Oskar Englund
Professor|Professor
- Professional title: Professor
- Academic title: Professor
- Area of responsibility: Head of subject: Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering. Director of third cycle education at NDH
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428800
- Email: oskar.englund@miun.se
- Room number: Q318b
- Location: Östersund
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- Employed at the subject:
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science
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- Research centers:
- Risk and Crisis Research Centre
Oskar Englund researches strategies for, and implications of, society's transition from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy. His research includes land use and energy systems, from local to global levels, with a special focus on the production of biomass for food, fiber, other biomaterials, and energy. The research primarily aims to identify sustainable land use strategies that manage trade-offs between various interests and goals concerning, e.g., climate change and other environmental aspects, energy security, and food security.
Oskar is head of subject for Environmental Science and Environmental Technology and sits on the Faculty Board of NMT. He is also the director of third cycle education at the department (NDH).
Background
Oskar Englund holds a PhD in Energy and Environment from Chalmers University of Technology. He has a background in Automation and Mechatronics Engineering, specialized in Industrial Ecology. Oskar has previously worked at the Division of Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers, as a project coordinator, PhD student, and researcher. He has also been a visiting researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Lund University of Technology, and the European Commission's research center (JRC) in Ispra, Italy.
Area of interest
Land use
Spatial modeling (GIS)
Bioenergy
Carbon sequestration and storage in vegetation and soils
Biodiversity
Ecosystem services
Governance
Geographic focus: EU, Brazil, Sweden
Other information
Published code and data
Complementary to the publication list below (for technical reasons)
Englund, O., (2024). HCV forest areas in Norrbotten County (Sweden) based on density analysis of HCV forests. Geospatial dataset. Mid Sweden University via Swedish National Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5878/6jnb-7042
Englund, O., (2024). Ecological connectivity for wetlands in Norrbotten County (Sweden). Geospatial dataset. Mid Sweden University via Swedish National Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5878/wz8d-a081
Englund, O., (2024). Ecological connectivity for forests in Norrbotten County (Sweden). Geospatial dataset. Mid Sweden University via Swedish National Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5878/q5cb-y594
Englund, O., (2024). connectivity-NB: Python scripts for conducting a density analysis for HCV forest and preparing input to Omniscape (and post-processing the output) for simulation of structural connectivity in Norrbotten county, Sweden. GitHub repository. https://github.com/oskeng/connectivity_NB
Englund, O. (2022a). MF-bio-grass: Model for exploring multiple effects of large-scale deployment of grass in crop-rotations in Europe. Github repository. https://github.com/oskeng/MF-bio-grass
Englund, O. (2022b). Input data to model multiple effects of large-scale deployment of grass in crop-rotations at European scale. Geospatial dataset. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18931zd1m
Englund, O. (2021a). Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and wind-breaks in Europe. Geospatial dataset. Mid Sweden University via Swedish National Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5878/yz9j-q902
Englund, O. (2021b). Environmental impacts and mitigation effectiveness of strategic perennialization. Göteborg. Geospatial dataset. Mid Sweden University via Swedish National Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5878/7jw8-ka21
Publications
Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries
Other
Manuscripts
Reports
Articles in journals
Rehn, A. , Berndes, G. , Cederberg, C. & Englund, O. (2024). Carbon removal potentials in agricultural systems – participatory scenario modelling with farmers in Sweden. Carbon Management, vol. 15: 1
Jonasson, J. , Faith-Ell, C. , Carlman, I. & Englund, O. (2024). The environmental performance of zero-emission buildings in a fossil-free energy system. Energy Efficiency, vol. 17: 7
Xu, X. , Englund, O. , Dimitriou, I. , Rosenqvist, H. , Liu, G. & Mola-Yudego, B. (2023). Landscape Metrics and Land-Use Patterns of Energy Crops in the Agricultural Landscape. Bioenergy Research, vol. 16: 4, pp. 2178-2191.
Englund, O. , Mola‐Yudego, B. , Börjesson, P. , Cederberg, C. , Dimitriou, I. , Scarlat, N. & Berndes, G. (2023). Large‐scale deployment of grass in crop rotations as a multifunctional climate mitigation strategy. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, vol. 15: 2, pp. 166-184.
