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Rickard SöderPhD student

About me

Rickard Söder is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science and an Associate Researcher at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Education

B.A. of Social Science in Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University

M.A. of Social Science in Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University

Research

Rickard's research focuses on how non-governmental organizations in the humanitarian sectors conceptualize global environmental change and develop methods and capabilities to handle related crises.

Research projects

Anticipating the future: humanitarian aid in a changing climate

This project examines how supranational and non-state actors are anticipating changes in the biosphere and how they are developing their capacities to be able to rapidly respond to humanitarian crises and surprises in the multilateral contexts in which they operate.

Refugees standning in front of a table belonging to UNHCR.

Publications

Previous peer-reviewed

Lövbrand, Mobjörk & Söder, 2021, One earth, multiple worlds, (eds. Lövbrand & Mobjörk) Anthropocene (In)securities: Reflections on collective survival 50 years after the Stockholm Conference, Oxford University Press

Lövbrand, Mobjörk & Söder, 2020, The Anthropocene and the geo-political imagination, Earth System Governance, 4

Other

Söder, 2021 Klimatförändringar påverkar den globala säkerheten, Officerstidningen nr. 4

Bremberg, Brodén Gyberg, Eklöw, Mobjörk & Söder, 2020, Säkerhet i klimatkrisens spår, Världspolitikens dagsfrågor

A selection from Stockholm University publication database

  • Climate change, security and military organizations: Changing notions in the Swedish armed forces

    2023. Rickard Söder. Earth system governance 15

    Article

    Climate change has become a critical issue in security policy and military organizations are ever more involved in handling it. Yet, little is known about how armed forces, which often possess substantial resources, are hierar-chically structured and have the capacity to exercise force, actually account for climate change and its rela-tionship to security. This article addresses the research gap by analyzing how the Swedish Armed Forces approach climate change and related security issues. The article adopts a qualitative case study research design and an analytical framework for examining climate security discourses, and finds that climate change has become institutionalized in the Swedish Armed Forces. The Swedish Armed Forces conceptualizes climate change in terms of risks and vulnerabilities, and expects the phenomenon to become increasingly critical to its activities. Data for the analysis consist of official documents, publications and public statements by senior officials in the Swedish Armed Forces.

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