Who we are

Climaginaries is a collaborative platform that brings together researchers, artists and practitioners interested in exploring possible environmental futures.

The initiative is led by a small core team that develops many of the projects and research activities associated with Climaginaries.

Core team

Johannes Stripple
Alexandra Nikoleris
Mats Söderlund
Fredrik Pålsson
Paul Graham Raven
Ruben Ritzén

Over the years, many other scholars, artists and practitioners have contributed to Climaginaries projects in different roles and collaborations. The platform continues to grow through new partnerships and experiments exploring how environmental futures can be imagined and experienced in public life.

**Johannes Stripple**
Associate professor at the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Johannes is chair of the Climaginaries association.
*Johannes’ twitter*

**Alexandra Nikoleris**
Associate senior lecturer at Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at Lund University.

**Lisette van Beek**
Lisette recently defended her doctorate thesis at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, on the topic of ‘Modelling through Design’: combining climate modelling with art&design to develop effective techniques of futuring.

**Roger Hildingsson**
Researcher at the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Roger’s research focuses on environmental politics, climate governance and the transition to decarbonised futures.
*Roger's twitter*

**Graeme Macdonald**
Professor at University of Warwick. Graeme teaches on the English and Comparative Literary Studies program and his current research undertakings include Resource Culture in World Literature/Globalisation; Energy Humanities and Petrofiction; Science Fiction and Ecocriticism; Modern and Contemporary Scottish and British Culture.
*Graeme’s twitter*

**Ruben Ritzén**
Freelance researcher and project coordinator with a background in ethnology, anthropology and political science. Interested in futures literacy, human - more-than-human relations and how culture and creativity can help further a green transition.

**Paul Graham Raven**
Off-campus researcher. Research interests include sociotechnical transition, infrastructure-as-media, critical and social futures, STS, social theory, narratology, and science fiction studies. Paul is also a freelance writer and world-builder, a science fiction author and critic, and a surprisingly bad guitarist.
*Paul’s Blog*

**Mats Söderlund**
Mats is a poet and writer. His work includes the science fiction trilogy *Ättlingarna.* His most recent works are *Härlig är jorden* and *Eskatos, tystanden tillhör inte oss.*

**Wytske Versteeg**
Researcher at Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University. Wytske’s research focus is on 'Pathways to Sustainability'. She is also an author of several popular fictional books including; Boy (2013) and Grime (2017).

**Peter Pelzer**
Researcher and lecturer at the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University. Peter’s research focuses on the city of the future, intervention methods, sharing economy, sustainable mobility and smart cities.
*Peter's twitter*

janet stewart 2015 (1).jpg — **Janet Stewart**
Professor in Visual Culture and Head of School in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. Janet was previously senior lecturer in German and Film & Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen.
*Janet’s twitter*

**Eléonore Faure**
Off-campus researcher.
*Elénore’s Linkedin*

**Ludwig Bengtsson Sonesson**
Investigator at Malmö Stad, Sweden. Ludwig has been involved in making several soundwalks, the Carbon Ruins exhibition and the teaching material Bortom Fossilsamhället.
*Ludwig’s Twitter*

**Caroline Mårtensson**
Interdisciplinary and research based artist, focused on communication of environmental and climate issues.
*Caroline’s website*

**Detlef van Vuuren**
Professor in Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change at Utrecht University and senior researcher at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency leading the IMAGE integrated assessment modeling team.
*Detlef's twitter*

**Maarten Hajer**
Distinguished professor of Urban Futures and Director of the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecht University. Previously Maarten was professor of Public Policy at the University of Amsterdam and Director-General of the PBL – Netherlands Environmental Asssessment Agency.
*Maarten's twitter*

**Paul Miller**
Senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University. Paul's research concerns ecosystem modelling and coupled climate modelling.