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Stephan Barthel

Stephan Barthel.

Research presentation

Stephan Barthel

Professor, docent in geospatial information science

Research subject: Environmental Science

Email: stephan.barthel@hig.se
Telephone: +46 76 360 57 05

Stephan Barthel is the director of a challenge driven research program on urban sustainability at the University of Gävle. It is having the mission to stimulate the integration of socio-technical environmental research with that of social-ecological urban research. In this way this strategic research program aims to develop a holistic system perspective on sustainable urban development in the Anthropocene, having the unique goal to create “bio-socio-technical solutions” for improving urban resilience while aiming for sustainability transitions with global repercussions. Furthermore it has the mission to translate academic research into trans-disciplinary collaborations and co-creation projects with actors outside academia.

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Scholarly articles, refereed

Raymond, C., Kaaronen, R., Giusti, M., Linder, N. & Barthel, S. (2021). Engaging with the pragmatics of relational thinking, leverage points and transformations –Reply to West et al.. Ecosystems and People, 17 (1), 1-5. 10.1080/26395916.2020.1867645 [More information]
Pan, H., Page, J., Cong, C., Barthel, S. & Kalantari, Z. (2021). How ecosystems services drive urban growth : Integrating nature-based solutions. Anthropocene, 35. 10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100297 [More information]
Samuelsson, K., Chen, T., Antonsen, S., Brandt, S., Sabel, C. & Barthel, S. (2021). Residential environments across Denmark have become both denser and greener over 20 years. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (1). 10.1088/1748-9326/abcf7a [More information]
Colding, J., Wallhagen, M., Sörqvist, P., Marcus, L., Hillman, K., Samuelsson, K. & Barthel, S. (2020). Applying a Systems Perspective on the Notion of the Smart City. Sustainability, 3 (2). 10.3390/smartcities3020022 [More information]
Colding, J., Colding, M. & Barthel, S. (2020). Applying seven resilience principles on the Vision of the Digital City. Cities, 103. 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102761 [More information]
Joanna, S., Barthel, S. & Colding, J. (2020). Countryside within the city : A motivating vision behind civic green area stewardship in Warsaw, Poland. Sustainability, 12 (6). 10.3390/su12062313 [More information]
Colding, J., Giusti, M., Haga, A., Wallhagen, M. & Barthel, S. (2020). Enabling relationships with nature in cities. Sustainability, 12. 10.3390/su12114394 [More information]
Colding, J., Barthel, S. & Samuelsson, K. (2020). Supporting bottom-up human agency for adapting to climate change. One Earth, 3 (4), 392-395. 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.005 [More information]
Colding, J., Gren, Å. & Barthel, S. (2020). The Incremental Demise of Urban Green Spaces. Land, 9 (5). 10.3390/land9050162 [More information]
Colding, J., Colding, M. & Barthel, S. (2020). The smart city model : A new panacea for urban sustainability or unmanageable complexity?. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47 (1), 179-187. 10.1177/2399808318763164 [More information]
Marcus, L., Berghauser-Pont, M. & Barthel, S. (2020). Towards a socio-ecological spatial morphology : a joint network approach to urban form and landscape ecology. Urban morphology, 24 (1), 21-34. [More information]
Holmgren, M., Kabanshi, A., Langeborg, L., Barthel, S., Colding, J., Eriksson, O. & Sörqvist, P. (2019). Deceptive sustainability : Cognitive bias in people's judgment of the benefits of CO<sub>2</sub> emission cuts. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 64, 48-55. 10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.05.005 [More information]
Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2019). Exploring the social-ecological systems discourse 20 years later. Ecology & society, 24 (1), 423-432. 10.5751/ES-10598-240102 [More information]
Barthel, S., Isendahl, C., Vis, B., Drescher, A., Evans, D. & van Timmeren, A. (2019). Global urbanization and food production in direct competition for land : Leverage places to mitigate impacts on SDG2 and on the Earth System. The Anthropocene Review, 6 (1-2), 71-97. 10.1177/2053019619856672 [More information]
Marcus, L., Pont, M. & Barthel, S. (2019). Towards a socio-ecological spatial morphology : integrating elements of urban morphology and landscape ecology. Urban morphology, 23 (2), 115-124. [More information]
Samuelsson, K., Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2019). Urban resilience at eye level : spatial analysis of empirically defined experiential landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning, 187, 70-80. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.03.015 [More information]
Colding, J., Barthel, S. & Sörqvist, P. (2019). Wicked Problems of Smart Cities. Smart Cities, 2 (4), 512-521. 10.3390/smartcities2040031 [More information]
Raymond, C., Giusti, M. & Barthel, S. (2018). An embodied perspective on the co-production of cultural ecosystem services : Toward embodied ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61 (5/6), 778-799. 10.1080/09640568.2017.1312300 [More information]
Barthel, S., Belton, S., Raymond, C. & Giusti, M. (2018). Fostering Children’s Connection to Nature Through Authentic Situations : The Case of Saving Salamanders at School. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00928 [More information]
Cilliers, S., Siebert, S. & Barthel, S. (2018). Garden ecosystem services of Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health clinic gardens as social-ecological systems. Landscape and Urban Planning, 180, 294-307. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.01.011 [More information]
