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Åsa Svenfelt is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Development and Futures Studies at Linköping University's Department of Culture and Society, affiliated with the Center for Municipal Strategic Studies (CKS) and Center for Climate Policy Research (CSPR). Her research centers on long-term planning for sustainable consumption and just transitions to sustainable societies through participatory futures methodologies.
Her work investigates sustainable consumption pathways using vision workshops, household experiments, and mega-scale role-playing games. Current projects under Mistra Sustainable Consumption examine reduced working hours' impact on well-being, cross-cultural sustainable consumption narratives, and participatory climate adaptation planning. She employs tools like participatory backcasting to manage uncertainties in social planning while testing practical measures for sustainable transitions in Swedish municipalities and global communities.
Recent publications (2023-2024) reveal interdisciplinary trends spanning sustainable development policy, behavioral nudges for green consumption, and climate adaptation frameworks. Her research consistently bridges futures studies with practical community planning, emphasizing equity and participatory approaches across geographic scales from local households to continental case studies.
No scientific awards are documented in the source materials.
Svenfelt leads multiple funded initiatives including the SEK 10 million "Melting Polarization" project (Kamprad Family Foundation) and Mistra Sustainable Consumption program components. Her collaborative projects involve researchers across three continents, municipal governments, artists, and community groups, focusing on translating research into practical planning tools like the 100-200 player sustainable consumption role-playing game.
She operates within Linköping University's Center for Municipal Strategic Studies (CKS), where her team develops municipal planning frameworks beyond growth paradigms. Current work includes global vision workshops producing artistic interpretations of sustainable futures for exhibition at Virserum Art Gallery, alongside municipal partnerships testing well-being-focused planning models.
