Societal outreach and impact

Research plays an important role in the sustainable development of society. Through collaboration with the private, public and non-profit sector and citizens, conditions are created for the research to be relevant and useful to society. The research conducted at the Department of Human Geography is very broad and has, by virtue of its orientation and societal focus, the potential to contribute to solutions to several of the major societal challenges of our time in areas such as global development, climate adaptation and energy transition and sustainable rural and urban development.
Below, the department presents impact cases/stories that specifically highlight research that has had an impact on society and contributed to positive development for people, authorities, companies and other organisations.