Martin Hultman

Why don't we act when we have known the challenges of climate change for over thirty years? Such are the questions Hultman deal with in his research when doing in-depth empirical studies analysed from an inter-disciplinary knowledge base.

Hultman is widely published in energy, climate and environmental issues in a vareity of journals, then more than ten books and his work is translated to seven languages. As part of his academic work he publish chronicles in a wide range of newspapers and give public lectures commenting on contemporary politics. Latest book is Climate Obstruction. How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet.

Hultman leads three research groups analyzing ‘masculinities and energy’, ‘rights of nature’ and ‘climate change denial’. He is head of the global research network Center for Studies of Climate Change Denial (CEFORCED) and is part of the management team for the international research project Empower All.

Hultman has been awarded Vattenfall's Marie Nisser's scholarship in 2014, choose as Future Research Leader 2018, selected as the most influential academic in the University of Gothenburg in 2019 and awarded Alumn of the Year 2021 at Linköping University.

1.       Selected management of research projects

Principal investigator

·        Formas, I stormens öga, 2022-01844, 12 000 000 SEK, 2022-2027 

·        Formas, Vatten åt alla varelser, 2022-02102, 16 000 000 SEK, 2022-2027 

·        Vetenskapsrådet/Energimyndigheten, Masculinities of Energy, 2018-2025, 5 000 000 SEK

·        Formas, Research Leader of the Future 2018-2021, 3 000 000 SEK

·        Energimyndigheten, 2018-002424, ”Climate denial”, 5 900 000 SEK, 2018-2024

·        Chalmers, Energy, “Gender, technology and energy”, 1 200 000 SEK, 2019-2021 

·        Formas, ” Circular Economy (2018-2021), 6 000 000 SEK

·        Formas, “Ecopreneurship and small scale energy, 2 300 000 SEK 2013-2014

Associate applicant

·        Vetenskapsrådet, 3 years, (2015-2017), Swedish mining politics, 5 000 0000 SEK

·        Energimyndigheten, 4 years (2015-2018), Gender and Energy, 6 800 000 SEK

 2.       Other scientific assignments

Reviewer of research applications

Norwegian Research Council: "Forskning og innovasjon for framtidens byer (BYFORSK)"

The Velux Foundations: "Forsknings- og formidlingsprojekt (fra et dansk museum/universitet) vedr. de bredere samfundsmæssige forandringer og betydninger af en større oversvømmelse i Danmark tilbage i 1825"

Formas, International network grant for Agenda 2030

Dissertation opponent

Tore Andersson Hjulman, LTU

Moa Sandström, UmU

Lic.avh opponent

Mattis Karlsson, LiU

Grading Board

Lisa Westholm, SLU

Alin Kadfak, GU

Maxim Vlazov, UmU

Ina Knobblock, LU

Coordinator of research networks

Environmental Posthumanities Network funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

SweMineTechNet funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond

Editor

Hultman, Martin & Kall, Ann-Sofie (2016), Genus och miljö - en fruktbar symbios. Introduktion till specialnummer om genus och miljö,Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, Vol 37, Nr 1

Hultman, M., Bonnedahl, K. J., & O'Neill, K. J. (2016). Unsustainable societies–sustainable businesses? Introduction to special issue of small enterprise research on transitional Ecopreneurs. Small Enterprise Research, 23(1), 1-9.

Pulé, P.M., & Hultman, M. (2021) Men, Masculinities, and Earth Contending with the (m)Anthropocene. London. Palgrave

Board member of Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments and the journal Norma. Advisory board member in DeCarbon Home and Design bortom framsteg: föreställningar om designhistorier och framtider.