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Professor
I started working with environmental issues at Örebro university in the multidisciplinary research group Man-Environment-Technology (MTM) and received my PhD in 2004. After that, I moved my research to the division of philosophy at the Royal Institute of technology (KTH) and worked there for almost ten years before moving to the division of Industrial Ecology, where I’m involved in research projects concerning environmental risk perception, environmental behavior and climate adaptation.
My main interest in my research is the link between what we think and what we do in relation to risks and safety – and how this affects risk and crisis communication. We might think something – or perceive certain things – but then act in ways that might seem contradictory to our beliefs. For an individual, the behavior is almost always rational but can be interpreted by someone else as being irrational. These (mis)conceptions can be seen in many different areas – ranging from assumptions that people don’t care about the environment because they don’t buy organic food, to the myth of panic in disasters where people behave badly just to save their own skin. For me, a more constructive view is to examine, understand and explain human behavior in the varying contexts we move and look at factors such as power, influence and rationality. In this way, we can make predictions and decisions based on facts, not misconceptions that lack foundation.
2015 godkände FN:s medlemsstater 17 Globala mål för en hållbar utveckling, för att utrota fattigdomen, skydda planeten och garantera välstånd för alla. Den här personens arbete relaterar till följande Globala mål:
Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift › Peer review
Forskningsoutput: Bok/rapport › Rapport › Populärvetenskap
Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift › Peer review
Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift › Peer review
Forskningsoutput: Tidskriftsbidrag › Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift › Peer review
Johansson, J., Pursiainen, C., Wester, M., Abdel-Fattah, D., Hossain, K. & Punam, N.
2022/10/01 → 2023/12/31
Projekt: Nätverk
Cedergren, A., Hassel, H., Lindbom, H., Tehler, H. & Wester, M.
2022/01/01 → 2026/12/31
Projekt: Forskning
2020/01/01 → 2023/12/31
Projekt: Uppdragsforskning
Lama, P., Wester, M. & Becker, P.
Projekt: Uppdragsforskning
Kimberly Nicholas (intervjuad), Misse Wester (intervjuad), Carl Dalhammar (intervjuad), Yvonne Augustsson (intervjuad), Stefan Gössling (intervjuad) & Göran Finnveden (intervjuad)
Aktivitet: Annan › Framträdande i media
Cristian Norocel (inbjuden talare), Misse Wester (inbjuden talare), do Mar Pereira Maria (inbjuden talare) & Diana Mulinari (inbjuden talare)
Aktivitet: Deltagit i eller arrangerat evenemang › Deltagit i workshop/ seminarium/ kurs
Johan Bergström (Första/primär/huvudhandledare), Misse Wester (Andra handledare) & Henrik Tehler (Delad andra handledare)
Aktivitet: Examination och handledarskap › Handledning av forskarstuderande
Johannes Stripple (Ordförande för en session), Misse Wester (medverkande), Mats Söderlund (medverkande), Cecilia Hermansson (medverkande) & Sverker Sörlin (medverkande)
Aktivitet: Deltagit i eller arrangerat evenemang › Deltagit i konferens