Samuelsson, K., Giusti, M., Peterson, G., Legeby, A., Brandt, S. & Barthel, S. (2018). Impact of environment on people’s everyday experiences in Stockholm. Landscape and Urban Planning, 171, 7-17. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.11.009 [More information]
Langemeyer, J., Camps-Calvet, M., Calvet-Mir, L., Barthel, S. & Gomez Beggethun, E. (2018). Stewardship of urban ecosystem services : understanding the value(s) of urban gardens in Barcelona. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 78-89. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.013 [More information]
Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2017). An urban ecology critique on the "Smart City" model. Journal of Cleaner Production, 164, 95-101. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.191 [More information]
Bren d'Amour, C., Reitsma, F., Baiocchi, G., Barthel, S., Güneralp, B., Erb, K., Haberl, H., Creutzig, F. & Seto, K. (2017). Future urban land expansion and implications for global croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (34), 8939-8944. 10.1073/pnas.1606036114 [More information]
Ives, C., Giusti, M., Fischer, J., Abson, D., Klaniecki, K., Dorninger, C., Laudan, J., Barthel, S., Abernethy, P., Martín-López, B., Raymond, C., Kendal, D. & von Wehrden, H. (2017). Human–nature connection : a multidisciplinary review. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26-27, 106-113. 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.05.005 [More information]
Gordon, L., Crona, B., Henriksson, P., van Holt, T., Jonell, M., Lindahl, T., Troell, M., Barthel, S., Deutsch, L., Folke, C., Haider, L., Rockström, J. & Queiroz, C. (2017). Rewiring food systems to enhance human health and biosphere stewardship.. Environmental Research Letters, 12 (10). 10.1088/1748-9326/aa81dc [More information]
Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2017). The Role of University Campuses in Reconnecting Humans to the Biosphere. Sustainability, 9 (12). 10.3390/su9122349 [More information]
Marcus, L., Giusti, M. & Barthel, S. (2016). Cognitive affordances in sustainable urbanism : contributions of space syntax and spatial cognition. Journal of Urban Design, 21 (4), 439-452. 10.1080/13574809.2016.1184565 [More information]
Andersson, E. & Barthel, S. (2016). Memory carriers and stewardship of metropolitan landscapes. Ecological Indicators, 70, 606-614. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.030 [More information]
Barthel, S., Parker, J. & Ernstson, H. (2015). Food and Green Space in Cities : A Resilience Lens on Gardens and Urban Environmental Movements. Urban Studies, 52 (7), 1321-1338. 10.1177/0042098012472744 [More information]
Jongerden, J., Swagemakers, P. & Barthel, S. (2014). Connective storylines : A relational approach to initiatives in food provisioning and green infrastructures. Spanish journal of rural development, 5 (1 (Extra)), 7-18. 10.5261/2014.ESP1.02 [More information]
Giusti, M., Barthel, S. & Marcus, L. (2014). Nature Routines and Affinity with the Biosphere : A Case Study of Preschool Children in Stockholm. Children, Youth and Environments, 24 (3), 16-42. 10.7721/chilyoutenvi.24.3.0016 [More information]
Andersson, E., Barthel, S., Borgström, S., Colding, J., Elmqvist, T., Folke, C. & Gren, Å. (2014). Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere : Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services. Ambio, 43 (4), 445-453. 10.1007/s13280-014-0506-y [More information]
Barthel, S., Crumley, C. & Svedin, U. (2013). Biocultural Refugia : Combating the Erosion of Diversity in Landscapes of Food Production. Ecology & society, 18 (4). 10.5751/ES-06207-180471 [More information]
Bendt, P., Barthel, S. & Colding, J. (2013). Civic greening and environmental learning in public-access community gardens in Berlin. Landscape and Urban Planning, 109 (1), 18-30. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.10.003 [More information]
Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2013). The potential of ‘Urban Green Commons’ in the resilience building of cities. Ecological Economics, 86, 156-166. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.10.016 [More information]
Barthel, S. & Isendahl, C. (2013). Urban gardens, agriculture, and water management : Sources of resilience for long-term food security in cities. Ecological Economics, 86, 224-234. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.06.018 [More information]
Colding, J., Barthel, S., Bendt, P., Snep, R., van der Knaap, W. & Ernstson, H. (2013). Urban green commons : Insights on urban common property systems. Global Environmental Change, 23 (5), 1039-1051. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.006 [More information]
Ernstson, H., Barthel, S., Andersson, E. & Borgström, S. (2010). Scale-Crossing Brokers and Network Governance of Urban Ecosystem Services : The Case of Stockholm. Ecology & society, 15 (4). 10.5751/ES-03692-150428 [More information]
Barthel, S., Folke, C. & Colding, J. (2010). Social-ecological memory in urban gardens-Retaining the capacity for management of ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change, 20 (2), 255-265. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.01.001 [More information]
Andersson, E., Barthel, S. & Ahrné, K. (2007). Measuring social – ecological dynamics behind the generation of ecosystem services. Ecological Applications, 17 (5), 1267-1278. 10.1890/06-1116.1 [More information]
Barthel, S., Colding, J., Elmqvist, T. & Folke, C. (2005). History and local management of a biodiversity-rich, urban cultural landscape. Ecology & society, 10 (2). 10.5751/ES-01568-100210 [More information]
Elmqvist, T., Colding, J., Barthel, S., Borgström, S., Duit, A., Lundberg, J., Andersson, E., Ahrné, K., Ernstson, H., Folke, C. & Bengtsson, J. (2004). The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Systems in Urban Landscapes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1023, 308-322. 10.1196/annals.1319.017 [More information]