Bayadsi, H. , van den Brink, P. , Erlandsson, M. , Gudbjornsdottir, S. , Sebraoui, S. , Koorem, S. , Nordin, P. , Hennings, J. & et al. (2023). The correlation between small papillary thyroid cancers and gamma radionuclides Cs-137, Th-232, U-238 and K-40 using spatially-explicit, register-based methods. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology,
Haller, H. , Fagerholm, A. , Carlsson, P. , Skoglund, W. , van den Brink, P. , Danielski, I. , Brink, K. , Murat, M. & et al. (2022). Towards a Resilient and Resource-Efficient Local Food System Based on Industrial Symbiosis in Härnösand : A Swedish Case Study. Sustainability, vol. 14: 4
Mauerhofer, V. , Englund, O. , Grönlund, E. , Haller, H. , Jonsson, B. & van den Brink, P. (2021). Environmental net-gain governance : Global implementation challenges. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 321
Cintas, O. , Berndes, G. , Englund, O. & Filip, J. (2021). Geospatial supply-demand modeling of lignocellulosic biomass for electricity and biofuels in the European Union. Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 144
Mola-Yudego, B. , Xu, X. , Englund, O. & Dimitriou, I. (2021). Reed canary grass for energy in sweden : Yields, land-use patterns, and climatic profile. Forests, vol. 12: 7
Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. , Mola-Yudego, B. , Berndes, G. , Dimitriou, I. , Cederberg, C. & Scarlat, N. (2021). Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits. Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 2: 1
Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. , Berndes, G. , Scarlat, N. , Dallemand, J. , Grizzetti, B. , Dimitriou, I. , Mola-Yudego, B. & et al. (2020). Beneficial land use change: Strategic expansion of new biomass plantations can reduce environmental impacts from EU agriculture. Global Environmental Change, vol. 60
Englund, O. , Dimitriou, I. , Dale, V. H. , Kline, K. L. , Mola-Yudego, B. , Murphy, F. , English, B. , McGrath, J. & et al. (2020). Multifunctional perennial production systems for bioenergy: performance and progress. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews,
Hansson, J. , Berndes, G. , Englund, O. , Mazzaro de Freitas, F. L. & Sparovek, G. (2019). How is biodiversity protection influencing the potential for bioenergy feedstock production on grasslands?. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, vol. 11: 3, pp. 517-538.
Kehoe, L. , Reis, T. , Virah-Sawmy, M. , Balmford, A. , Kuemmerle, T. , Knohl, A. , Antonelli, A. , Hochkirch, A. & et al. (2019). Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science, vol. 364: 6438, pp. 341-+.
Cintas, O. , Berndes, G. , Englund, O. , Cutz, L. & Johnsson, F. (2018). Geospatial supply-demand modeling of biomass residues for co-firing in European coal power plants. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, vol. 10: 11, pp. 786-803.
Freitas, F. L. M. , Sparovek, G. , Berndes, G. , Persson, M. , Englund, O. , Baretto, A. & Mörtberg, U. (2018). Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision. Nature Sustainability, vol. 1: 11, pp. 665-670.
Freitas, F. L. M. , Englund, O. , Sparovek, G. , Berndes, G. , Guidotti, V. & Mörtberg, U. (2018). Who owns the Brazilian carbon?. Global Change Biology, vol. 24: 5, pp. 2129-2142.
Englund, O. , Sparovek, G. , Berndes, G. , Freitas, F. L. M. , Ometto, J. P. , Valle, P. C. E. O. , Costa, C. & Lapola, J. (2017). A new high-resolution nationwide aboveground carbon map for Brazil. Geo, vol. 4: 2
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. & Cederberg, C. (2017). How to analyse ecosystem services in landscapes-A systematic review. Ecological Indicators, vol. 73, pp. 492-504.
Stupak, I. , Joudrey, J. , Smith, C. T. , Pelkmans, L. , Chum, H. , Cowie, A. , Englund, O. , Goh, C. S. & et al. (2016). A global survey of stakeholder views and experiences for systems needed to effectively and efficiently govern sustainability of bioenergy. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, vol. 5: 1, pp. 89-118.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2015). How do sustainability standards consider biodiversity?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, vol. 4: 1, pp. 26-50.
