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Karrbom Gustavsson, T., Hallin, A. & Dobers, P. (2024). Stakeholder involvement in distributed projects: a performative approach to large scale urban sustainable development projects and the case of Stockholm Royal Seaport. Construction Management and Economics, 42(2), 148-163
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2024 (English)In: Construction Management and Economics, ISSN 0144-6193, E-ISSN 1466-433X, Vol. 42, no 2, p. 148-163Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The involvement of stakeholders in large scale urban sustainable development projects (LSUSDP.s) has proven difficult. The stakeholders are distributed across the geographical area, and they have stakes not only in the LSUSDP, but in the geographical location where the project takes place. To understand stakeholder management in "distributed projects", we propose abandoning the "inside-out" perspective where the project is the point of departure, and focus on the emergence of stakeholders across time. Adopting such a performative, "outside-in," perspective on the longitudinal and digital study of a LSUSDP, we are able to map how actors became stakeholders in the project through their actions. The paper makes four contributions. First, we reconceptualize stakeholder involvement by adopting a performative perspective, whereby "stakeholders" are envisaged as emergent and non-fixed. Second, we demonstrate how such a reconceptualization may be applied to the analysis of an empirical case. Third, we show that stakeholder involvement is not merely the result of stakeholder management but something that happens over time, through the material and discursive actions of those that become stakeholders. Finally, the paper contributes with an illustration of how the online, digital footprint, of a project may be useful to understand the emergence of a project.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2024
Keywords
Large scale urban sustainable development projects, stakeholder involvement, distributed project, Stockholm Royal Seaport, digital footprint, performativity theory, >
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-52137 (URN)10.1080/01446193.2023.2232893 (DOI)001026776300001 ()2-s2.0-85165138580 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-08-24 Created: 2023-08-24 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved
Dobers, P. & Zilahy, G. (2023). Sustainability in transforming societies. Sustainable Development, 31(6), 3965-3967
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2023 (English)In: Sustainable Development, ISSN 0968-0802, E-ISSN 1099-1719, Vol. 31, no 6, p. 3965-3967Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2023
Keywords
sustainability, sustainability challenges, transforming societies
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-51550 (URN)10.1002/sd.2594 (DOI)000988879900001 ()2-s2.0-85159156359 (Scopus ID)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
Note

The time spent for editing this special issue was funded by different sources. The contribution of Peter Dobers was supported by basic research funding by The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies of the chair in business study at Södertörn University. The contribution of Gyula Zilahy was supported by Project no. 138661 implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the OTKA K 2021/1 funding scheme.

Available from: 2023-05-26 Created: 2023-05-26 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Moberg, C., Wolrath Söderberg, M., Sandberg, L., Lindblad, I., Sjöholm, C., Gullström, M., . . . Stedt, K. (2022). De unga gör helt rätt när de stämmer staten: 1 620 forskare och lärare i forskarvärlden: Vi ställer oss bakom Auroras klimatkrav. Aftonbladet (2022-12-07)
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2022 (Swedish)In: Aftonbladet, no 2022-12-07, p. 2Article in journal, News item (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [sv]

Vi, 1 620 forskare samt lärare vid universitet och högskolor, är eniga med de unga bakom Auroramålet: De drabbas och riskerar att drabbas allvarligt av klimatkrisen under sin livstid. De klimatåtgärder vi vidtar i närtid avgör deras framtid. Sverige måste ta ansvar och göra sin rättvisa andel av det globala klimatarbetet. 

I strid med Parisavtalet ökar utsläppen av växthusgaser i en takt som gör att 1,5-gradersmålet kan överskridas om några år. De globala effekterna blir allt mer synliga med ständiga temperaturrekord, smältande isar, havshöjning och extremväder som torka, förödande bränder och skyfall med enorma översvämningar, som i Pakistan nyligen. Försörjningen av befolkningen utsätts för allvarliga hot i många länder.

Minskningen av den biologiska mångfalden är extrem. Klimatkrisen är enligt WHO det största hotet mot människors hälsa i hela världen och barn utgör en särskilt sårbar grupp. Med Sveriges nordliga läge sker uppvärmningen här dubbelt så fort som det globala genomsnittet. Det förskjuter utbredningsområden för växtlighet och sjukdomsbärande insekter och ökar förekomsten av extremväder såsom värmeböljor, skogsbränder och översvämningar samt av många olika sorters infektioner och allergier. När extremväder ökar, ökar även stressen och risken för mental ohälsa. Värmeböljor ökar risken för sjukdom och död hos sårbara grupper som äldre, små barn och personer med kroniska sjukdomar. De negativa effekterna på hälsan kommer att öka i takt med klimatkrisen och barn riskerar att drabbas av ackumulerade negativa hälsoeffekter under hela sina liv. Redan i dag är mer än hälften av unga mellan 12 och 18 år i Sverige ganska eller mycket oroliga för klimat och miljö. Detta är förståeligt när våra beslutsfattare inte gör vad som krävs.

