Main research or teaching areas
- Agency
- Regional development in the periphery
- Spatial analysis using GIS as well as cartography
Current research and teaching
My research focus on regional development in non-core regions, i.e. places in the periphery and places that are sometimes regarded as being 'left behind'. My PhD project (defended in September 2023) studied agency in three old industrial regions in Sweden, Borås, Kiruna and Olofström. The research traced development in the cases over 30-40 years identified the development of new growth paths, who initiated them, when, how and with whom. The PhD project was a part of the research projects Agents of Change in Old Indistrial Regions in Europe (ACORE) and Regional growth against all odds (Regrow).
I teach economic geography as well as cartography and spatial analysis on our GIS-courses and methods courses. I am on leave of absence from my role as a lecturer during 2024-2026 for a Post Doc at the Department of Economic History. Member of the Teaching Academy of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Qualified Teaching Practitioner (QTP)
Publications
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Circular transitions in global production networks?: : a multi-scalar approach to anticipating socio-economic and socio-environmental effects of ‘x-shoring’
Jonathan Friedrich, Linda Stihl, Markus Grillitsch
(2024) Papers in Innovation Studies, 2024
Working paperMunicipalities’ role in regional development: Navigating subsidiarity, place-based approaches, and geographical variation.
Markus Grillitsch, Linda Stihl, Brita Hermelin
(2024) Papers in Innovation Studies, 2024
Working paperLocal culture and change agency in old industrial places : spinning forward and digging deeper
Linda Stihl
(2024) European Planning Studies, 32 p.586-606
Journal articlePower relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns
Franziska Görmar, Markus Grillitsch, Vladan Hruska, Melinda Mihály, Erika Nagy, et al.
(2023) Urban Research & Practice, 16 p.558-581
Journal articleAgency and economic change in regions : identifying routes to new path development using qualitative comparative analysis
Markus Grillitsch, Markku Sotarauta, Björn Asheim, Rune Dahl Fitjar, Silje Haus-Reve, et al.
(2023) Regional Studies, 57 p.453-1468
Journal articleChange agency in (old) industrial regions : Shaping new futures
Linda Stihl
(2023) Meddelanden från Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi: Avhandlingar
DissertationSpinning forward and digging deeper : agency and changing institutions in old industrial regions
Linda Stihl
(2022)
Conference paperRoundtable discussion: lessons learnt on methodology within the ACORE project
Franziska Görmar, Melinda Mihály, Jan Pisa, Ani Saunders, Linda Stihl
(2022)
Conference paperChallenging the set mining path : Agency and diversification in the case of Kiruna
Linda Stihl
(2022) The Extractive Industries and Society, 11
Journal articleChallenging the set mining path : agency and diversification in the case of Kiruna
Linda Stihl
(2022)
Conference paper: abstractBreaking away from the set path; how change agency created new paths in a locked-in region
Linda Stihl
(2021)
Conference paper: abstractOne crisis, one region, two municipalities: The geography of institutions and change agency in regional development paths
Linda Stihl, Josephine V. Rekers
(2021) Geoforum, 124 p.89-98
Journal articleBreaking Away from the set Path : how Change Agency Created new Paths in a Locked-in Region
Linda Stihl
(2021)
Conference paper: abstract”We were only managing our legacy” Forms of agency in Olofström’s development path from supply chain to regional cluster
Josephine V. Rekers, Linda Stihl
(2019)
Conference paper: abstractAgency, regional development and local context: Micro-level evidence from an old industrial region
Linda Stihl, Josephine V. Rekers
(2019)
Conference paper: abstract13 Exercise Modules for ArcGIS 10
Linda Stihl, Nicklas Guldåker, Olof Friberg, Jens Karlsson, Ulf Silbersky, et al.
(2010)
Other12 Exercise Modules for ArcGIS 9.3
Olof Friberg, Nicklas Guldåker, Fredrik Pettersson, Linda Stihl, Ulf Silbersky
(2009)
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