Annelie Sjölander Lindqvist

Human Ecology, Social Anthropology, Museion
Researcher, teacher

About

Ph D in Human Ecology (Lund University).

Researcher and teacher at the School of Global Studies.

Areas of interest

My main research interests concerns broadly environmental anthropology through particular focus on the interface between natural and cultural resources, integrated heritage management, political, environmental and animal symbolism, land use, and the link between participation and place and landscape management. Areas of interest addresses the interface between local identity, science and politics in environmental contestation , local concerns and values at stake, contestations regarding the implementation of environmental policies, and citizen involvement in landscape management in Italy and Sweden.

Current research

Reconciling Environmental Interests: Natural and Cultural Heritage in River Restoration (2009-2013)

This crossdisciplinary project, funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board and Formas, examines how two sets of environmental interests, biodiversity protection and cultural heritage conservation, may be reconciled in Swedish river restoration. Such restoration is prescribed by the state as a requirement for the fulfilment of the Environmental Quality Objective Flourishing Lakes and Streams. River restoration involves opposing interests since generally, what nature conservationists wish to remove from watercourses, heritage professionals wish to protect. The main objective is to study how such diverging interests are construed, understood and negotiated by authorities, local residents and other stakeholders, and to identify and analyse factors that may facilitate or hinder co-ordination, collaboration and local participation.

Innovative Management Strategies: Integrating National Predator Policy Locally (2009-2012)

The project investigates whether management strategies intended to extend public involvement – suggested as necessary steps to take in order to raise the public’s trust for political decision-making and administrative policy implementation – indeed contributes to increased communication and dialogue, and reduced distance between concerned local residents, communities of interest and decision-makers.

Communication in the Implementation of Predator Protection Policy: Encounters between users and decision-makers

The project is funded by the Research Council FORMAS and addresses the issue of communication in contested resource use by investigating the meetings and interactions between stakeholders and regional/national authorities that take place via the implementation of damage preventive measures and the control of damage on private property caused by protected wildlife.

Teaching and tutoring

Health: Nature, Culture and Life Rhythm, 15 higher education credits (course coordinator).

The Critical Engagement of Social Anthropology (core course, first cycle) (guest lecturer).

Governance and Regulation in Cultural Heritage, 10 higher education credits (core course, second cycle) (course coordinator).