Charlotta Söderberg

About me

Charlotta Söderberg is Associate Professor in Political Science at the  Division of Social Sciences at Luleå University of Technology. She has a PhD in Political Science (2011) from Umeå University. Charlotta is coordinating the Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic (CAA) at LTU and has a leading role within the Secretariat of The Arctic Six External link, opens in new window. (2023-2025).        

Research

Charlotta Söderberg's research is mainly focused on environmental policy integration, multi-level governance, policy learning and institutional analysis with an empirical focus on environmental policy in general and energy-, climate-, and water policy in particular. Charlotta has a long experience of research in both political science based research projects and in multidisciplinary research projects, she participates regularly in both Swedish and international research conferences and is currently active in a number of Swedish and international research projects. 

Ongoing research projects:

• Managing a Moving Resource: Opportunities for, and Obstacles to, Collective Action in Swedish Wild Boar Management (SEPA 2021-2024).

• Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition External link, opens in new window. (MUST) (US NSF 2021-2026).

• Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security External link. (CASES) (SSHRC 2019-2026).

Previous research/expert assignments

Charlotta participated as an expert and lead author in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Nordic Coastal Ecosystems - an IPBES-like assessment  External link.(Nordiska ministerrådet 2016-2018). 

Prevous research projects include:

• The Prospect of Climate Change Acts as a means for Environmental Policy Integration in Europe - a Comparative Analysis  External link.(Formas 2017-2021);
• W External link.ater- and wildlife management in Sweden: a comparative analysis of different models for multi-level governance  External link.(Formas 2015-2020);

• R External link.esource Efficient Cities External link. (Svensk Fjärrvärme 2015-2017)
• SPEQS External link. - A Systems Perspective on Environmental Quality Standards (Naturvårdsverket 2012-2015):
• Multi-level Environmental Policy Integration in Bioenergy External link. (Formas 2007-2011);
• Policy Integration for Sustainability External link. (PINTS, Formas 2002-2007).

Charlotta Söderberg's thesis: Multi-sector environmental policy integration in bioenergy: policy learning across sectors and levels? External link.