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- Söderqvist, Tore, et al.
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Cost–benefit analysis of beach-cast harvest : Closing land-marine nutrient loops in the Baltic Sea region
- 2022
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer Nature. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 51:5, s. 1302-1313
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Harvesting beach-cast can help mitigate marine eutrophication by closing land-marine nutrient loops and provide a blue biomass raw material for the bioeconomy. Cost–benefit analysis was applied to harvest activities during 2009–2018 on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, highlighting benefits such as nutrient removal from the marine system and improved recreational opportunities as well as costs of using inputs necessary for harvest. The results indicate that the activities entailed a net gain to society, lending substance to continued funding for harvests on Gotland and assessments of upscaling of harvest activities to other areas in Sweden and elsewhere. The lessons learnt from the considerable harvest experience on Gotland should be utilized for developing concrete guidelines for carrying out sustainable harvest practice, paying due attention to local conditions but also to what can be generalized to a wider national and international context.
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- André, Frida, et al.
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Relapse prevention therapy for internet gaming disorder in Swedish child and adolescent psychiatric clinics : a randomized controlled trial
- 2023
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Psychiatry. - 1664-0640. ; 14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of relapse prevention (RP) as a treatment for internet gaming disorder (IGD).Design: Randomized controlled trial.Setting: Three child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) units in Region Skåne, Sweden.Participants: Children aged 13-18 years, coming for their first visit to CAP during 2022, were screened for gaming behavior. Those who met the proposed DSM-5 criteria for IGD were offered participation in the trial, if they had the capacity to provide written informed consent and if they spoke Swedish. A total of 111 CAP patients agreed to participate. Out of those, 11 patients were excluded due to incorrect inclusion such as young age (n = 1), or due to the absence of responses to follow-up measures (n = 9). After exclusion, 102 participants remained (intervention = 47, control = 55).Interventions: The intervention, RP, is based on cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) and was provided individually, comprising of five to seven 45-min sessions over a period of 5 to 7 weeks versus treatment as usual.Outcome measures: Participants were assessed with Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents pre-treatment (GASA) (baseline), post-treatment (treatment group only), and 3 months after baseline (follow-up).Results: The repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant interaction effect between treatment and time. Both the control group and treatment group lowered their mean GASA score from baseline to follow-up significantly, but the improvement was greater in the treatment group (mean difference in control group -5.1, p < 0.001, 95% CI = - 3.390 to -6.755, mean difference in treatment group -9.9, p < 0.001, 95% CI = -11.746 to -8.105).Conclusion: RP was found to be superior to treatment as usual in terms of reduction of IGD symptoms. Future research should address which aspects within a given treatment are effective, who benefits from treatment, in what aspects, and why.
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- Franzén, Frida
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Creating pathways for stakeholder participation in water management
- 2012
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The role of stakeholder participation has been increasingly recognized as important in water management. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), adopted in 2000 requires Member States to fulfill three levels of participation; information, consultation and active involvement. This thesis focuses on the third level of participation; where concernd groups, organizations or individuals are involved in co-designing or co-thinking of water management. This thesis uses case studies in Sweden to explore pathways for stakeholder participation in catchment-based water management, focusing on how the opportunity for stakeholder participation is created; social mechanisms important for responding to change; and how institutional arrangements can generate stakeholder participation. The result of the study shows that opportunities for changing track towards more participatory water management could be triggered by either social and ecological changes or surprises. However, in order to take the opportunity to change, social mechanisms such as leadership and social capital, is crucial. The legacy of institutional arrangements affects how water management adapts to new requirements and surprises. Some old patterns might clash with new approaches of participatory and adaptive water management. The results show the importance of creating links crucial to generate stakeholder participation. Municipalities are important actors in catchment-based water management, as well as bridging organizations that can be seen as independent by participating stakeholders. Based on these results, the solution to realize active involvement of stakeholders suggested by the Swedish Water Authorities is discussed. The result suggests that there are some important challenges to overcome, regarding institutional arrangements that could encourage stakeholder participation in water management.
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- Franzén, Frida, 1979-, et al.
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Factors affecting farmers' willingness to participate in eutrophication mitigation : a case study of preferences for wetland creation in Sweden
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Local stakeholder participation in water management is emphasized in the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Wetland creation to mitigate nutrient leakage from agriculture is one example where participation of local farmers is needed. In this case study of the Himmerfjärden coastal catchment area, south of Stockholm, Sweden, we assessed both the importance of several demo-graphic factors, and of the main subsidy factors in the present Agri-Environmental Scheme (AES) for their effects on farmers’ willingness to create wetlands on their farms. The farm and farmer characteristics analyzed were age, gender, knowledge of the WFD, education, farm size, land ownership, current measures to reduce nutrient leakage and trust for other actors. The main factors from the AES were defined as five attributes in a discrete choice experiment approach related to the current agri-environmental policy instrument for wetland creation applied in the area. The results showed that approximately 30 % of the farmers were interested in wetland creation at their farms. The most common reason for not wanting to create a wetland was economic cost. Males were significantly more willing than females to create wetlands. Younger farmers were significantly more willing than older. Prior knowledge of the WFD increased willingness almost threefold, and land owners were significantly more willing than leaseholders. The choice experiment showed that higher cost ceiling for subsidies, higher compensation percentage and higher annual subsidies can significantly increase the willingness to create wetlands. However to attract also the remaining 70% of all farmers to join the AES we must look at other options than only using action based AES.