Den juridiska och moraliska grunden för arbetet mot klimatförändringarna är att varje land måste göra sin rättvisa andel av det globala klimatarbetet. Centralt i det internationella klimatramverket är att rika länder med höga historiska utsläpp, däribland Sverige, måste gå före resten av världen. Dessa länder måste också bidra till att finansiera klimatomställningen i länderna i det Globala Syd, som är minst ansvariga för klimatkrisen men drabbas hårdast. Denna rättviseprincip är tydlig i Parisavtalet och var en het diskussionsfråga under COP27 i Sharm el-Sheikh, men lyser med sin frånvaro i det svenska klimatarbetet. 

Sverige har satt mål för att minska sina utsläpp. Men de är helt otillräckliga: minskningstakten är för låg och målen tillåter samtidigt att åtgärder skjuts på framtiden. Dessutom exkluderas merparten av Sveriges utsläpp från de svenska nationella utsläppsmålen; bland annat utelämnas utsläpp som svensk konsumtion orsakar utanför Sveriges gränser, utsläpp från utrikes transporter och utsläpp från markanvändning och skogsbruk, exempelvis utsläpp från förbränning av biobränslen eller utsläpp från dikade våtmarker (Prop. 2016/17:146 s.25-28).

Sverige saknar dessutom ett eget mål för att öka upptaget av växthusgaser genom utökat skydd och restaurering av ekosystem, något som krävs för att begränsa de värsta konsekvenserna av klimatkrisen (IPCC s.32). Trots dessa låga ambitioner misslyckas Sverige med att nå sina utsläppsmål, konstaterar både Klimatpolitiska rådet och Naturvårdsverket. En klimatpolitik i linje med Parisavtalet kräver både att alla typer av växthusgasutsläpp minskar samtidigt som – inte i stället för – upptaget av växthusgaser maximeras: i dag misslyckas Sverige på bägge fronter.

Slutsatsen är tydlig. Sverige vidtar inte de åtgärder som krävs för att skydda barns och ungdomars rättigheter enligt Europakonventionen till skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna. Detta medför allvarliga risker för liv och hälsa för unga generationer, människor i andra länder och särskilt utsatta grupper. Detta kan inte fortsätta. Därför ställer vi oss bakom Auroras krav att Sverige börjar göra sin rättvisa andel och omedelbart sätter igång ett omfattande och långtgående klimatarbete som vilar på vetenskaplig grund och sätter rättvisa i centrum.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Aftonbladet, 2022. p. 2
Keywords
Klimatförändringar; växthusgaser; mänskliga rättigheter
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-50340 (URN)
Note

Aftonbladet Debatt

Available from: 2022-12-07 Created: 2022-12-07 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Gerhardt, K., Wolrath Söderberg, M., Lindblad, I., Diderichsen, Ö., Gullström, M., Dahlin, M., . . . Gradén, M. (2022). Nog nu, politiker – ta klimatkrisen på allvar. Aftonbladet (2022-08-25)
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2022 (Swedish)In: Aftonbladet, no 2022-08-25Article in journal, News item (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Aftonbladet Hierta, 2022
National Category
Other Social Sciences Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-49755 (URN)
Note

Debattartikel från 1944 svenska forskare och anställda i forskarvärlden.

Available from: 2022-08-26 Created: 2022-08-26 Last updated: 2025-01-08Bibliographically approved
Dobers, P., Gawell, M., Gärde, J. & Silfverskiöld, S. (Eds.). (2022). PROCEEDINGS of the 28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society: Sustainable Development and Courage: Culture, Art and Human Rights. Paper presented at 28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-17, 2022.. Stockholm, Sweden: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>PROCEEDINGS of the 28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society: Sustainable Development and Courage: Culture, Art and Human Rights
2022 (English)Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The summer of 2022 was a memorable and unique experience for all participants and organisers of the 28th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society – ISDRS 2022 in Stockholm.

On the same turf of the United Nations conference in Stockholm in 1972 and its Stockholm +50 sibbling, and after two annual online versions of the conference forced upon us, it was with great joy and pleasure we met up again in Stockholm, Sweden. With 35+ re-occurring tracks, a hybrid set-up of both on campus and online conferencing, and with six collaborating universities in Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm University of the Arts, Södertörn University and University College Stockholm, the conference committee truly took us on a complex challenge. The participants successfully navigated between five different campi while enjoying the this years conference with the overall theme ”Sustainable Development and Courage. Culture, Art and Human Rights”.

