Eva Charlotta Helsdotter

Eva Charlotta Helsdotter is an Associate Professor in Water Security at Uppsala University's Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism. Her research bridges scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems, with extensive fieldwork in Sápmi (the Sámi homeland) and international contexts including Bolivia, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Education:

• PhD in Land and Water Resources Management

Her expertise spans Water Security, Land and Water Management, Climate Change, and Indigenous Studies, with critical examinations of green colonialism, fossil fuel transitions, and industrial impacts on Sámi territories. She has designed water quality protection measures and investigates sustainable energy futures through Indigenous land-based expertise.

Analysis of her publications (2014-2024) reveals consistent focus on Sámi perspectives regarding environmental justice, decolonial approaches to landscapes, and critiques of renewable energy projects. Her work emphasizes traditional ecological knowledge integration and cross-cultural sustainability solutions, particularly in Arctic contexts.

Research Grants:

• 2020-2021: Pandemic in the (sub) Arctic North (FORMAS, 3.089 MSEK)
• 2019-2022: Living without oil?! Rethinking relations with lands and waters (FORMAS, 7.5 MSEK)
• 2017-2022: Dálkke: Indigenous Climate Change Studies (FORMAS, 8.933 MSEK)
• 2017-2019: Safe and Sustainable Energy Futures in Sápmi (FORMAS, 2.997 MSEK)
• 2010-2012: DAMMED: Security around dams of Sub Arctica (Swedish Research Council, 4.339 MSEK)

Dr. Helsdotter actively collaborates with Sámi communities and international researchers through Uppsala University's Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism, addressing environmental racism and sustainability through decolonial frameworks.