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Karin Edberg is an Assistant University Lecturer at Theme Technology and Social Change (THEME) within the Department of Theme (TEMA) at Linköping University since 2020. Her work focuses on the intersection of social practices, energy systems, and urban planning, with particular expertise in nuclear heritage and sustainable mobility transitions.
Dr. Edberg received her PhD in Sociology from Södertörn University, where her dissertation examined how global energy dilemmas become place-bound through physical infrastructure locations. Her academic journey includes previous positions at Uppsala University (Department of Geosciences, Wind Energy Section) and Örebro University (Department of Humanities, Educational and Social Sciences, Environmental Sociology).
Her research explores how everyday practices arise, change, and are maintained in relation to energy transition and mobility. She investigates the relationship between practice and policy with focus on class and power dimensions, examining both static and dynamic understandings of practices. Current projects include studying mobility beyond the car with emphasis on municipal planning's role in transition, and cultural heritage processes related to nuclear power decommissioning. Her work spans multiple dimensions of societal transformation, particularly in how climate and sustainability discourses interact with infrastructure development.
Her recent publications reveal consistent themes across sociology, environmental studies, and urban planning, with increasing focus on nuclear heritage and micromobility. The trajectory shows movement from broader energy landscape studies toward more specific investigations of children's engagement with decommissioned sites and the infrastructural components of emerging mobility practices like e-biking.
Dr. Edberg actively contributes to interdisciplinary research through projects including STRIPE (Sociotechnical Research on Infrastructures, Politics and Environment), NuSPACES (Nuclear Spaces), and research on governance of urban micromobility in Swedish municipalities. Her work connects environmental sociology with practical urban planning challenges.
As an educator, she teaches across the Urban Planning Bachelor's Program and the Master's Program in Strategic Urban and Regional Planning. She serves as course coordinator for Project Work, Internship, and Individual In-depth Study in Strategic Urban Planning, and contributes to career portfolio development for master's students. Her teaching directly connects with her research interests in sustainable urban development and societal transformation.
She works within several research environments including the Profile Area Social Transformations, which addresses societal challenges through holistic approaches considering multiple dimensions. Her research group STRIPE brings together scholars interested in infrastructure's political and ecological dimensions, conducting interdisciplinary research on how climate discourses interact with infrastructure emergence.
