Anders Hansson

Background
 

Assistant Professor, 2011-

Post doctor 2008-2011

Ph. D. Technology and Social Change 2008.

Research interests

STS

Social scientific environmental research

Geoengineering

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS)

My ongoing project ananlyses geoengineering (GE) research. GE is large scale and intentional manipulation of the climate and its purpos is to counter-balance the temperature in the event of an escalating climate crisis (by e.g. simulating volcano eruptions, space mirrors, artificial clouds). GE is the latest and most radical method in the climate change research, and is intervowen with enormous global environmental risks and knowledge gaps. This warrants the overaching research question: how is knowledge regarding GE constructed and justified? One dilemma is that GE only exists as ideas, prototypes or simulations and reliable knowledge only can be obtained through large scale implementation. Regardless of the knowledge gaps, decisions regarding GE:s future have to be made within the coming years. I scrutinize scientific GE articles, knowledge related debates and more specifically how knowledge claims are made trustworthy or are justified by different scientific methods. The study combines document analysis and interviews with leading researchers.

Selected publication

Buhr, K., Hansson, A. (2011) Capturing the Stories of Corporations: A Comparison of Media Debates on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Norway and Sweden. Global Environmental Change. (21) no 2, p 336-345.

Stephens, J.C., Hansson, A., Liu, Y, de Coninck, H., Vajjhala, S. (2011) Characterizing the International Carbon Capture and Storage Community. Global Environmental Change.  (21), no 2, p 379-390.
Anshelm,  J & Hansson, A. (2011) Climate change and the convergence between ENGOs and business: on the loss of utopian energies. Environmental Values (20) p. 75-94.

Hansson, A. & Bryngelsson, M, (2009) Expert opinions on carbon dioxide capture and storage: A framing of uncertainties and possibilities. Energy Policy (37) p. 2273-2282.

Bryngelsson, M & Hansson, A. (2009) “Energy policy on shaky ground? A study of CCS scenarios.” Energy Procedia (1) p. 4673-4680.

Hansson, A. & Lind, M. (2009) Storing carbon dioxide - solution or smokescreen?

In Johansson, B. (ed.) "Climate challenge– the safety’s off”. Forskningsrådet Formas (Also available in swedish)

Bryngelsson, M. & Hansson, A. et al (2009) "WP 6 Crosscutting Issues, CCS concistency with EU's sustainability and industry strategies and policies", In "STRACO2 In Support to regulatory activities for carbon capture and storage". Final Report in the EUFP7 STRACO2 project. Available online: http//www.euchina-ccs.org

Hansson, A. & Wibeck, V. (2009) "The social researcher, the public and climate change research." In Lövbrand, E., Linnér, B-O and Ostwald, M. (eds.) (2009). Climate Science and Policy Research. Conceptual and Methodological Challenges, CSPR Report N:o 09:03, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Norrköping, Sweden.