Research
I started my research during my undergraduate studies with a study of the relocation of the company Uddcomb from Degerfors (grew up in Degerfors) to Karlskrona at the beginning of 1970s. A focus was on both the individual and society concerning prerequisities and effects. Since the Ph D study program 1981-86 my research interest has been focused on local and regional development with a base in the humanistic geography. In the dissertation I studied the development potential for a rural marginal area in Sweden, Östmark. Later I followed up that study with a study of rural development in the US, in an area where migrants from Östmark in Sweden settled down with a beginning at the 1880s, Meeker county in MInnesota. This research interest also brought me to India and the village Chamaon, outside Varanasi. I have also spent some time trying to understand lanscape perceptions and the importance of different kinds of indenties in Sweden. Questions around ethics, both research ethics and environmental ethics, have been central in my research.
Bio
Born in Degerfors, Värmland, Sweden in 1948
Undergraduate education in sociology, statistics and human geography 1970-74 at Karlstad university bransch of University of Gothenburg
Teacher in different positions since 1975
Ph D in human geography 1986 at Karlstad university bransch of University of Gothenburg
Associate professor 1993 in human geography at Karlstad university bransch of University of Gothenburg
Professor in human geography 1999 at Karlstad University
Professor emeritus in human geography at Karlstad University since 2012
Today different writing projects (see publication list) and seminar participation