Scholarly articles, non-refereed

Thorsvall, J., Kärsten, C. & Barthel, S. (2012). Laboratoriestaden. Arkitektur : byggnad, interiör, plan, landskap (2), 64-69. [More information]

Other articles (popular science, debate etc.)

Barthel, S., Berghauser Pont, M., Colding, J., Gren, Å., Legeby, A. & Marcus, L. (2016). DN Debatt : ”Nytt miljonprogram – unik chans att lösa flera frågor”. Dagens nyheter. [More information]
Barthel, S., Berghauser-Pont, M., Colding, J., Gren, Å., Legeby, A. & Marcus, L. (2016). Miljonprogram - unik chans att lösa flera frågor. Dagens Nyheter. [More information]
Barthel, S. (2016). Social-Ecological Urbanism and the Life of Baltic Cities. The Nature of Cities, 2016. External link [More information]
Marcus, L., Colding, J., Barthel, S. & Erixon, H. (2012). Utveckla Valhallavägen till Stockholms gröna bredband. Dagens nyheter. [More information]
Barthel, S., Colding, J., Ernstson, H., Grahn, S., Erixon, H., Marcus, L., Kärsten, C. & Torsvall, J. (2011). Chans sätta Stockholm på kartan. Svenska dagbladet. External link [More information]
Barthel, S. (2010). Framtidens Albano : forskning omsatt i  praktik. Universitetsnytt (6 dec.), 18-19. [More information]

Books

Barthel, S., Colding, J., Erixon, H., Ernstson, H., Grahn, S., Kärsten, C., Marcus, L. & Torsvall, J. (2013). Principles of Social Ecological Design : Case study Albano Campus, Stockholm. Stockholm: Architecture and Built Environment, KTH. 117 p. (Trita-ARK 2013:3) [More information]

Doctoral thesis

Barthel, S. (2008). Recalling Urban Nature : Linking City People to Ecosystem Services. Diss. (sammanfattning), 2008. Stockholm: Systemekologiska institutionen. 33 p. External link [More information]

