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Bonnedahl, Karl JohanORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-8089-1952
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Haskell, L., Bonnedahl, K. J. & Stål, H. (2024). Addressing climate change through social innovation initiatives. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
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2024 (English)In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, ISSN 1942-0676, E-ISSN 1942-0684Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

While social innovation has traditionally emphasised social sustainability, it also presents potential for the mitigation of climate change by influencing social practices. This study explores how social innovation initiatives address social practices to mitigate climate change. Our qualitative study in an affluent setting, a Swedish municipality with high emissions, led to the identification of four dimensions relevant for climate mitigation: SIIs’ social motives, inspiration of others, beneficiary participation, and use of artefacts. Social motives for climate relevant social ends focused on altering the meaning of practices while SIIs’ had social means focused on changing meaning, competences, and materials of emission-intensive practices.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2024
Keywords
Social innovation, climate change, social innovation initiatives
National Category
Business Administration Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
sustainable development
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-231707 (URN)10.1080/19420676.2024.2421259 (DOI)001348884300001 ()2-s2.0-85209096967 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-11-11 Created: 2024-11-11 Last updated: 2025-02-20
Vlasov, M., Heikkurinen, P. & Bonnedahl, K. J. (2023). Suffering catalyzing ecopreneurship: Critical ecopsychology of organizations. Organization, 30(4), 668-693
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2023 (English)In: Organization, ISSN 1350-5084, E-ISSN 1461-7323, Vol. 30, no 4, p. 668-693Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article bridges the gap between ecology and mind in organization theory by exploring the role of psychological suffering for sustainable organizing. In particular, it shows how burn-out, experiential deprivation, and ecological anxiety prompt ecopreneurs within the Swedish back-to-the-land movement to become ecologically embedded. Three counter-practices illustrate how this suffering represents an inner revolt against the exploitative structures of modern society and growth capitalism, and a catalyst for alternative ecopreneurship. The article takes the first steps toward critical ecopsychology of organizations, which offers an ecocentric ontology and a moral-political framework for degrowth transition.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2023
Keywords
Back-to-the-land, degrowth, ecological embeddedness, ecopreneurship, ecopsychology, suffering
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
sustainability; Ethics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-176381 (URN)10.1177/13505084211020462 (DOI)000660909200001 ()2-s2.0-85107410961 (Scopus ID)
Note

Originally included in thesis in manuscript form with title: "Suffering catalyzing ecopreneurship: A critical ecopsychology of organizations"

Available from: 2020-11-03 Created: 2020-11-03 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved
Bonnedahl, K. J. (2022). Från efterfrågedriven tillväxt till behovsdrivet välbefinnande: en roll för social innovation?. In: Karl Johan Bonnedahl; Annika Egan Sjölander; Malin Lindberg (Ed.), Social innovation för hållbar utveckling: (pp. 167-184). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Från efterfrågedriven tillväxt till behovsdrivet välbefinnande: en roll för social innovation?
2022 (Swedish)In: Social innovation för hållbar utveckling / [ed] Karl Johan Bonnedahl; Annika Egan Sjölander; Malin Lindberg, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022, p. 167-184Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

I ett modernt samhälle som det svenska är ekonomisk tillväxt ett övergripande mål och efterfrågan en central styrmekanism. Båda begreppen är problematiska när man med hållbarhet menar att det finns planetära begränsningar att respektera och att utveckling inom dessa bör styras av behov och sikta på välbefinnande. Motsättningen blir kritisk genom vårt systematiska överutnyttjande av naturen. Detta utreds i kapitlet som också undersöker hur social innovation kan bidra till samhällsförändring i riktning mot hållbarhet genom att lyfta fram mer relevanta mål och former för styrning.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192334 (URN)978-91-44-15146-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-02-09 Created: 2022-02-09 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Bonnedahl, K. J., Egan Sjölander, A. & Lindberg, M. (Eds.). (2022). Social innovation för hållbar utveckling (1ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social innovation för hållbar utveckling
2022 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Brännande samhällsutmaningar i form av bland annat segregation, ohälsa och ekologisk obalans skapar efterfrågan på nytänkande lösningar som inte bara följer en ekonomisk logik utan också är socialt och miljömässigt hållbara. I antologin presenteras aktuell svensk forskning om social innovation för hållbar utveckling, med koppling till Agenda 2030. Forskare från olika discipliner och lärosäten belyser detta i förhållande till exempelvis stadsutveckling, arbetslivsinkludering, naturbaserad rehabilitering och skola. Hybridorganisering, samverkan mellan olika aktörer och en ny samhällsekonomisk styrning tas också upp. Tillsammans ger antologins kapitel en bild av det växande forskningsfältet social innovation, med tillämpning mot hållbar utveckling. Därmed diskuteras potentialen i att sammanföra dessa perspektiv för att stärka bidragen till vetenskaplig och praktisk utveckling. 

