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Linus Ekman Burgman serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Linköping University's Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA), embedded within the Technology and Social Change (TEMAT) unit. He actively contributes to STRIPE (Socio-technical Research of Infrastructures, Politics and Environment) and the Graduate School in Energy Systems, focusing on interdisciplinary collaborations addressing sustainability challenges.
His research interrogates the socio-material dynamics of waste-to-resource transitions, particularly sewage sludge management in Swedish agriculture, and examines how collective imaginaries shape climate adaptation strategies in water infrastructure. By analyzing chemo-social relations and certification systems, he reveals how stakeholder negotiations transform waste into usable resources while exposing tensions in circular economy policymaking. His work bridges environmental sociology, infrastructure studies, and policy analysis to challenge techno-optimistic approaches to climate resilience.
Analysis of his publication trajectory shows consistent thematic evolution from historical policy analysis of sludge management (2020-2023) toward urgent climate adaptation frameworks (2024), with increasing emphasis on imagination as a transformative tool. His scholarship spans environmental governance, radical right politics, and monetary systems, demonstrating methodological versatility through actor-oriented and qualitative approaches that dissect power dynamics in resource controversies.
Burgman collaborates through initiatives like ImagineAction—which investigates imagination-driven climate preparedness in Sweden's water sector—and Urban Refinery, exploring integrated waste-energy systems. His STRIPE affiliation facilitates cross-sectoral partnerships examining how infrastructural politics mediate environmental challenges, positioning him at the nexus of theoretical innovation and practical sustainability transitions.
