Is large-scale wind power a problem, solution, or victim? A frame analysis of the debate in Swedish media

A turn to geopolitics: Shifts in the German energy transition discourse in light of Russia's war against Ukraine

“…Discourse, in these studies, is understood as meaning-making practices constitutive of how reality is perceived, interpreted, and acted upon [30]. Though conceptual details differ depending on whether scholars draw from framing theory [31,32], narrative theory [33,34], or post-marxist approaches to discourse [35][36][37], there is common ground in the claim that subjects make sense of reality and justify political decisions and activities through language and speaking.…”

Tailoring forest management to local socio-ecological contexts : Addressing climate change and local stakeholders’ expectations of forests

“…2020; Bjärstig et al 2022). There is an interplay between the public and the media, in which the media influences which issues are considered by the public to be important and, at the same time, assigns more coverage to the issues that are important to the public (McCombs & Shaw 1972;Coleman et al 2009;Crow & Lawlor 2016;Brants & van Praag 2017).…”

“…What is particularly interesting in the Swedish forest arena is that there are several layered land-use rights to forests (Sandström et al 2016a), and these rights are relatively strong from an international perspective (Nichiforel et al 2018;Allard 2022). At the same time, there are numerous ongoing conflicts related to the strengths and extent of these rights Sténs et al 2016;Beland Lindahl et al 2018;Sténs & Mårald 2020;Allard & Brännström 2021;Allard 2022;Bjärstig et al 2022). Several of these conflicts have centred on north-western Sweden, due to its unique environment, resources, and management history Westling 2012;Bjärstig et al 2019;Hallberg-Sramek et al 2020;Bjärstig et al 2022), although some of them relate to land-use in general rather than forest management in particular.…”

“…At the same time, there are numerous ongoing conflicts related to the strengths and extent of these rights Sténs et al 2016;Beland Lindahl et al 2018;Sténs & Mårald 2020;Allard & Brännström 2021;Allard 2022;Bjärstig et al 2022). Several of these conflicts have centred on north-western Sweden, due to its unique environment, resources, and management history Westling 2012;Bjärstig et al 2019;Hallberg-Sramek et al 2020;Bjärstig et al 2022), although some of them relate to land-use in general rather than forest management in particular. For this reason, a central part of this thesis is to study competing expectations placed on forests in Sweden, while also analysing which of these conflicts that require attention in forest management.…”

A turn to geopolitics: how Russia’s war against Ukraine unsettles the German energy transition discourse

“…These studies often draw on Michel Foucault [34] to conceptualize discourse as meaning-making practices constitutive of how reality is perceived, interpreted, and acted upon, not attempts to reach accurate representations of social or material realities. Though the details differ depending on whether scholars draw from framing theory [35,36], narrative theory [37,38], or post-marxist approaches to discourse [39][40][41], many authors find common ground in the claim that subjects make sense of reality and justify political decisions and activities through language and speaking. Since all possible meanings and interpretations are never equally represented in a given context, they consider discourses are power relations that structure and limit valid interpretations and articulations.…”