Research
Our research projects, publications, and seminars
Research at the department is broad in scope, but rests on longstanding traditions within economic, social and cultural geography, with development geography developing into an area of specialization in recent years. Likewise, human ecology is a relatively young subject, and our expertise in Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing is increasingly integrated in the above research areas.
Research at the department benefits from having all of these interfaces in-house and combines tradition with renewal, building on strengths as well as exploring emerging areas of inquiry. Much of our research also tackles issues of societal relevance, reflected by topics such as uneven development, gentrification and housing, segregation, migration, innovation, sustainability and sustainability transitions, development, urbanization and responses to climate change. Our research thereby lies at the interface between society and space, and investigates the processes that underpin societal change at various and interdependent scales.
Empirically our expertise stretches from a strong grounding in Sweden and the Nordic countries to Europe and Africa, South and South East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Researchers employ a variety of complementary methodological approaches that are quantitative, qualitative as well as mixed methods, including GIS and remote sensing. Our ambition is to contribute to the theoretical, empirical and methodological development and scholarly debates within the subjects of human geography and human ecology at national and international levels.
More details on research carried out at the department can be found through the list of researchers.
Our projects
Young people and urban landscape in transition: an experiment with research, governance and everyday life
Young people and urban landscape in transition: an experiment with research, governance and everyday lifeOde Sang, Å. (P...Geopolitics and geoeconomics of the capital: Crisis, critical minerals and hegemonic transitions
Geopolitics and geoeconomics of the capital: Crisis, critical minerals and hegemonic transitionsAltamirano, I. (Forsknin...Internationalisering och tvärvetenskap: Lärdomar från ”The International Dialogue Project” vid Lunds universitet
Internationalisering och tvärvetenskap: Lärdomar från ”The International Dialogue Project” vid Lunds universitetKutz, W....Energy landscapes across space, labor, and gendered dynamics: Sustainability and social reproduction of the lithium and copper supply chains from Antofagasta to Skellefteå
Energy landscapes across space, labor, and gendered dynamics: Sustainability and social reproduction of the lithium and ...Living in poverty? Studying subsistence livelihoods in colonial Africa
Living in poverty? Studying subsistence livelihoods in colonial AfricaBolt, J. (PI), Hillbom, E. (Forskare), Aboagye, P....PHD Education in Human Geography
Director of Studies for PhD education in Human Geography
henrik_gutzon [dot] larsen [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se
PhD Education in Human Ecology
PhD Education in Human Ecology
henrik_gutzon [dot] larsen [at] keg [dot] lu [dot] se