Fredrik Wikström

Min forskning handlar främst om hur förpackningar ska kunna bidra till en hållbar utveckling, främst genom att minska de mängder av mat som slängs. Till stor del handlar det om hur förpackningens utformning och egenskaper påverkar vårt beteende. Därför samarbetar vi med beteendevetare och psykologer, samtidigt som vi utvärderar miljöpåverkan med förenklade livscykelanalyser. Läs gärna mer här.

Jag har tidigare forskat om främst bioenergi och håller mig ajour om klimat- och energisystemforskning.

Undervisar främst i olika kurser om Hållbar utveckling inom ingenjörsprogrammen. Det är en ständig glädje att få möta studenter och både få ge inblickar i det allvarliga läge mänskligheten befinner sig i och samtidigt inspiration för alla möjligheter som finns!

Jag har en fil kand i fysik vid Uppsala universitet där jag även läste biologi. Disputerade år 1995 i systemekologi vid Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet. Är sedan 1996 anställd vid Karlstads universitet. Sedan 2021 Professor.

Refereed journal articles

·      Saxegård, S.A., Williams, H. &Wikström, F. 2025. Life cycle assessment of reduce, recycling and final treatment of plastic primary food packaging in Norway using a system expansion with multiple functions scope. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-025-02548-2

·      Saxegård, S.A., Wikström, F. & Williams, H. 2024. Applying material flow assessment-based system expansion with multiple functions to solve for multifunctionality of recycling in life cycle assessment. Int J Life Cycle Assess (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-024-02364-0

·      Koskela-Huotari, K., Svärd, K., Williams, H., Trischler, J. and Wikström, F. (2023) Drivers and Hinderers of (Un)Sustainable Service: A Systems View. Journal of Service Research,  https://doi.org/10.1177/10946705231176071 

·      Trichler J., Svensson P.O., Williams H. and Wikström F. 2022. Citizens as an innovation source in sustainable transistions – linking the directionality of innovations with the locus of the problem in transformative innovation policy. Public Management Review, DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2062041

·      Korbelyiova L., Malefors C. Lalander C., Wikström F. and Eriksson M. 2020. Paper vs leaf: Carbon footprint of single-use plates made from renewable materials. Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol 25, 77-90.

·      Wiliams H., Lindström A., Trischler J., Wikström F. and Rowe Z. 2020. Avoiding food becoming waste in households – The role of packaging in consumers’ practices across different food categories. Journal of Cleaner Production Vol 265, 121775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121775

·      Fredrik Wikström, Helén Williams , Jakob Trischler and Zane Rowe. 2019. The Importance of Packaging Functions for Food Waste of Different Products in Households. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2641; doi:10.3390/su11092641 

. Helén Williams, Fredrik Wikström, Katarina Wetter-Edman and Per Kristensson. 2018. Decisions on Recycling or Waste: How Packaging Functions Affect the Fate of Used Packaging in Selected Swedish Households. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4794; doi:10.3390/su10124794 
Katrin Molina-Besch, Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams. 2018. The environmental impact of packaging in food supply chains—does life cycle assessment of food provide the full picture? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-018-1500-6

Fredrik Wikström, Karli Verghese, Rafael Auras, Annika Olsson, Helén Williams, Renee Wever, Kaisa Grönman, Marit Kvalvåg Pettersen, Hanne Møller, Risto Soukka. 2018. Packaging Strategies that Save Food – A Research Agenda for 2030. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12769

Wikström Fredrik, Govindarajan Venkatesh, Williams Helén. 2016. The influence of packaging attributes on recycling and food waste behaviour - an environmental comparison of two packaging alternatives. Journal of Cleaner Production 137: 895-902.
Lindh Helena, Williams Helén, Olsson Annika, Wikström Fredrik. 2016. Elucidating the indirect contributions of packaging to sustainable development – Through a terminology of packaging functions and features. Published online in Packaging Technology and Science 1-23. DOI: 10.1002/pts.2197 

Wikström F, Williams H, Verghese K, Clune S. 2014. The influence of packaging attributes on consumer behavior in food-packaging LCA studies - A neglected topic. Journal of Cleaner Production, 73:100-108

·      Williams H, Wikström F, Otterbring T, Löfgren M and Gustafsson A. 2012. Reasons for household food waste with special attention to packaging. Journal of Cleaner Production 24:141-148.

Stawreberg L, Wikström F. 2011. Does the energy labelling system for domestic tumble dryers serve its purpose? Journal of Cleaner Production 19: 1300-1305

·      Williams H, Wikström F. 2011. Environmental impact of packaging and food losses in a life cycle perspectiv: a comparative analysis of five food items. Journal of Cleaner Production 19: 43-48.

·      Wikström F, Williams, H. 2010. Potential environmental gains from reducing food losses through development of new packaging – a life cycle model. Packaging Technology, DOI:1002/pts.906

Ståhl M. & Wikström F. 2009. Swedish Perspective on Wood Fuel Pellets for Household Heating: A Modified Standard for Pellets Could Reduce End–User Problems. Biomass and Bioenergy 33:803-809

Williams H., Wikström F. and Löfgren M. 2008. A life-cycle perspective on environmental effects of customer focused packaging development. Journal of Cleaner Production 16:853-859.

Wikström, F. 2007. The Potential of Energy Utilization from Logging Residues With Regard to the Availability of Ashes. Biomass and Bioenergy 31: 40-45