Social innovation för hållbar utveckling riktar sig till forskare, studenter och praktiker inom innovationsområdet, exempelvis innovatörer, innovationsfrämjare, politiker och tjänstepersoner, samt andra intresserade.Boken är framtagen i samarbete med Mötesplats Social Innovation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022. p. 188 Edition: 1
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192217 (URN)9789144151465 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-02-04 Created: 2022-02-04 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Lindberg, M., Bonnedahl, K. J. & Egan Sjölander, A. (2022). Social innovation och hållbar utveckling: hur hänger det ihop?. In: Karl Johan Bonnedahl; Annika Egan Sjölander; Malin Lindberg (Ed.), Social innovation för hållbar utveckling: (pp. 13-36). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
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2022 (Swedish)In: Social innovation för hållbar utveckling / [ed] Karl Johan Bonnedahl; Annika Egan Sjölander; Malin Lindberg, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022, p. 13-36Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Denna antologi ger en inblick i aktuell forskning i Sverige om social innovation, det vill säga nya sätt att möta samhällsutmaningar och förbättra människors livsvillkor. Särskilt uppmärksammas forskning om social innovation för hållbar utveckling, med koppling till de globala hållbarhetsmålen i FN:s Agenda 2030. Syftet med antologin är att göra akademisk kunskap inom området tillgänglig för studenter, forskare, innovatörer, innovationsfrämjare och andra intresserade. I detta avsnitt ges en inledande överblick över områdena social innovation och hållbar utveckling, som en inraming till antologins olika kapitel.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-192332 (URN)978-91-44-15146-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-02-09 Created: 2022-02-09 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Bonnedahl, K. J., Heikkurinen, P. & Paavola, J. (2022). Strongly sustainable development goals: Overcoming distances constraining responsible action. Environmental Science and Policy, 129, 150-158
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2022 (English)In: Environmental Science and Policy, ISSN 1462-9011, E-ISSN 1873-6416, Vol. 129, p. 150-158Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sustainable development has been an important policy goal for the international community for over threedecades. Still, the state of the planet continues to worsen. This conceptual article considers the failure largely aresult of structural obstacles and the so-called weak sustainability discourse, popularized by the Brundtlandreport and manifested today in The 2030 Agenda. The article adopts a strong sustainability perspective forexamining structural distances between actors and the consequences of their acts. We argue that these impederesponsible action and that policy should aim to reduce or eliminate distances in the four dimensions of space,time, functions and relations. The article concludes by suggesting Strongly Sustainable Development Goals,which could help transitioning humanity towards sustainability, lower the anthropogenic environmental impacton the planet, and enable the continuity of diverse life on Earth.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022
Keywords
2030 Agenda, IPAT, Policy, Responsibility, Strong sustainability, Sustainable development goals
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-191386 (URN)10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.004 (DOI)000787577400016 ()2-s2.0-85122690954 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Academy of Finland, 343277
Available from: 2022-01-14 Created: 2022-01-14 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved
Bonnedahl, K. J. (2021). An economy beyond instrumental rationality. In: Pasi Heikkurinen and Toni Ruuska (Ed.), Sustainability beyond technology: Philosophy, critique, & implications for human organization (pp. 203-229). Oxford: Oxford University Press
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2021 (English)In: Sustainability beyond technology: Philosophy, critique, & implications for human organization / [ed] Pasi Heikkurinen and Toni Ruuska, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, p. 203-229Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182437 (URN)10.1093/oso/9780198864929.003.0009 (DOI)978-0-19-886492-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-04-21 Created: 2021-04-21 Last updated: 2021-04-23Bibliographically approved
Haskell, L., Bonnedahl, K. J. & Stål, H. I. (2021). Social innovation related to ecological crises: a systematic literature review and a research agenda for strong sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production, 325, Article ID 129316.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social innovation related to ecological crises: a systematic literature review and a research agenda for strong sustainability
2021 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 325, article id 129316Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

