Ida Grundel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4895506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ida Grundel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ida |
| FAMILY NAME | Grundel |
| SIGNATURE | GRUNDEL I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3691-0044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Smart Specialisation in Swedish Regions as a Governance Tool for Societal Transformation
This article investigates how smart specialisation strategies (S3) in the Swedish regions are evolving to align with the European Green Deal (EGD) and its transformative ambitions for sustainable development. Drawing on a content analysis of 14 S3 strategies from seven regions across two EU programme periods (2014–2020 and 2021–2027), the study explores the integration of EGD focus areas and cross-sectoral transformative goals. The analysis revea…
A ‘congealed’ Swedish planning community? Key constraints to planning zero-carbon cities and regions
Climate change requires us to fundamentally change the way we plan and develop our cities and regions. This raises questions about the role and capacity of spatial planning in general and the agency and expertise of planners in particular. Based on 27 qualitative interviews with Swedish planning professionals, we identify four key constraints: the increasing politicisation and complexity of planning practice, a cultivated practice of bypassing pl…
City street experiment for transformative change - municipal challenges of re-making public spaces
One way to foster innovation in urban settings is through urban experimentation, which involves giving actors the opportunity to try out new solutions. One venue for urban experimentation is city street experiments. City street experiments have emerged as an alternative way to test new solutions that can lead to transformative change. They are also a call for a reprioritization of city street space in favor of more sustainable modes of travel. Sp…
A tale of urban experimentation in three Swedish municipalities
Increasingly, cities and municipalities are involved in urban experimentation to meet current societal challenges.The expectations on local authorities to implement new ways of dealing with current challenges are high and raise questions of municipal capacity and governance structures, challenging more traditional ways of planning and policymaking.In this paper we have analysed three urban experiments related to transport and mobility in three Sw…
Planning to grow, planning to rock on – infrastructure management and development in shrinking municipalities
Previous work on shrinking cities has mainly addressed shrinkage and its effects in large and former industrial cities and not as much in municipalities in rural areas. In this paper, we focus on infrastructure challenges, responsibilities, and growth strategies in Swedish municipalities. We argue that there is a tension between the responsibilities connected to the municipal operations and infrastructure challenges posed by being a shrinking mun…
Large technical systems in shrinking municipalities – Exploring system reconfiguration of district heating in Sweden
With this paper we aim to contribute to the field of sociotechnical studies, and more specifically Large Technical Systems (LTSs) to understand what happens in mature systems and how different segments develop. We argue that there is a need to discuss LTSs more heterogeneously to fully grasp how phases of stagnation and drift play out differently. Our focus is on district heating in Swedish municipalities with a shrinking population. As such dist…
Reconsidering actor roles in regional innovation systems
This paper reconsiders the roles of actors in regional innovation systems in the context of transformative industrial change. Empirically, it draws on evidence from the Värmland region of Sweden, where regional innovation system actors, with partial funding from the Swedish Innovation Agency, are striving to build a bioeconomy upon the traditional forest-related industries. The main findings include that transformative industrial change adds a va…
Identifying interests and values in forest areas through collaborative processes and landscape resource analysis
Today's societies face significant ecological and societal challenges, including climate change and economic crises. In this context, forests can be a useful resource for new innovations and products. However, increased out-take of forest resources can raise the pressure on common forest resources and increase already existing conflicts between e.g. forestry and production versus conservation. Herein, the objective of this paper was to explore a …
Regional bioeconomies
Regional bioeconomies promote sustainable, regional economies under the auspices of EU green growth policies. Combining prospects of rural rejuvenation, sustainability and innovation, they are employed to address climate change, societal challenges, and often benefit from substantial public funds. Yet, despite public finance's key role for bio-based transitions and (regional) bioeconomies, it has received little academic attention. Framed by conc…
Regional policy mobilities
Interest has grown over recent years in policy programs targeting a green, bio-based economy. In the European Union, the European Commission promotes the development of bioeconomy policy and encourages the use of biomass and waste for industrial purposes. Alongside these technical dimensions, European bioeconomy policy also promotes knowledge sharing, learning from others, and so-called ‘best practice’. Consequently, many European places and poli…
Contemporary regionalism and The Scandinavian 8 Million City
This paper shows how certain spatial logics are used to support contemporary region-building processes, and how these become taken for granted and institutionalized in specific regional settings. These spatial logics are also representative of the spatial logics dominating contemporary regionalism and affect the ways spaces and citizens are treated and valued in regional planning and policy. Few studies have shown how spatial logics are implement…
Regional bioeconomies
Regional bioeconomies promote sustainable, regional economies under the auspices of EU green growth policies. Combining prospects of rural rejuvenation, sustainability and innovation, they are employed to address climate change, societal challenges, and often benefit from substantial public funds. Yet, despite public finance's key role for bio-based transitions and (regional) bioeconomies, it has received little academic attention. Framed by conc…
Reconsidering actor roles in regional innovation systems
This paper reconsiders the roles of actors in regional innovation systems in the context of transformative industrial change. Empirically, it draws on evidence from the Värmland region of Sweden, where regional innovation system actors, with partial funding from the Swedish Innovation Agency, are striving to build a bioeconomy upon the traditional forest-related industries. The main findings include that transformative industrial change adds a va…
Regional policy mobilities
Interest has grown over recent years in policy programs targeting a green, bio-based economy. In the European Union, the European Commission promotes the development of bioeconomy policy and encourages the use of biomass and waste for industrial purposes. Alongside these technical dimensions, European bioeconomy policy also promotes knowledge sharing, learning from others, and so-called ‘best practice’. Consequently, many European places and poli…
Contemporary regionalism and The Scandinavian 8 Million City