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- Franzén, Frida, 1979-, et al.
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Factors affecting farmers' willingness to participate in eutrophication mitigation : a case study of preferences for wetland creation in Sweden
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Ingår i: Ecological Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0921-8009 .- 1873-6106. ; 130, s. 8-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Local stakeholder participation in water management is emphasized in the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Wetland creation to mitigate nutrient leakage from agriculture is one example where participation of local farmers is needed. In this case study of the Himmerfjärden coastal catchment area, south of Stockholm, Sweden, we assessed both the importance of several demo-graphic factors, and of the main subsidy factors in the present Agri-Environmental Scheme (AES) for their effects on farmers’ willingness to create wetlands on their farms. The farm and farmer characteristics analyzed were age, gender, knowledge of the WFD, education, farm size, land ownership, current measures to reduce nutrient leakage and trust for other actors. The main factors from the AES were defined as five attributes in a discrete choice experiment approach related to the current agri-environmental policy instrument for wetland creation applied in the area. The results showed that approximately 30 % of the farmers were interested in wetland creation at their farms. The most common reason for not wanting to create a wetland was economic cost. Males were significantly more willing than females to create wetlands. Younger farmers were significantly more willing than older. Prior knowledge of the WFD increased willingness almost threefold, and land owners were significantly more willing than leaseholders. The choice experiment showed that higher cost ceiling for subsidies, higher compensation percentage and higher annual subsidies can significantly increase the willingness to create wetlands. However to attract also the remaining 70% of all farmers to join the AES we must look at other options than only using action based AES.
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- Franzén, Frida, 1979-
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From words to action : Lessons from active stakeholder participation in water management
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Water governance worldwide is going through a shift towards more holistic and participatory approaches. In Europe, the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted in 2000, aims at protecting surface water and groundwater. The WFD emphasizes the importance of stakeholder participation in planning and implementation of the directive, and in order to reach environmental objectives. However, the empirical findings are insufficient regarding how stakeholder participation can lead to improved decisions and implemented plans. In Sweden, a major water quality problem is eutrophication caused to a large extend by diffuse nutrient leakage from agriculture. Therefore, it is important to involve farmers in water management, since their participation can lead the commitment of mitigation measures for reduced nutrient leakage. The overall aim of this study is to contribute the knowledge and understanding of active stakeholder participation in water management, in particular how it can lead to implementation of water quality objectives. The thesis addresses stakeholder participation in eutrophication management in local Swedish catchments, with a particular focus on farmers’ participation in the commitment of mitigation measures. The results are based on case study research, involving four catchment areas in Sweden with severe eutrophication problems. The thesis identified socio-demographic factors, farmers’ knowledge, and the level of existing information and economic support for wetland creation, as factors affecting farmers’ willingness to participate in wetland creation to mitigate nutrient leakage. In the local catchment groups studied, farmers and other local stakeholders participated to discuss potential mitigation activities. In these, farmers emphasized other emitting actors’ responsibility and commitment in local action plans. Where this was realized, social capital within the group increased and led to further collaboration. The thesis also analyzed large-scale wetland programmes at catchment scale, where the organizational and institutional arrangements were central to realize farmers’ participation: inter-municipal agreements entailed sufficient resources, the organization involved the most relevant actors; and leadership resources were important. The thesis argues that organizing water management at a catchment level can be important to cope with challenges related to stake-holder participation for mitigating diffuse nutrient leakage. In particular for dissemination and collection of information, suggesting potential measures for all concerned actors, provide resources needed to realize actions, and to build trust and collaboration. The thesis also emphasized that stakeholder participation has to be underpinned by a genuine meaning, both for the initiators and the participants.
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- Franzén, Frida, et al.