New technologies, market-based solutions, and regulation have proven inadequate in remedying today's human caused ecological crises. This suggests that detrimental social practices need to be fundamentally changed. While social innovation is one possible approach for such change, a comprehensive picture of research on social innovation in relation to ecological challenges is missing. Therefore, with an emphasis on so-called strong sustainability, this article's purpose was to investigate social innovation's potential in relation to ecological crises, to identify important gaps, and advance research implications. A systematic literature review of social innovation research that address environmental issues was carried out, and the resulting literature was analyzed according to sustainability and five dimensions of social innovation. To reap more of social innovation's potential in our time of ecological crises, we suggest a move in social innovation research towards strong sustainability and propose such research avenues within each of the five dimensions of social innovation: conceptualization, environmental needs and challenges, key resources, capabilities, and constraints, types of governance, networks and actors, and, finally, process dynamics for strongly sustainable social innovation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021
Keywords
Ecological crises, Environment, Strong sustainability, Weak sustainability, Sustainable development, Social innovation
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Business Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188658 (URN)10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129316 (DOI)000716326600003 ()2-s2.0-85117213382 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-10-18 Created: 2021-10-18 Last updated: 2024-09-27Bibliographically approved
Bonnedahl, K. J. & Caramujo, M. J. (2019). Beyond an absolving role for sustainable development: Assessing consumption as a basis for sustainable societies. Sustainable Development, 27(1), 61-68
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Beyond an absolving role for sustainable development: Assessing consumption as a basis for sustainable societies
2019 (English)In: Sustainable Development, ISSN 0968-0802, E-ISSN 1099-1719, Vol. 27, no 1, p. 61-68Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Three decades after the launch of sustainable development as a key objective for the global community, the unsustainable exploitation of the planet's species, spaces and systems continues. This paper examines this failure by discussing the strategy of control over nature, and the idea of balance between human endeavour and nature, inherent in the term sustainable. The relevance of such ecological balance is assessed by comparing how consumption typically appears in modern human societies versus nature. This presents traits of the human actor which depart significantly from the traits of actors in typified natural settings, from which ideas of ecological balance are taken. Calling for an alternative framing of the relationship between human society and nature, possible adaptation towards a biological understanding of such a relationship is discussed through features of today's consumption, including its connection to needs, the role of labour, and the use of energy and technology.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2019
Keywords
biology, consumption, ecological balance, nature, sustainable development
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
biology; environmental science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-150789 (URN)10.1002/sd.1862 (DOI)000458174300006 ()2-s2.0-85050500577 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2018-08-16 Created: 2018-08-16 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
Adman, P., Bergquist, A.-K., Bonnedahl, K. J., Eckerberg, K., Eimermann, M., Enlund, D., . . . Örestig, J. (2019). DN Debatt. 171 forskare: ”Vi vuxna bör också klimatprotestera”. Dagens Nyheter
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2019 (Swedish)In: Dagens Nyheter, ISSN 1101-2447, , p. 1Article in journal, News item (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [sv]

Vuxna bör följa uppmaningen från ungdomarna i Fridays for future-rörelsen och protestera eftersom det politiska ledarskapet är otillräckligt. Omfattande och långvariga påtryckningar från hela samhället behövs för att få de politiskt ansvariga att utöva det ledarskap som klimatkrisen kräver, skriver 171 forskare i samhällsvetenskap och humaniora.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: , 2019. p. 1
Keywords
klimatpolitik
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
political science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-163587 (URN)
Note

Debattartikel som 171 human- och samhällsvetenskapliga forskare har undertecknat.

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Available from: 2019-09-26 Created: 2019-09-26 Last updated: 2019-10-08Bibliographically approved
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