IdaWallin

Researcher at the Chair for Forest and Environmental Policy at University of Freiburg, Germany. I hold a doctoral degree in forest management, policy and planning from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). My current research focuses on participatory forest and environmental governance, knowledge practices, media communication and transdisciplinary research.

Current & previous positions

Education & degrees

Research projects & collaborations 

Awards & stipends

Teaching

I teach regularly at the University of Freiburg and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Since 2013 I have taught more than 30 classes at BSc and MSc levels. My teaching and lecturing cover the fields of Forest and Environmental Policy, Participatory Governance, Bioeconomy, Ecosystem management, Foresight studies, Participatory action research (PAR), and Social science theory and methods. 

Supervision

BSc and MSc students

Since 2015 I have supervised 21 MSc theses and 1 BSc thesis at University of Freiburg (18) and at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (3).

Doctoral students

Isak Lodin (2015-2020) “Current versus Alternative Forest Management Practices in Southern Sweden”. ALTERFOR project. Assistant supervisor from 18th of April 2017.

Publications

2020

•  Masiero, M., Secco, L., Pettenella, D., Da Re, R., Bernö, H., Carreira, A., Dobrovolsky, A. Giertlieova, B., Giurca, A., Holmgren, S., Mark-Herbert, C. Navrátilová, L., Pülzl, P., Ranacher, L., Salvalaggio, A., Sergent, A., Sopanen, A., Stelzer, A., Stetter, T., Valsta, L., Výbošťok, J., … Wallin, I. (2020). Bioeconomy perception by future stakeholders: Hearing from European forestry students. Ambio, 49(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01376-y
• Ranacher, L., Wallin, I., Valsta, L., & Kleinschmit, D. (2020). Social dimensions of a forest-based bioeconomy: A summary and synthesis. Ambio, 49(12), 1851–1859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01401-0
• Aggestam, F., Konczal, A., Sotirov, M., Wallin, I., Paillet, Y., Spinelli, R., Lindner, M., Derks, J., Hanewinkel, M., & Winkel, G. (2020). Can nature conservation and wood production be reconciled in managed forests? A review of driving factors for integrated forest management in Europe. Journal of Environmental Management, 268, 110670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110670
• Holmström, E., Nordström, E., Lariviére, D., & Wallin, I. (2020). Detection of Retention Trees on Clearcuts, a 50-Year Perspective. Open Journal of Forestry, 10(01), 110–123. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2020.101008 

2019

• Trubins, R., Jonsson, R., Wallin, I., & Sallnäs, O. (2019). Explicating behavioral assumptions in forest scenario modelling – the behavioral matrix approach. Forest Policy and Economics, 103, 70–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.07.001

2018

• Kleinschmit, D., Pülzl, H., Secco, L., Sergent, A., & Wallin, I. (2018). Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making. Forest Policy and Economics, 89(December 2017), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.12.011
• Wallin, I., Pülzl, H., Secco, L., Sergent, A., & Kleinschmit, D. (2018). Research trends: Orchestrating forest policy-making: Involvement of scientists and stakeholders in political processes. Forest Policy and Economics, 89(March), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2018.01.003

2017

• Lodin, I., Brukas, V., & Wallin, I. (2017). Spruce or not? Contextual and attitudinal drivers behind the choice of tree species in southern Sweden. Forest Policy and Economics, 83, 191–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.11.010
• Hoogstra-Klein, M. A., Brukas, V., & Wallin, I. (2017). Multiple-use forestry as a boundary object: From a shared ideal to multiple realities. Land Use Policy, 69, 247–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.08.029
• Orazio, C., Cordero Montoya, R., Régolini, M., Borges, J., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Barreiro, S., Botequim, B., Marques, S., Sedmák, R., Smreček, R., Brodrechtová, Y., Brukas, V., Chirici, G., Marchetti, M., Moshammer, R., Biber, P., Corrigan, E., Eriksson, L., Favero, M., … Sallnäs, O. (2017). Decision Support Tools and Strategies to Simulate Forest Landscape Evolutions Integrating Forest Owner Behaviour: A Review from the Case Studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL. Sustainability, 9(4), 599. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9040599

2016

• Wallin, I., Carlsson, J., & Hansen, H. P. (2016). Envisioning future forested landscapes in Sweden – Revealing local-national discrepancies through participatory action research. Forest Policy and Economics, 73, 25–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.07.010
• Felton, A., Hedwall, P. O., Lindbladh, M., Nyberg, T., Felton, A. M., Holmström, E., Wallin, I., Löf, M., & Brunet, J. (2016). The biodiversity contribution of wood plantations: Contrasting the bird communities of Sweden’s protected and production oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 365, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.030

2015

• Guillén, L. A., Wallin, I., & Brukas, V. (2015). Social capital in small-scale forestry: A local case study in Southern Sweden. Forest Policy and Economics, 53, 21–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2014.12.006
• Biber, P., Borges, J., Moshammer, R., Barreiro, S., Botequim, B., Brodrechtová, Y., Brukas, V., Chirici, G., Cordero-Debets, R., Corrigan, E., Eriksson, L., Favero, M., Galev, E., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Hengeveld, G., Kavaliauskas, M., Marchetti, M., Marques, S., Mozgeris, G., … Sallnäs, O. (2015). How Sensitive Are Ecosystem Services in European Forest Landscapes to Silvicultural Treatment? Forests, 6(5), 1666–1695. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6051666
• Lindbladh, M., Hedwall, P., Wallin, I., & Felton, A. M. (2014). Spruce Plantations: Implications for Bird Biodiversity. Silva Fennica, 48(5), 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.14214/sf.1135