Björn Nykvist

Dr. Björn Nykvist is a Senior Research Fellow and Team Leader on Energy and Industry Transitions at Stockholm Environment Institute and affiliated researcher at the Department of Technology and Society, Lund University,  Sweden. He has worked interdisciplinary, leading and conducting research on sustainability, climate change, and governance of energy, transport and natural resources since 2005.

Nykvist’s main research interest is sustainability transitions, with a focus on understanding technological developments, innovations, policy analysis and the governance of such socio-technical systems. His recent and ongoing research projects investigate electrification, low-carbon transport systems, industrial decarbonization and just transitions. His past research has covered social learning, ecosystems services, planetary boundaries and energy systems broadly. He has authored and contributed to around 40 peer-reviewed papers in a diverse set of international publications covering both natural and social sciences, including top-ranked journals such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, TREE and key topical journals in the field of sustainability, such as Research Policy, Global Environmental Change, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, Joule, One Earth, and Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.