

Main research or teaching areas
- Agency
- Regional development in the periphery
- Spatial analysis using GIS as well as cartography
Current research and teaching
My research focus on regional development in non-core regions, i.e. places in the periphery and places that are sometimes regarded as being 'left behind'. My PhD project (defended in September 2023) studied agency in three old industrial regions in Sweden, Borås, Kiruna and Olofström. The research traced development in the cases over 30-40 years identified the development of new growth paths, who initiated them, when, how and with whom. The PhD project was a part of the research projects Agents of Change in Old Indistrial Regions in Europe (ACORE) and Regional growth against all odds (Regrow).
I teach economic geography as well as cartography and spatial analysis on our GIS-courses and methods courses. I am on leave of absence from my role as a lecturer during 2024-2026 for a Post Doc at the Department of Economic History. Member of the Teaching Academy of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Qualified Teaching Practitioner (QTP)
Publications
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Small regions hosting large firms : when, how and why can local agency (not) shape regional development paths?
Linda Stihl, Josephine V. Rekers, Magnus Nilsson, Heli Kurikka, Jari Kolehmainen
(2025) Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography
Journal articlePatterns of opportunity spaces and agency across regional contexts : Conditions and drivers for change
Markus Grillitsch, Josephine V. Rekers, Björn Asheim, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Silje Haus-Reve, et al.
(2024) Environment and Planning A
Journal articleCircular transitions in global production networks?: : a multi-scalar approach to anticipating socio-economic and socio-environmental effects of ‘x-shoring’
Jonathan Friedrich, Linda Stihl, Markus Grillitsch
(2024) Papers in Innovation Studies, 2024
Working paperMunicipalities’ role in regional development: Navigating subsidiarity, place-based approaches, and geographical variation.
Markus Grillitsch, Linda Stihl, Brita Hermelin
(2024) Papers in Innovation Studies, 2024
Working paperLocal culture and change agency in old industrial places : spinning forward and digging deeper
Linda Stihl
(2024) European Planning Studies, 32 p.586-606
Journal articlePower relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns
Franziska Görmar, Markus Grillitsch, Vladan Hruska, Melinda Mihály, Erika Nagy, et al.
(2023) Urban Research & Practice, 16 p.558-581
Journal articleChange agency in (old) industrial regions : Shaping new futures
Linda Stihl
(2023) Meddelanden från Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi: Avhandlingar
DissertationAgency and economic change in regions : identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis
Markus Grillitsch, Markku Sotarauta, Björn Asheim, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Silje Haus-Reve, et al.
(2023) Regional Studies, 57 p.453-1468
Journal articleSpinning forward and digging deeper : agency and changing institutions in old industrial regions
Linda Stihl
(2022)
Conference paperRoundtable discussion: lessons learnt on methodology within the ACORE project
Franziska Görmar, Melinda Mihály, Jan Pisa, Ani Saunders, Linda Stihl
(2022)
Conference paperChallenging the set mining path : Agency and diversification in the case of Kiruna
Linda Stihl
(2022) The Extractive Industries and Society, 11
Journal articleOne crisis, one region, two municipalities: The geography of institutions and change agency in regional development paths
Linda Stihl, Josephine V. Rekers
(2021) Geoforum, 124 p.89-98
Journal article13 Exercise Modules for ArcGIS 10
Linda Stihl, Nicklas Guldåker, Olof Friberg, Jens Karlsson, Ulf Silbersky, et al.
(2010)
Other12 Exercise Modules for ArcGIS 9.3
Olof Friberg, Nicklas Guldåker, Fredrik Pettersson, Linda Stihl, Ulf Silbersky
(2009)
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