About
Torsten Krause serves as Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies, Assistant Director, and Deputy Head of Department at LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies), Lund University. He additionally holds roles as Principal Investigator for BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate) and member of Lund University's Nature-based Future Solutions profile area.
His research spans Sustainability Science, Biodiversity Conservation, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Ecological Economics, and Forestry. Work integrates ethnographic approaches with environmental governance, focusing on Global South contexts including the Amazon and Mediterranean regions. Contributions align with multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals through interdisciplinary analysis of human-environment systems.
Recent 2025 publications reveal consistent thematic trajectories: decolonial methodologies in Amazonian sustainability transformations, environmental peacebuilding frameworks in post-conflict zones, co-management solutions for Mediterranean fisheries, and deforestation-free supply chain governance. These works demonstrate cross-cutting emphasis on power dynamics, community agency, and policy-practice gaps in sustainability transitions.
Krause actively supervises 5 PhD candidates and has guided 35 Master's theses across Lund, Uppsala, and Gothenburg Universities. Teaching encompasses graduate courses in Sustainability Science, Conservation Biology, and Research Methods. Current projects include DEFEND-BIO (2025-2028) on legal tools for sustainability transformations and 'Beneath the canopy' (2022-2026) examining traditional knowledge in the Colombian Amazon, both funded by FORMAS.
He coordinates the Extractivism Research Group and serves on the ClimBEco steering committee, while organizing events like the 2024 'Nothing more queer than Nature' seminar and 2025 'Karuara - People of the River' film screening. Media engagements include commentary on Amazon conservation summit outcomes and Colombian environmental human rights defenders.
