Erik Hysing
Position: Professor School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: ZXJpay5oeXNpbmc7b3J1LnNl
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Room: F2212
About Erik Hysing
Erik Hysing is a Professor in Political Science. Hysing’s academic work has mainly focused on policy change, governance, and public administration within the field of sustainable development and environmental politics. His research has been published in journals such as Environmental Politics, Governance, Planning Theory & Practice, and Public Administration.
He is currently doing research within two areas: Chemical governance related to policy measures to limit PFAS in food packages; and Sustainable urban planning with a focus on the role of planners’ trust in citizens for democratic innovations, sustainable transport, and environmental governance.
Research projects
Active projects
- Reconciling safe and circular material flows - a case study of PFAS in the lifecycle of food packaging
- Water challenges in sustainable planning and built environment (WATCH)
- Does the ecosystem services approach matter? Evaluating its political and practical implications for Swedish biodiversity
- Sutainable Development through Deliberation?
- Political consumerism: Consumer motivation and action with special reference to food consumption and sustainability
Completed projects
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Hysing, E. & Du Rietz, S. (2024). Unofficial intermediation in the regulatory governance of hazardous chemicals. Regulation and Governance. [BibTeX]
- Coffey, B. , Damiens, F. L. P. , Hysing, E. & Torabi, N. (2023). Assessing biodiversity policy designs in Australia, France and Sweden: Comparative lessons for transformative governance of biodiversity?. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 25 (3), 287-300. [BibTeX]
- Gustafsson, K. M. & Hysing, E. (2023). IPBES as a transformative agent: opportunities and risks. Environmental Conservation, 50 (1), 7-11. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2022). Designing collaborative governance that is fit for purpose: theorising policy support and voluntary action for road safety in Sweden. Journal of Public Policy, 42 (2), 201-223. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. , Olsson, J. & Hysing, E. (2022). Does Policy Influence Hollow Out Public Managers’ Political Neutrality?. Administration & Society, 54 (6), 1019-1044. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2021). Challenges and opportunities for the Ecosystem Services approach: Evaluating experiences of implementation in Sweden. Ecosystem Services, 52. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Lidskog, R. (2021). Do Conceptual Innovations Facilitate Transformative Change? The Case of Biodiversity Governance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2021). Responsibilization: The case of road safety governance. Regulation and Governance, 15 (2), 356-369. [BibTeX]
- Hall, P. & Hysing, E. (2019). Advancing voluntary chemical governance?: The case of the Swedish textile industry dialogue. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62 (6), 1001-1018. [BibTeX]
- Olsson, J. & Hysing, E. (2019). Aktivism bland offentliga tjänstemän. Fronesis (62-63), 123-132. [BibTeX]
- Boström, M. , Andersson, E. , Berg, M. , Gustafsson, K. M. , Gustavsson, E. , Hysing, E. , Lidskog, R. , Löfmarck, E. & et al. (2018). Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach. Sustainability, 10 (12). [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Lidskog, R. (2018). Policy Contestation over the Ecosystem Services Approach in Sweden. Society & Natural Resources, 31 (4), 393-408. [BibTeX]
- Hansla, A. , Hysing, E. , Nilsson, A. & Martinsson, J. (2017). Explaining voting behavior in the Gothenburg congestion tax referendum. Transport Policy, 53, 98-106. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. , Olsson, J. & Dahl, V. (2016). A radical public administration?: green radicalism and policy influence among local environmental officials in Sweden. Environmental Politics, 25 (3), 535-552. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Lundberg, E. (2016). Making governance networks more democratic: lessons from the Swedish governmental commissions. Critical Policy Studies, 10 (1), 21-38. [BibTeX]
- Lundberg, E. & Hysing, E. (2016). The Value of Participation: Exploring the Role of Public Consultations from the Vantage Point of Interest Groups. Scandinavian Political Studies, 39 (1), 1-21. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Isaksson, K. (2015). Building acceptance for congestion charges: the Swedish experiences compared. Journal of Transport Geography, 49, 52-60. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2015). Citizen participation or representative government: building legitimacy for the Gothenburg congestion tax. Transport Policy, 39, 1-8. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. , Frändberg, L. & Vilhelmson, B. (2015). Compromising sustainable mobility?: the case of the Gothenburg congestion tax. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58 (6), 1058-1075. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2014). A Green Star Fading?: A Critical Assessment of Swedish Environmental Policy Change. Environmental Policy and Governance, 24 (4), 262-274. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2014). How Public Officials Gain Policy Influence – Lessons from Local Government in Sweden. International Journal of Public Administration, 37 (2), 129-139. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2013). Representative democracy, empowered experts, and citizen participation: visions of green governing. Environmental Politics, 22 (6), 955-974. [BibTeX]
- Olsson, J. & Hysing, E. (2012). Theorizing inside activism: understanding policymaking and policy change from below. Planning Theory & Practice, 13 (2), 257-273. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2011). Who greens the northern light?: green inside activists in local environmental governing in Sweden. Environment and Planning. C, Government and Policy, 29 (4), 693-708. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2009). From government to governance?: a comparison of environmental governing in Swedish forestry and transport. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 22 (4), 647-672. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2009). Governing without government?: the private governance of forest certification in Sweden. Public Administration, 87 (2), 312-326. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2009). Greening transport: explaining urban transport policy change. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 11 (3), 243-261. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2008). Contextualising the advocacy coalition framework: theorising change in Swedish forest policy. Environmental Politics, 17 (5), 730-748. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2005). Sustainability through good advice?: assessing the governance of Swedish forest biodiversity. Environmental Politics, 14 (4), 510-526. [BibTeX]
Articles, book reviews
- Hysing, E. (2011). Transnational environmental governance: the emergence and effects of the certification of forests and fisheries by Lars H. Gulbrandsen (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar). Environment and Planning. C, Government and Policy, 29 (3), 567-568. [BibTeX]
Books
- Olsson, J. , Berg, M. , Hysing, E. , Kristianssen, A. & Petersén, A. (2019). Policy i teori och praktik. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2017). Green inside activism for sustainable development: political agency and institutional change.. Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2012). Tjänstemän i politiken (1ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Olsson, J. & Hysing, E. (2019). Inside activism: political agency and institutional change. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2018). Government engagement with political consumerism. In: Boström, Magnus; Micheletti, Michele; Oosterveer, Peter, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism. . Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2015). Lost in transition?: the Green State in governance for sustainable development. In: Karin Backstrand and Annica Kronsell, Rethinking the Green State: environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. & Olsson, J. (2011). Kommunal politisk styrning i förändring: governance, policyförändring och hållbar utveckling. In: Andreas Ivarsson, Nordisk kommunforskning: en forskningsöversikt med 113 projekt (pp. 257-260). Göteborg: Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. (2009). Statslös samhällsstyrning?: governance i svensk skogspolitik. In: Gun Hedlund, Stig Montin, Governance på svenska (pp. 107-128). Stockholm: Santérus Academic Press Sweden. [BibTeX]
- Hysing, E. , Olsson, J. , Angelstam, P. & Törnblom, J. (2005). Mer död ved i skogen: är skogsbrukets attityder och beteende ett problem?. In: Johnny de Jong, Malin Almstedt Jansson, Död ved i levande skogar: hur mycket behövs och hur kan målet nås? (pp. 87-110). Stockholm: Naturvårdsverket. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Hysing, E. (2010). Governing towards sustainability: environmental governance and policy change in Swedish forestry and transport. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]