Sweden
For nearly forty years IIASA and Swedish researchers have collaborated on a wide range of research projects focusing on on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, forest management, and the transition to a sustainable energy system in Sweden. Other projects have explored global issues that affect Sweden such as the future of the Arctic, ecological and evolutionary dynamics, and demographic changes.
Relations with policymakers include the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Energy Agency, and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and of Enterprise and Innovation.
Research highlights
Biorefineries will have only minimal effects on wood products and feedstocks markets
Shaping the future of public transport in Sweden
Science into policy
Envisioning participatory governance of energy transition in Jordan
Policy Brief #17, July 2018. Jordan is entering a critical phase in terms of planning its future electricity supply architecture. The results of a four-year collaborative study by researchers from IIASA, Jordan, and Sweden, has led to the development of several recommendations for the Jordanian energy-policy process. More
Research project
SEPA Modelling
The project ”Mediated modelling of forest ecosystems services to support management” aims at developing systems analysis for managing conflicts between wildlife, forestry, and society in Sweden to improve national and regional forest and wildlife management policy. More
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INFOSHEET ON IIASA ACTIVITIES WITH SWEDEN
PUBLICATIONS
Höltinger S, Mikovits C, Schmidt J, Baumgartner J, Arheimer B, Lindström G, & Wetterlund E (2019). The impact of climatic extreme events on the feasibility of fully renewable power systems: a case study for Sweden. Energy 178: 695-713. DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2019.04.128.
Posch M 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-9129, Aherne J, Moldan F, Evans CD, Forsius M, Larssen T, Helliwell R, & Cosby B (2019). Dynamic Modeling and Target Loads of Sulfur and Nitrogen for Surface Waters in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (9): 5062-5070. DOI:10.1021/acs.est.8b06356.
Grönlund Ö, Di Fulvio F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-6360, Bergström D, Djupström L, Eliasson L, Erlandsson E, Forsell N, & Korosuo A (2019). Mapping of voluntary set-aside forests intended for nature conservation management in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 34 (2): 133-144. DOI:10.1080/02827581.2018.1555279.
Ouraich I, Wetterlund E, Forsell N, & Lundmark R (2018). A spatial-explicit price impact analysis of increased biofuel production on forest feedstock markets: A scenario analysis for Sweden. Biomass and Bioenergy 119: 364-380. DOI:10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.09.029.
Pang X, Mörtberg U, Sallnäs O, Trubins R, Nordström E-M, & Böttcher H (2017). Habitat network assessment of forest bioenergy options using the landscape simulator LandSim – A case study of Kronoberg, southern Sweden. Ecological Modelling 345: 99-112. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.12.006.