This paper shows how certain spatial logics are used to support contemporary region-building processes, and how these become taken for granted and institutionalized in specific regional settings. These spatial logics are also representative of the spatial logics dominating contemporary regionalism and affect the ways spaces and citizens are treated and valued in regional planning and policy. Few studies have shown how spatial logics are implement…
Large technical systems in shrinking municipalities – Exploring system reconfiguration of district heating in Sweden
With this paper we aim to contribute to the field of sociotechnical studies, and more specifically Large Technical Systems (LTSs) to understand what happens in mature systems and how different segments develop. We argue that there is a need to discuss LTSs more heterogeneously to fully grasp how phases of stagnation and drift play out differently. Our focus is on district heating in Swedish municipalities with a shrinking population. As such dist…
Identifying interests and values in forest areas through collaborative processes and landscape resource analysis
Today's societies face significant ecological and societal challenges, including climate change and economic crises. In this context, forests can be a useful resource for new innovations and products. However, increased out-take of forest resources can raise the pressure on common forest resources and increase already existing conflicts between e.g. forestry and production versus conservation. Herein, the objective of this paper was to explore a …
Contemporary regionalism and The Scandinavian 8 Million City
This paper shows how certain spatial logics are used to support contemporary region-building processes, and how these become taken for granted and institutionalized in specific regional settings. These spatial logics are also representative of the spatial logics dominating contemporary regionalism and affect the ways spaces and citizens are treated and valued in regional planning and policy. Few studies have shown how spatial logics are implement…
Regional bioeconomies
Regional bioeconomies promote sustainable, regional economies under the auspices of EU green growth policies. Combining prospects of rural rejuvenation, sustainability and innovation, they are employed to address climate change, societal challenges, and often benefit from substantial public funds. Yet, despite public finance's key role for bio-based transitions and (regional) bioeconomies, it has received little academic attention. Framed by conc…
Regional policy mobilities
Interest has grown over recent years in policy programs targeting a green, bio-based economy. In the European Union, the European Commission promotes the development of bioeconomy policy and encourages the use of biomass and waste for industrial purposes. Alongside these technical dimensions, European bioeconomy policy also promotes knowledge sharing, learning from others, and so-called ‘best practice’. Consequently, many European places and poli…
Identifying interests and values in forest areas through collaborative processes and landscape resource analysis
Today's societies face significant ecological and societal challenges, including climate change and economic crises. In this context, forests can be a useful resource for new innovations and products. However, increased out-take of forest resources can raise the pressure on common forest resources and increase already existing conflicts between e.g. forestry and production versus conservation. Herein, the objective of this paper was to explore a …
Planning to grow, planning to rock on – infrastructure management and development in shrinking municipalities
Previous work on shrinking cities has mainly addressed shrinkage and its effects in large and former industrial cities and not as much in municipalities in rural areas. In this paper, we focus on infrastructure challenges, responsibilities, and growth strategies in Swedish municipalities. We argue that there is a tension between the responsibilities connected to the municipal operations and infrastructure challenges posed by being a shrinking mun…
Large technical systems in shrinking municipalities – Exploring system reconfiguration of district heating in Sweden
With this paper we aim to contribute to the field of sociotechnical studies, and more specifically Large Technical Systems (LTSs) to understand what happens in mature systems and how different segments develop. We argue that there is a need to discuss LTSs more heterogeneously to fully grasp how phases of stagnation and drift play out differently. Our focus is on district heating in Swedish municipalities with a shrinking population. As such dist…
Reconsidering actor roles in regional innovation systems
This paper reconsiders the roles of actors in regional innovation systems in the context of transformative industrial change. Empirically, it draws on evidence from the Värmland region of Sweden, where regional innovation system actors, with partial funding from the Swedish Innovation Agency, are striving to build a bioeconomy upon the traditional forest-related industries. The main findings include that transformative industrial change adds a va…
A tale of urban experimentation in three Swedish municipalities
Increasingly, cities and municipalities are involved in urban experimentation to meet current societal challenges.The expectations on local authorities to implement new ways of dealing with current challenges are high and raise questions of municipal capacity and governance structures, challenging more traditional ways of planning and policymaking.In this paper we have analysed three urban experiments related to transport and mobility in three Sw…
Smart Specialisation in Swedish Regions as a Governance Tool for Societal Transformation
This article investigates how smart specialisation strategies (S3) in the Swedish regions are evolving to align with the European Green Deal (EGD) and its transformative ambitions for sustainable development. Drawing on a content analysis of 14 S3 strategies from seven regions across two EU programme periods (2014–2020 and 2021–2027), the study explores the integration of EGD focus areas and cross-sectoral transformative goals. The analysis revea…
A ‘congealed’ Swedish planning community? Key constraints to planning zero-carbon cities and regions
Climate change requires us to fundamentally change the way we plan and develop our cities and regions. This raises questions about the role and capacity of spatial planning in general and the agency and expertise of planners in particular. Based on 27 qualitative interviews with Swedish planning professionals, we identify four key constraints: the increasing politicisation and complexity of planning practice, a cultivated practice of bypassing pl…
City street experiment for transformative change - municipal challenges of re-making public spaces
One way to foster innovation in urban settings is through urban experimentation, which involves giving actors the opportunity to try out new solutions. One venue for urban experimentation is city street experiments. City street experiments have emerged as an alternative way to test new solutions that can lead to transformative change. They are also a call for a reprioritization of city street space in favor of more sustainable modes of travel. Sp…
Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Regional science (5 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 works) · Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development (4 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works)