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Förstudie om beställarnätverk för cement, betong och alternativ
- 2024
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Den här förstudien syftade till att undersöka behoven av ett beställarnätverk förcement, betong och alternativ, samt hur ett sådant skulle kunna organiserats. Idagfinns klimatförbättrad betong på marknaden, men efterfrågan är svag. Ett beställarnätverk kan tänkas höja kompetensen hos beställarna för att ställa högre klimatkrav i upphandling av betong.Förstudien har utgått från ett antal frågeställningar och använt en intervjustudie som den centrala delen i informationsinhämtningen. En för projektet sammansatt expertgrupp har stöttat förstudien med kunskap inom relaterade branscher och sakfrågor såsom offentlig upphandling, beställarnätverk, bygg- och anläggningsbranschen samt betongbranschen. För urval av informanter utfördes en schematisk bild av leverantörs- och beställarled för cement, betong och alternativ. Den visar på en komplex väv av aktörer som på olika sätt påverkar hela värdekedjan. Vem som kan ses som ”beställare” i relation till upphandling av cement, betong och alternativ i denna väv är inte helt enkelt. Förstudien valde att inte hantera beställare av cement, då detta är betongleverantörer/producenter. Studien fokuserar således på beställare av betong, och till viss del alternativ (alternativa material till betong). Även med denna avgränsning är det potentiella antalet beställare som skulle kunna vara tilltänkta för ett beställarnätverk stort, varför förstudiens resultat behöver beaktas i det hänseendet och med den osäkerhet det innebär framför allt gällande beställares behov av ett beställarnätverk.I förstudien genomfördes 14 intervjuer med offentliga beställare, myndigheter, privata beställare, samt akademi och innovationsprogram. Beställarna var överlag positiva till bildandet av ett beställarnätverk. De flesta har idag utmaningar med att ta till sig ny kunskap då utvecklingen i betongbranschen går snabbt, att förstå upphandlingstekniska aspekter såsom kravställning på klimatförbättrad betong, samt hur man kan räkna och följa upp klimataspekter i byggprojekt. De övriga informanterna var till viss del tveksamma till att ett beställarnätverk är den rätta lösningen för att förflytta branschen och skapa större efterfrågan för klimatförbättrad betong. Dock ansåg samtliga informanter att det krävs ett stortkunskapslyft, i samtliga led i beställarledet, från planerare till projektör.Angående organisering ansåg de offentliga beställarna (kommuner) samt expertgruppen att det bör vara ett beställarnätverk endast för offentliga beställare, på grund av de särskilda förutsättningar som dessa har. De flesta ansåg inte att ett beställarnätverk behöver delas upp på byggsektor respektive anläggningssektor, men att det finns en utmaning med att få frågorna i nätverket relevanta för samtligaaktörer. Vidare ansåg de flesta att ett beställarnätverk behöver vara finansierat och styrt av en eller flera myndigheter. Då krävs det dock ett tydligt regeringsuppdrag, med öronmärkt finansiering för detta samordningsuppdrag.Många informanter menar att det krävs initiativ och samordning för att täppa kunskapsluckan som finns i beställarled, med den kunskap som finns genom aktuella forsknings- och innovationssatsningar samt befintliga vägledningar. Här menade de flesta att det dock inte handlar om ett beställarnätverk, utan snarare om att bygga på de nätverk och andra konstellationer för samverkan som redan finns och facilitera kunskapsspridning i olika branscher.Förstudien presenterar avslutningsvis ett antal rekommendationer för fortsatt arbete, som kan delas upp i två huvudsakliga spår: ett spår gällande fortsatt utredning för ett offentligt beställarnätverk eller liknande, och ett spår för fortsatt utredning kring en nationell plattform som samlar fler aktörer. Här nedan följer rekommendationerna i korthet:Som en miniminivå rekommenderar förstudien att det görs en vidare analysi hur offentliga beställare helst tar del av ny information och stöd om upphandling av betong och alternativ med mindre klimatpåverkan.Som en maximinivå rekommenderar förstudien att det görs utredningar kring möjligheter att ge ett regeringsuppdrag till en myndighet att etableraett forum för samverkan kring klimatförbättrad betong och alternativ.Utred hur det arbete som Upphandlingsmyndigheten gör, kring upphandlingsstöd av klimatförbättrad betong bäst förvaltas för genomslag hos beställare.Involvera branschorganisationer för att nå stora delar av branscherna och privata beställare.Bygg på det som finns! Med detta avses kunskap och erfarenheter i berörda branscher samt befintliga samverkansinitiativ, dock inte på befintliga beställarnätverk.
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- Franzen, Frida, et al.
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Governance hurdles for expansion of low trophic mariculture production in Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer Nature. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study examines the governance of low trophic species mariculture (LTM) using Sweden as a case study. LTM, involving species such as seaweeds and mollusks, offers ecosystem services and nutritious foods. Despite its potential to contribute to blue growth and Sustainable Development Goals, LTM development in the EU and OECD countries has stagnated. A framework for mapping governance elements (institutions, structures, and processes) and analyzing governance objective (effective, equitable, responsive, and robust) was combined with surveys addressed to the private entrepreneurs in the sector. Analysis reveals ineffective institutions due to lack of updated legislation and guidance, resulting in ambiguous interpretations. Governance structures include multiple decision-making bodies without a clear coordination agency. Licensing processes were lengthy and costly for the private entrepreneurs, and the outcomes were uncertain. To support Sweden’s blue bioeconomy, LTM governance requires policy integration, clearer direction, coordinated decision-making, and mechanisms for conflict resolution and learning.
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