Adam Wickberg

Adam Wickberg is a researcher in the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He serves as co-director of the VR Excellence Centre for Anthropocene History and deputy director of the KTH Environmental Humanities Lab. His work critically examines the intersections of digitalization, sustainability, and the Anthropocene, focusing on their social, political, and historical dimensions. He leads the research project The Mediated Planet: Claiming data for environmental SDGs and has held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.

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His research spans media studies, environmental history, critical data studies, and postcolonial science and technology studies. Key themes include:

• Digital twins and marine futures
• AI ethics for climate justice
• Colonial histories of environmental data
• Temporal dimensions of Anthropocene governance
• Environing media as epistemological tools
• Planetary datafication systems

Recent publications explore how data infrastructures shape environmental governance and how historical media practices inform contemporary sustainability challenges. He has contributed to journals like New Media and Society, Nature, and Critical Inquiry, while engaging in public debates through op-eds in Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet.

Teaching: Courses include Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Development (AK122V), Environmental History (AK2210), and The Anthropocene (AK126V).

Labs/Teams: Leads the Environmental Humanities Lab and collaborates with the WASP-HS Community.