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Persson, U. M. & Sparovek, G. (2015). Oil palm for biodiesel in Brazil-risks and opportunities. Environmental Research Letters, vol. 10: 4
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Fredrikson, F. & Dimitriou, I. (2012). Meeting Sustainability Requirements for SRC Bioenergy : Usefulness of Existing Tools, Responsibilities of Involved Stakeholders, and Recommendations for Further Developments. Bioenergy Research, vol. 5: 3, pp. 606-620.
Chapters in books
Svanström, M. & Englund, O. (2022). Om vikten av och svårigheten i att bedöma miljöpåverkan från produkter i en framväxande bioekonomi. In Skogens värden : forskares reflektioner. Sundsvall : Mittuniversitetet. pp. 160-161.
Vogt, M. & Englund, O. (2019). Biodiversity outcomes associated with sustainability certifications : Contextualising understanding and expectations, and allowing for ambitious intentions. In Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors : Outcomes for Society and the Environment. Routledge. pp. 65-92.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2016). The Roles of Public and Private Governance in Promoting Sustainable Bioenergy. In The Law and Policy of Biofuels. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 30-58.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2015). How do Sustainability Standards Consider Biodiversity?. In Advances in Bioenergy : The Sustainability Challenge. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 483-506.
Pelkmans, L. , Goovaerts, L. , Goh, S. C. , Junginger, M. , van Dam, J. , Stupak, I. , Smith, C. T. , Chum, H. & et al. (2013). The role of sustainability requirements in international bioenergy markets. In International Bioenergy Trade : History, status & outlook on securing sustainable bioenergy supply, demand and markets. Springer. pp. 125-149.
Collections (editor)
Johansson, C. (ed.) , Nilsson, H. (ed.) , Öhman, P. (ed.) , Jonsson, B. (ed.) , Engberg, B. A. (ed.) , Englund, O. (ed.) , Simonsson, P. (ed.) & Axbrink, I. (ed.) (2022). Skogens värden : forskares reflektioner. Sundsvall : Mittuniversitetet
Conference papers
Englund, O. (2021). Beneficial land use change in Europe. Paper presented at the IEA Bioenergy / GBEP workshop ”How can biomass supply for bioenergy deliver multiple benefits and contribute to sustainable development goals?”, [DIGITAL], June 15 - 16, 2021.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2021). Beneficial Land-use Change : Expanded use of perennial crops for bioenergy can reduce land-use impacts in Europe. Paper presented at the BBEST 2020-21 / Biofuture Summit II, [DIGITAL], May 24-26, 2021.
Freitas, F. L. M. , Englund, O. , Sparovek, G. , Berndes, G. , Guidotti, V. , Pinto, L. F. G. & Mörtberg, U. (2018). Legal protection over the Brazilian carbon stocks. Paper presented at the 1st Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), 28-31 January 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hansson, J. , Berndes, G. & Englund, O. (2016). Consideration to Highly Biodiverse Grasslands in Sustainability Certification and other Regulation : Implications for Bioenergy Supply Potentials. Paper presented at the Proceedings 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Persson, M. & Sparovek, G. (2014). Oil Palm for Biodiesel in Brazil : Potentials and Trade-offs. In World Bioenergy 2014 Proceedings.. pp. 140--148.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2014). The Role of National Legislation in Bioenergy Governance. In World Bioenergy 2014 Proceedings.. pp. 180--184.
Pelkmans, L. , Goovaerts, L. , Stupak, I. , Smith, C. , Junginger, M. , Goh, C. , Kranzl, L. , Dahlman, L. & et al. (2012). Monitoring the Impact of Sustainability Certification in Relation to Biomass Use for Energy. In EUBCE 2012 proceedings.. pp. 2013--2018.