We were proud to accommodate over 400 delegates from 50+ countries and all six continents around the world, all of which engaging in the important endeavour of creating more knowledge to make our world a more sustainable one. The six key note panels can be view in its full length on the ISDRS YouTube channel launched in August 2022 with playlists for a few of the recent conferences.1 For this particular conference panels, please view the playlist for ISDRS 2022.2.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm, Sweden: Södertörns högskola, 2022. p. 1866
Keywords
Sustainable development, Courage, Art, Culture, Human Rights
National Category
Social Sciences Natural Sciences Humanities and the Arts
Research subject
Other research area
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-50356 (URN)978-91-89504-17-2 (ISBN)
Conference
28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society in Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-17, 2022.
Note

Amended file uploaded 2023-01-12

Available from: 2022-12-13 Created: 2022-12-13 Last updated: 2023-03-31Bibliographically approved
Hallin, A., Karrbom-Gustavsson, T. & Dobers, P. (2021). Transition towards and of sustainability—Understanding sustainability as performative. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(4), 1948-1957
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Transition towards and of sustainability—Understanding sustainability as performative
2021 (English)In: Business Strategy and the Environment, ISSN 0964-4733, E-ISSN 1099-0836, Vol. 30, no 4, p. 1948-1957Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Our purpose is to explore the concept of “sustainability” when understood from a performative perspective, i.e. as a concept that is filled with meaning across time. Drawing on a 10 year-long study of the digital footprint of Stockholm Royal Seaport, claimed to be northern Europe's largest sustainable urban development district, we show that “sustainability” emerged as the project became associated with particular places, projects, histories, and technologies. This means that “sustainability” was local in that it was situated in the particular spatial context of the project; temporal in that it was situated in a particular time; and political in that it expressed particular values and perspectives. The study contributes to explaining why “sustainability” remains—and always will remain—a contested concept, which is why sustainability transitions are complex. Consequently, we suggest that the transition towards sustainability always involves the transition of sustainability, something that needs to be acknowledged in order for a transition to actually become sustainable.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2021
Keywords
performative, Stockholm Royal Seaport, sustainability, sustainability transition, urban development
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-43544 (URN)10.1002/bse.2726 (DOI)000604880900001 ()2-s2.0-85099053077 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-01-15 Created: 2021-01-15 Last updated: 2023-08-25Bibliographically approved
Dobers, P. & Stier, J. (2019). Hållbar samverkan som motor för hållbar utveckling: lärosäten och det omgivande samhället i samspel för en bättre värld. Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, 96(3), 341-352
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Hållbar samverkan som motor för hållbar utveckling: lärosäten och det omgivande samhället i samspel för en bättre värld
2019 (Swedish)In: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, ISSN 0037-833X, E-ISSN 2000-4192, Vol. 96, no 3, p. 341-352Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

I den här texten sammanfogar vi två områden som varit angelägna för oss under våra år i akademin: dels hållbar utveckling, dels samverkan mellan lärosäten och omgivande samhället – det vill säga civilsamhället, näringslivet och den offentliga sektorn (en uppsättning aktörer som brukar sammanfattas med begreppet kvadrupel helix). Vi är övertygade om att en hållbar utveckling innebär stora samhällsförändringar och måste bygga på människor som vill förändra och vill förändras. Vidare ser vi kvadrupel-helix-samverkan och samskapande som nyckelverktyg för att optimera ansträngningarna för att säkerställa en hållbar utveckling. Med detta sagt sällar vi oss till den växande skara som i utmaningarna med en hållbar utveckling ser hopp och möjligheter samt en kraft och vilja till att förändra. 

Abstract [en]

In this text we merge two fields of interests that have been both important and focal to us during our years in academia. The firstis sustainable development in the wider sense of the word, including but not being limited to ecological, economic and social sustainability. The second field iscollaboration and co-creation between universities and other actors in society – that is civil society, the public sector and industry (four set of actors commonly referred to as the quadruple helix). We are convinced that a sustainable development will lead to major societal changes and must build on people that want to change and will be changed. Additionally, we view quadruple helix collaboration and co-co-creation as key instruments to boost efforts to ensure sustainability. With this as a background, we join the growing number of people, that in the challenges of sustainable development and the 17 sustainable development goals, see hope and possibilities, and an energy and will to change.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 2019
Keywords
strategisk samverkan, samskapande, personrörlighet, 17 globala målen, högskolor och universitet
National Category
Educational Sciences Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42254 (URN)
Available from: 2020-11-23 Created: 2020-11-23 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Serat, N., Stier, J., Dobers, P., Köller, C., Broeks, T. & Hullebroeck, L. (2018). Next-generation leadership roles and public service: incorporating a culture of co-creation at quadruple helix institutions. European public mosaic (6), 48-61
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2018 (English)In: European public mosaic, ISSN 2565-0378, no 6, p. 48-61Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

The past 15 years have seen a fresh approach to management training. One of the areas that has generated the most interest around Europe is how to improve project creation and co-creation, based, among other things, on 4H innovation models (quadruple helix comprising academia, government, industry and civil society) has become firmly established as one of the most important tools. Below is a description of three current cases that illustrate how different 4H actors are tackling the challenge of providing management training for co-creation in context.

