Papers by Mikael Klintman
Det ropas allt hogre om att forskare ska samverka med det omgivande samhallet. Det ar rop som vit... more Det ropas allt hogre om att forskare ska samverka med det omgivande samhallet. Det ar rop som vittnar om en stor tilltro till att morgondagens vetenskapliga genombrott garanteras genom att kunskap produceras i samverkan. Men vad betyder det att samverka? Ar den alltid att foredra? Framjar eller kanske rentav hotar samverkan kunskapsproduktion i samhallet?Denna essasamling syftar till att belysa och diskutera hur kunskap forstas och genereras i granslandet mellan akademi och praktik. I detta gransland utspelar sig en kamp om kunskap en kamp som ofta fargas av forenklade, extrema bilder av forskaren som antingen isolerad i ett elfenbenstorn eller frivolt minglande pa marknadstorget. Det ar en kamp som vacker fragor om forskarens roll, och synen pa kunskap, i samhallet. Forfattarna till bokens tretton essaer kommer fran en bredd av discipliner inom humaniora och samhallsvetenskap. Genom att lata varje essa speglas i en seriebild vill vi bidra till ytterligare tanke och reflektion kring vad kampen om kunskap handlar om. Var ambition och forhoppning ar att ge bransle till en diskussion bortom tornet och torget om mojligheter och utmaningar med dagens syn pa kunskapsproduktion och vilken roll samverkan kan, eller bor, spela. (Less)
‘The mad, the stupid and the morally degenerate’ : stodge food vegans and sustainable food consum... more ‘The mad, the stupid and the morally degenerate’ : stodge food vegans and sustainable food consumption revisited
Brunsson and Jacobsson (2000) argue that standardization emerges as a general new form of regulat... more Brunsson and Jacobsson (2000) argue that standardization emerges as a general new form of regulation in modern globalized life, alongside traditional legislation and normative community. The conventional understanding of standardization is that it deals with technical objects or systems (nuts and bolts). However, standardization increasingly extends to include social and environmental matters (Busch, 2000; Cochoy, 2004; Tamm Hallstrom, 2004, 2008). All types of activities among organizations and individuals can be subject to standardization. What should an organization look like, what should be its aspirations, what types of administrative routines should it have? How should we design an education programme? What should we eat? What are our rights and duties? There are thousands of concerns in everyday life that could be subject to rule-making, but for which the alternatives — traditional legislation and normative community — appear inadequate.
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 2008
List of Figures and Tables viii 1 Introduction: Green Consumerism, Green Labelling? 1 Risk cultur... more List of Figures and Tables viii 1 Introduction: Green Consumerism, Green Labelling? 1 Risk culture and eco-standards 1 Four themes: politics, trust, differentiation, and mismatch 4 Analysing labelling: outline 11 Methodology and normative position 14 2 The Historical Context-Key Trends 17 Individualization 19 Globalization 20 Ecological modernization 20 From production to consumption 21 From government to governance, the rise of private authorities, and new rule-making 24
Routledge eBooks, Jun 21, 2022
Voluntas, 2020
This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the ad... more This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
Det har lange varit en kliche att vetenskapen utgor det nutida samhallets andliga stand. Men vad ... more Det har lange varit en kliche att vetenskapen utgor det nutida samhallets andliga stand. Men vad betyder det, och hur val haller denna metafor?Aven om det kan ligga nagot i bilden av ett vetenskapligt prasterskap, ar det ocksa viktigt att notera pa vilka satt den ar vilseledande. Forskare finner det ofta fafangt att forsoka na Sanningen. I stallet forsoker de forkasta det som ar falskt. Pa sa satt minskar de ovissheten pa det aktuella forskningsomradet och nar allt hogre sakerhet. Genom hela historien och i alla kulturer har manniskor velat fa tillgang till »certifierad» kunskap – kunskap av hogsta mojliga kvalitet, utover vara dagliga upplevelser av varlden. Denna onskan visar inga tecken pa att forsvagas.
The conversation, Dec 13, 2019
Being accepted by others matters more to us than being factually correct – and this is the key to... more Being accepted by others matters more to us than being factually correct – and this is the key to tackling our post-truth society.
Within the disciplines of social, economic, and evolutionary science, a proud ignorance can often... more Within the disciplines of social, economic, and evolutionary science, a proud ignorance can often be found of the other areas’ approaches. This text provides a novel intellectual basis for breaking this trend. Certainly, Human Sciences and Human Interests aspires to open a broad debate about what scholars in the different human sciences assume, imply or explicitly claim with regard to human interests.DUST JACKET TEXT: Mikael Klintman draws the reader to the core of human sciences - how they conceive human interests, as well as how interests embedded within each discipline relate to its claims and recommendations. Moreover, by comparing theories as well as concrete examples of research on health and environment through the lenses of social, economic and evolutionary sciences, Klintman outlines an integrative framework for how human interests could be better analysed across all human sciences.This fast-paced and modern contribution to the field is a necessary tool for developing any human scientist’s ability to address multidimensional problems within a rapidly changing society. Avoiding dogmatic reasoning, this interdisciplinary text offers new insights and will be especially relevant to scholars and advanced students within the aforementioned disciplines, as well as those within the fields of social work, social policy, political science and other neighbouring disciplines. (Less)
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 2008
In the introductory chapter, we emphasized the broad societal embracing of the consumer role as o... more In the introductory chapter, we emphasized the broad societal embracing of the consumer role as one in which citizens should express their environmental and social concerns. This chapter begins by giving a brief overview of the academic literature that investigates such political and ethical consumerism — its ideas, patterns, and challenges. After the overview, the chapter suggests three ideal-typical views of the actual and potential roles of consumers with regard to informational and communicative tools, such as green labels.
