti-extractivist research practices in Social-Ecological research
Lin, W. N. (Contributor), Islar, M. (Contributor), Eklund, L. (Contributor), Abdi, H. (Invited speaker), Nardi, M. A. (Invited speaker), Johansson, E. (Invited speaker) & Ranjous, L. (Invited speaker)
2025 SeptActivity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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Panelist in Session 2 – Socio-Economic Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation
Islar, M. (Member of panel)
2025 Mar 21Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Glaciers contributions to people exploring changing values and uses of glacier water
Islar, M. (Invited speaker)
2025 Jan 31Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The Energy Transition Lunch Seminars
Hjalt, T. (Organiser), Sernhed, K. (Host), Andersson, M. (Host), Brogaard, S. (Invited speaker) & Islar, M. (Invited speaker)
2024 Jan 19Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course