John Holmberg
John Holmberg is a professor of physical resource theory and he also holds Sweden's first UNESCO chair in education for sustainable development. His background is in physics and in his doctoral dissertation he developed principles for a sustainable future, which received international dissemination through the Natural Step Foundation. His current research focuses on sustainability transitions and he is one of the founders of Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions.
He founded the world's first master's programme in Industrial Ecology and has also founded the Challenge Lab, which won the GUPES Green Gown Award in 2016. He has also devoted much time to more overall university development, for example, in the role of Vice President of Chalmers 2007-2016.
He has been active as an advisor and expert at the international level, for example, to the United Nations headquarters in New York in the preparation of Agenda 2030, with its 17 sustainable development goals; to UNESCO in Paris in the expert group for the decade of education for sustainable development; to UN-environment in Nairobi in its steering group for the Global University Partnership for Environment and Sustainable Development; to the EU in the Expert Group on Eco-efficiency; to the Swedish government in the Swedish Environmental Technology Council (Swentec) and in the Swedish delegation at the High Level Political Forum for Agenda 2030. He has also been an adviser to various management groups in business and the public sector in sustainability transitions and is frequently invited to give presentations in the field.
He has received several awards, for example, for the best teacher in Sweden in the field of environment and sustainable development.
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Higher Education Leadership: Cruise or Expedition?
Sustainability-oriented labs in transitions: An empirically grounded typology
Symmetrical leadership and participation for cross-learning
A space for learners to lead and leaders to learn: Challenge Lab
Medskapande i backcastingexpeditioner — Ale i 360 grader
Högre utbildning och hållbar omställning – En reflektion över studenternas roll
Sustainability-oriented labs in real-world contexts: An exploratory review
Ledarskap för hållbar omställning i högre utbildning
Oseglade vatten? — då behövs expeditioner!
Omställning för hälsa och hållbarhet
Olika aspekter av Agenda 2030-arbetet i Riksdagens seminarium om Agenda 2030
A Sustainability Lighthouse—Supporting Transition Leadership and Conversations on Desirable Futures
Guiding Systemic Change: A cross-case analysis of ‘transition labs’ in Canada and Sweden
A principles-based framework for sustainability transitions
An approach to sustainable product development relevant to small and medium-sized enterprises
Challenge Lab – Learning by Engaging in Society’s Sustainability Transitions
Challenge Lab - Students guiding sustainability transitions in society
Learning Outcomes in Challenge Based Master’s Theses for Sustainable Development
Challenge Lab: A transformative and integrative approach for sustainability transitions
Förändringar för mer hållbara konsumtionsmönster
Nu krävs kraftfulla åtgärder mot nötkött och flygresor
LRF och Svenskt flyg svarar inte om klimatmålen
Backcasting - What is a sustainable future and how do we reach it?
Transformative learning and leadership for a sustainable future
Greenhouse gas emissions and subjective well-being: An analysis of Swedish households
Mistra Urban Futures: a living laboratory for urban transformations
On the potential trade-offs between energy supply and end-use technologies for residential heating
Concrete vs. wood in buildings - An energy system approach
Low-carbon transitions and the good life
Klimatomställningen och det goda livet
Well-being the path out of the consumption-climate dilemma?
The effect of work hours on energy use: A micro-analysis of time and income effects
Strategies and Practices for Sustainability: Experiences from Firm Level
10 miljarder lyckliga planetskötare
Strategic planning towards sustainability - An approach applied on a company level
Quantifying the Rebound Effects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conserving Behaviour in Sweden
Energy efficiency - a forgotten goal in the Swedish building sector?
Energianvändning i bebyggelsen – vad är det som styr?
Future Redistribution of Cadmium to Arable Swedish Soils A Substance Stock Analysis
Perfomance Targets - Clean, Clever and Competetive
Energy Sector Background Study - POPA CTDA
Barriers to energy efficient new-construction
Energieffektivitet i bebyggelsen
From Here to Sustainability – Is the Lisbon/Göteborg agenda delivering?
Materials for the Global Environment: Waste Mining in the 21st Century.
Backcasting from non-overlapping sustainability principles — a framework for strategic planning
Backcasting — a natural step when operationalising sustainable development.
Materials constraints in a global energy scenario based on thin-film solar cells
Constant Quota versus Constant Effort Harvesting.
Socio-ecological Indicators for Sustainability.
Defining the Generational Environmental Debt.
Stability Analysis of Harvesting in a Predator-Prey Model.
Materials Flows: On the metabolism of the industrial society in a sustainability perspective
An environmental tax-shift with indirect desirable effects
On designing socio-ecological indicators
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Interaction platform for research on system transformation
Navigating sustainable regional energy system transitions
Model comparison and cross‐case analysis of “transition labs”
Well-being in sustainable cities: Exploring new paths toward low-carbon futures