Labelling involves the challenging task of translating a complex reality into a categorical label... more Labelling involves the challenging task of translating a complex reality into a categorical label. We understand complexity as including both a social and an ecological dimension. In part, we illustrated the social complexity in Chapter 6 by the many different arguments in favour of, and against, labelling. Within the broad battery of encouraging and sceptical arguments, there are divergent values, interests, motives, beliefs, and concerns. In a similar vein, ecological complexity could be illustrated by the many concerns that were raised in one particular labelling case: the Swedish seafood labelling. To what should fish and fishery with a green label refer? First, there is the concern about over-fishing, that fisheries and their current regulatory apparatus cause depletion or extinction of species and stocks. It was generally assumed that fish with a green label should come from healthy and sustainable stocks, that is, stocks that are within ‘safe biological limits’. Second, certified fishery should minimize by-catches of other marine species, and the fishing methods should not cause harm to birds and seals or to the seabed. Then there is a third concern about how the boat engine emissions, fishing vessels, waste, and use of chemicals might damage the marine environment. A fourth group of concerns refers to landing and processing, including use of additives, waste, and energy consumption.
Environment, Development and Sustainability, Jul 28, 2022
Arrangements for collaboration in knowledge production across academia, government, non-governmen... more Arrangements for collaboration in knowledge production across academia, government, non-governmental organisations, and corporations have several names, such as citizen-science, community-based participatory research, engaged research and hybrid forums. The multiplicity of schemes does not lie only in the high number of names for various versions of collaborative knowledge production. Different scholars also use concepts in multiple ways, depending on their individual choices, mother disciplines, and the problem area in which collaboration occurs. At the same time, there is a lack of analytical tools that address the full range of collaborative research schemes and provide a systematic set of questions to learn about the schemes, challenges, and opportunities. Based on our review of academic journal articles highlighting collaborative research schemes, this paper aims to analyse three parameters which it is fair to say that virtually all arrangements of collaborative knowledge production ought to consider when making decisions, parameters that are often partially missed or misunderstood: (A) epistemic-procedural, (B) exclusive-inclusive and (C) aggregative-integrative. By examining the three parameters, their political theory origins, and how they connect to and challenge existing schemes of knowledge collaboration, we provide analytical tools that could facilitate processes of developing and scrutinising arrangements of collaborative research.
Science & public policy, Mar 8, 2022
Policymakers increasingly emphasize knowledge collaboration between academia and society as impor... more Policymakers increasingly emphasize knowledge collaboration between academia and society as important means to generate innovations and solve complex issues. However, while recent literature on such collaboration suggests that knowledge needs to be integrated and generated across disciplines and sectors, there are surprisingly few studies that define what is meant by 'knowledge' or focus on the process of generating knowledge. Subsequently, the aim of this paper is to unbox 'knowledge' in knowledge collaboration by focusing specifically on how knowledge is understood by heterogenous actors during the process of generating knowledge. We build on insights from an in-depth case study and contribute to the literature on knowledge collaboration by bringing in theory on boundary work that specifically addresses the knowledge generation process. We argue that to better meet the expectations of collaboration, there is a need for more discussions and focus on the participating stakeholders' heterogenous epistemological as well as ontological understanding.
This report examines car sharing from two aspects: ecological and social sustainability. The theo... more This report examines car sharing from two aspects: ecological and social sustainability. The theoretical framework is based on social/behavioral sciences and transport economics. Three levels of analysis are presented: (i) overall car sharing tendencies, (ii) forms of car sharing organizations (CSO's), and (iii) member characteristics. Empirical sources include interviews with practitioners and researchers, printed material on car sharing, and data from the Internet. The number of car sharers in the 34 CSO's that belong to the European Car Sharing Association (ECS) is at least 36,000 with the market segment potential calculated at 3 per cent in Germany and 8.8 - 17.7 per cent in Austria. Success of CSO's ought to be divided into environmental, organizational and expansionary forms of success. The average car sharer is male, aged 30-40, with a university degree and environmentally oriented. Yet car sharing projects have been biased towards residential areas where this social segment is over-represented. Car sharers save money if they drive less than 12,000 to 15,000 km per year compared to private car owners. Data indicate that the (i) proximity between the neighbourhood and the car sharing station, (ii) quality of public transport, and (iii) the parking situation are critical preconditions for car sharing. The author finally suggests that car sharing projects ought to be implemented in residential areas which score high in the three variables, and which are more representative of the average population. (A)
Manchester University Press eBooks, Feb 23, 2021
This chapter focuses on the relation between mass-consumption and sustainable consumption.Mass-co... more This chapter focuses on the relation between mass-consumption and sustainable consumption.Mass-consumption concerns the omnipresent role of consumption in contemporary societieswith its problems of excessive resource use in current practices of consumption. The latemodern context and forces of mass-consumption can both trigger and prevent sustainableconsumption as well as shape its outcome. Through a literature review, both the examples ofalternative consumption (e.g. buycotts) and various kinds of anti-consumption, which involvepolitically motivated ambitions to cut down on consumption, are addressed. The chapteraddresses different ways in how mass-consumption activates sustainable consumeristpotentials, including sentiments towards anti-consumption. It also shows how massconsumptionmakes people unable to link consumption to political considerations, and enterspaths towards political anti-consumerism or realise their ambitions. Finally, the chapteranalyses possibilities and difficulties transforming niche sustainable consumerist initiatives tothe mainstream in a society dominated by mass consumption.
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Papers by Mikael Klintman