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        Ylva Rylander

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      • Expertise: Public relations, awareness building, communications, Climate change
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      Ylva Rylander is a Communications Officer for SEI’s larger research programmes Mistra Geopolitics,  Trase and SEI projects including SweDev. Ylva wrote SEI’s first media strategy launched in 2019 when working as SEI’s Press Officer from 2015 to October 2020. In collaboration with Communication Officers at SEI’s global centres, her work  contributed to leverage SEI’s media exposure with many 100% and expanded SEI’s media outreach in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

      As a core member of SEI’s communications team, Ylva develops communication plans, writes and publishes SEI features, perspectives and news stories, manage websites and provides strategic advice and training to SEI researchers to help them maximize the impact of their research.

      Ylva has twice served as Acting Director of Communications, first in 2011 and most recently from April 2013 to March 2014. She has been engaged in over 50 of SEI’s global projects, some of them mentioned here; Impressions, the New Climate Economy, the 10 Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Lifestyles and Education and the Arctic Resilience Report.

      Prior to joining SEI, Ylva worked as a climate change expert at the Swedish PR-agency Westander where she assisted governmental agencies, non-profit organizations and Swedish corporations to create publicity and influence environment-related policy decisions. Previously, she also was climate change coordinator at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, working on the creation of public awareness on climate change and environmental issues.

      Ylva holds a master’s degree in energy and environmental systems from Karlstad University, studied professional writing at Macquarie University in Sydney and at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. She is professionally trained in media relations, lobbying and awareness-building.

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      Publications by Ylva Rylander

      • Climate, ocean and security: response to ocean-driven security challenges
      • Annual report 2010

      Perspectives by Ylva Rylander

      • Four solutions to increase research in Sweden's development policy
      • To tackle deforestation we need to focus on land use. Here's why
      • How can the use of research in development policy increase?

      Featured stories with Ylva Rylander

      • SEI held executive training for Egyptian officials in preparation for COP27
      • New film: How can artificial intelligence contribute to Agenda 2030?
      • SEI secures over 240 million SEK of external funding grants in 2022
      • Connecting exports of Brazilian soy to deforestation
      • Navigating SDG implementation with the Agenda 2030 Compass
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      Projects and tools with Ylva Rylander

      • SEI Finance for Sustainable Development Programme
      • Konsumtionskompassen
      • Arctic Wetlands Ecosystems - AWERRS
      • Trase
      • The Swedish Development Research network (SweDev)
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