Spring 2012
February I start my new post-doc position at Stockholm Resilience Centre within the EkoKlim project involving several departments at Stockholm University and adressing social-ecological dynamics and climate change in the Mälaren catchment area.
January I finish my research tasks within the Stockholm Resilience Centre's Integrated Coastal Zone Management project, EcoFriends and ReStore at Umeå University.
December I worked for KemI summarising the development of and current discussion on the concept of ecosystem services.
October 28 I participated in a workshop on Sustainable cities in Karlstad organised by Edsbergsstiftelsen. About the workshop.
October 5 I presented my research at Forskardagarna at Stockholm University. About Forskardagarna.
September 1-30 I'm getting further involved in the project Stories for Society, where we use story creation as a pedagogical tool in schools. About Stories for Society.
August 11, see my 5 minutes video seminar on Protected Areas in Cities recorded by Stockholm Resilience Centre.
July 19 the paper Outside the boundary - Land use changes in the surroundings of urban nature reserves by me, S.A.O. Cousins and R. Lindborg has been published in the journal Applied Geography (vol 32:350-359).
Working in several interesting research projects:
- ReStore - at Umeå University.
- ICZM - at Stockholm Resilience Centre
- Next guided tour February 26th in the Royal National Park in Stockholm. Updated program here.
- My thesis Urban shades of green. Current patterns and future prospects of nature conservation in urban landscapes was successfully defended February 4. Download the thesis here
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Picture of Month
Bullerö in Stockholm archipelago, Sweden. Photo: Sara Borgström.
Research in Urban Systems Ecology
My Research: Urban Nature Conservation
I successfully defended my thesis in February 2011. The thesis is about urban nature conservation discussing for whom and for what nature is preserved in Swedish cities.
Besides thesis work I'm also involved in developing a science-policy platform focusing on Stockholm green wedges with international relevance.Read more about my research here!
More about my PhD thesis [Stockholm Resilience Center].
Ongoing research projects:
- EKOKLIM - at Stockholm Resilience Centre
- RESTORE - at Umeå University.
- ICZM - at Stockholm Resilience Centre
- See my 5 minutes video seminar on Protected Areas in Cities recorded by Stockholm Resilience Centre.
UrEc Information
My own Company since 2007: UrEc Information
The blog Saras Green Room is part of the Nordic Wellbeing e-magazine. My company perform environmental information in the broadest sense, for example seminars, guided tours and writing.
Natur guide / Naturguide
Explores the green Stockholm
Next tour: October 2nd in Judarnskogen nature reserve in Bromma (in Swedish)
Books and pictures
At the moment I'm reading "Large parks " by J Czerniak and
"Utresningen " by Sofi Oksanen.Pictures from recent travels and my updated bookcase.