National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-36884 (URN)
Available from: 2018-12-06 Created: 2018-12-06 Last updated: 2018-12-06Bibliographically approved
Dobers, P. & Stier, J. (2018). Quadruple Helix Co-creation in SSH: Experiences, considerations, lessons learned in a pan-European study in 12 countries. In: The 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS 2018), Actions for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice: 13-15 June 2018, Messina, Italy : Book of Papers. Paper presented at 24th Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Messina, Italy, June 13-15, 2018..
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Quadruple Helix Co-creation in SSH: Experiences, considerations, lessons learned in a pan-European study in 12 countries
2018 (English)In: The 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (ISDRS 2018), Actions for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice: 13-15 June 2018, Messina, Italy : Book of Papers, 2018Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The impact work leading to the in-depth understanding of quadruple helix co-creation in social sciences and humanities is based on the ACCOMPLISSH project, that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693477. This paper is based on one of the reports written up there, shows illustrations of co-creation as discussed in focus group interviews of quadruple helix partners at 14 European universities and presents first-hand excerpts of the report. Our ambition is to rewrite the paper into an article publishable in peer-reviewed academic journals and based on previous studies published in other academic journals.

Keywords
co-creation, collaboration, focus group interviews, SSH, quadruple helix
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42255 (URN)978-88-943228-6-6 (ISBN)
Conference
24th Sustainable Development Research Society Conference, Messina, Italy, June 13-15, 2018.
Projects
Accomplissh
Available from: 2020-11-24 Created: 2020-11-24 Last updated: 2020-11-24Bibliographically approved
Stier, J. & Dobers, P. (2017). Quadruple Helix Co-creation in SSH: Experiences, Considerations, Lessons Learned. Groningen: Sustainable Society, University of Groning
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Quadruple Helix Co-creation in SSH: Experiences, Considerations, Lessons Learned
2017 (English)Report (Other academic)
Alternative title[en]
ACCOMPLISSH: Deliverable: Work Package 2 : Quadruple Helix Co-creation in SSH: Experiences, Considerations, Lessons Learned
Abstract [en]

Europe 2020, the European Union’s ten-year growth strategy, aims at delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The strategy sets targets in the areas of employment, research and development, climate change, education and poverty, and social exclusion for the coming decade. It is within this context that the Horizon 2020 scheme highlights impact, co-creation, and quadruple helix cooperation vehicles for innovation and in response to societal challenges. It is also here that the knowledge and research results of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) play a crucial role. At the same time, definitions and understanding of such concepts are ambiguous if not even contradictory, which makes it difficult to determine their applicability and effectiveness. This being said, there is a need for clearer definitions and viable and measurable valorisation processes to determine the value and outcomes of such processes. By the same token, there is a need to move beyond concepts and models into the actual work with these matters: to talk to the people from academia, government, industry and societal partners about their experiences with co-creation and the considerations these experiences have involved and the lessons that have been learned. To move beyond traditional and linear valorisation approaches (i.e. from academia to society), it is frequently claimed that quadruple helix actors need to be committed to and actively engaged in co-creation. Yet, due to its being boundary transgressive, co-creation is multifaceted and seldom naturally occurring. Also, collaboration and co-creation are often obstructed by differences in organisational culture, organisational logics and ideological disagreement among the actors involved. For all the reasons above, the ACCOMPLISSH consortium, made up of 14 universities from 12 countries (representing a range of SSH sub-disciplines), is engaged with a variety of quadruple helix partners from government, industry and society.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Groningen: Sustainable Society, University of Groning, 2017. p. 77
Keywords
Co-creation, collaboration, SSH
National Category
Economics and Business
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34102 (URN)
Projects
ACCOMPLISSH
Funder
EU, Horizon 2020, 693477
Available from: 2018-01-12 Created: 2018-01-12 Last updated: 2018-01-12Bibliographically approved
Projects
PAUS: Personal mobility from academy with a focus on education and student involvement [2017-03532_VINNOVA]; Södertörn University
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-6662-0403

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