Book chapters

Isendahl, C., Smith, M., Stark, M., Sulas, F. & Barthel, S. (2020). Urban Ecology in the Ancient Tropics : Foodways and Urban Forms. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology. London: Routledge. P. 13-23. [More information]
Isendahl, C. & Barthel, S. (2018). Archeology, history, and urban food security : Integrating cross-cultural and long-term perspectives. Routledge Handbook of Landscapes and Food. New York: Routledge. P. 61-73. 10.4324/9781315647692 [More information]
Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2017). Resilience and Sustainable Development. Dreams and Seeds : The role of campuses in sustainable urban development. Stockholm: Stockholm Resilience Centre and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. P. 28-29. External link [More information]
Schewenius, M., Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2017). Social-Ecological Integrated Planning and Design. Dreams and Seeds : The role of campuses in sustainable urban development. Stockholm: Stockholm Resilience Centre; Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. P. 47-49. External link [More information]
Sinclair, P., Isendahl, C. & Barthel, S. (2016). Beyond Rhetoric : Towards a Framework for an Applied Historical Ecology of Urban Planning. The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology. Oxford University Press. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672691.013.34 [More information]
Andersson, E., Barthel, S., Borgström, S., Colding, J., Elmqvist, T., Folke, C. & Gren, A. (2016). Reconnecting cities to the biosphere : Stewardship of green infrastructure and urban ecosystem services. Sustainable Cities: Urban Planning Challenges and Policy. CRC Press. P. 29-45. [More information]
Barthel, S. (2014). Resilience. A Companion to Urban Anthropology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. P. 428-446. 10.1002/9781118378625.ch25 [More information]
Barthel, S., Parker, J., Folke, C. & Colding, J. (2014). Urban gardens : pockets of social-ecological memory. Greening in the Red Zone : Disaster, Resilience, and Community Greening Part II. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. P. 145-158. 10.1007/978-90-481-9947-1_11 [More information]
Elmqvist, T., Redman, C., Barthel, S. & Costanza, R. (2013). History of Urbanization and the Missing Ecology. Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities : A Global Assessment. Dordrecht: Springer. P. 13-30. 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_2 [More information]
Sörlin, S., Barthel, S. & Ljungkvist, J. (2010). Innovative Memory and Resilient Cities : Echoes from Ancient Constantinople. The Urban Mind : Cultural and Environmental Dynamics. Uppsala: Uppsala University: Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. P. 391-405. External link [More information]
Ljungkvist, J., Barthel, S., Finnveden, G. & Sörlin, S. (2010). The Urban Anthropocene : Lessons for Sustainability from the Environmental History of Constantinople. The Urban Mind : Cultural and Environmental Dynamics. Uppsala: Uppsala University: Department of Archaeology and Ancient History. P. 367-390. External link [More information]

Conference papers

Ong, T., Lin, B., Philott, S., Barthel, S. & Levin, S. (2019). A model for growing and shrinking cities : Urban gardens as a bridge. . Louisville, USA. External link [More information]

Reports

Schwenius, M., Erixon-Aalto, H., Rawaf, R., Barthel, S., Colding, J. & Andersson, E. (2017). Science Report: Campus Albano : On integrated planning and social-ecological urban design. 40 p. [More information]
Barthel, S., Colding, J., Andersson, E. & Schewenius, M. (2016). Campus Albano, Stockholm - Creating a social-ecological ‘best practices’ campus area in the Baltic region for supporting learning, innovation, and sense of community : In Live Baltic Campus: Inventory Reports. 16 p. External link [More information]
Colding, J., Barthel, S., Andersson, E. & Schewenius, M. (2016). Inventory Report Live Baltic Campus. Central Baltic Interreg. [More information]
Samuelsson, K. & Barthel, S. (2016). Social-ekologisk stadsbyggnad : perspektiv på urban resiliens och hållbar utveckling. Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle. 9 p. External link [More information]
Barthel, S., Colding, J., Schewenius, M. & Andersson, E. (2016). The Participatory design process that lead to the vision of Campus Albano : Live Baltic Science Report. Central Baltic Interreg. [More information]
Marcus, L., Colding, J. & Barthel, S. (2015). Pre-study report for development of a Stockholm node within Mistra Urban Futures. [More information]
Colding, J., Marcus, L., Barthel, S., Andersson, E., Gren, Å. & Borgström, S. (2013). Ekosystemtjänster i Stockholmsregionen : Ett underlag för diskussion och planering. Tillväxt, miljö och regionplanering (TMR). 75 p. (Tillväxt, miljö och regionplanering 2013:3) External link [More information]
Marcus, L., Barthel, S., Colding, J., Erixon, H., Ernstson, H., Grahn, S., Torsvall, J. & Kärsten, C. (2010). Q-book Albano 4 : Sustainability. Akademiska hus. 76 p. External link [More information]
Barthel, S., Colding, J. & Ernstson, H. (2010). QBook4-Hållbarhet: Albano Resilient Campus. Stockholm: Akademiska hus. [More information]

Other

Barthel, S. & Colding, J. (2017). A Critical Perspective on the “Smart City” Model. 1 p. External link [More information]
Barthel, S. & Colding, J. (2017). The Smart (Cyborg) City Needs Smarter Ecological Resilience Thinking. p. External link [More information]
Barthel, S. (2016). A Social-Ecological Research Lens on Urban Resilience. External link [More information]
Barthel, S. (2016). Viola has an Acorn in her Pocket. 2 p. (The Nature of Cities) External link [More information]
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