Englund, O. & Berndes, G. (2011). Biodiversity considerations in certified biomass production. Paper presented at the IEA Bioenergy Task 38, Task 40 and Task 43 Workshop on Quantifying and Managing Land Use effects of bioenergy, September 19-21, 2011, Campinas, Brazil
Doctoral theses
Englund, O. (2016). On Sustainability of Biomass for Energy and the Governance Thereof. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Chalmers University of Technology, 2016 (Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola : 4027)
Licentiate theses, comprehensive summaries
Englund, O. (2014). Towards Sustainable Bioenergy - Governance, Resource potentials and Trade-offs. Lic. (Comprehensive summary) Chalmers University of Technology, 2014
Other
Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. , Berndes, G. , Scarlat, N. , Dallemand, J. , Grizzetti, B. , Dimitriou, I. , Mola-Yudego, B. & et al. (2019). Beneficial land use change : Strategic expansion of new biomass plantations can reduce environmental impacts from EU agriculture : EarthArXiv..
Englund, O. (2013). Politisk samsyn krävs för nya elnät och ny elproduktion : Göteborgsposten..
Englund, O. (2013). Vad ska ersätta våra gamla kärnkraftverk? : Göteborgsposten..
Englund, O. (2012). Stämmer inte att svenskarna vill ha kärnkraft : Svenska Dagbladet..
Englund, O. (2011). Siffrorna för vindkraft stämmer inte : Svenska Dagbladet..
Manuscripts
Mola-Yudego, B. , Xu, X. , Englund, O. & Dimitriou, I. Assessment and Characterization of Reed Canary Grass Plantations for Energy.
Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. , Mola-Yudego, B. , Berndes, G. , Dimitriou, I. , Cederberg, C. & Scarlat, N. Beneficial land-use change in Europe : deployment scenarios for multifunctional riparian buffers and windbreaks.
Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. , Mola-Yudego, B. , Berndes, G. , Dimitriou, I. , Cederberg, C. & Scarlat, N. Beneficial land-use change in Europe : deployment scenarios for multifunctional riparian buffers and windbreaks.
Rehn, A. , Berndes, B. , Cederberg, C. & Englund, O. Combining continuous data on soil properties and land use to explore soil carbon changes and soil structure indicators.
Englund, O. Delineating HCV forest areas usingdensity analysis: it's not clear-cut.
Englund, O. , Mola-Yudego, B. , Börjesson, P. , Berndes, G. , Cederberg, C. , Dimitriou, I. & Scarlat, N. Large-scale deployment of in-rotation grass cultivation as a multifunctional soil climate mitigation strategy.
Reports
Nilsson, T. & Englund, O. (2024). Ekologiska analyser av skogar och våtmarker i Norrbottens län : Nya metoder för täthetsanalyser och ekologisk konnektivitet i stor skala.
Berndes, G. , Börjesson, P. , Cederberg, C. & Englund, O. (2022). Mer bioenergi och mindre negativa miljöeffekter från jordbruket. Executive summary.. Göteborg : Swedish Energy Agency (FDOS 42:2022).
Berndes, G. , Börjesson, P. , Cederberg, C. & Englund, O. (2022). Reducing negative impacts from biomass production while producing more biomass. Final report.. Göteborg : Swedish Energy Agency (FDOS 41:2022).
Haller, H. , Englund, O. & van den Brink, P. (2020). Inventory of appropriate material and energy flows for foodtech applications in the municipality of Härnösand.. Östersund :
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Cederberg, C. & Börjesson, P. (2018). How to Analyse Ecosystem Services in Landscapes. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Dimitriou, I. , Berndes, G. , Englund, O. , Brown, M. , Busch, G. , Dale, V. , Devlin, G. , English, B. & et al. (2018). Lignocellulosic crops in agricultural landscapes : production systems for biomass and other environmental benefits - examples, incentives, and barriers. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Berndes, G. , Cederberg, C. , Cintas Sanchez, O. , Englund, O. , Börjesson, P. & Olofsson, J. (2018). Sustainable biofuels : critical review of current views and case studies using extended systems analysis providing new perspectives and positive examples. Gothenburg : f3 – Svenskt kunskapscentrum för förnybara drivmedel
Goovaerts, L. , Pelkmans, L. , Goh, C. S. , Junginger, M. , Joudrey, J. , Chum, H. , Smith, C. T. , Stupak, I. & et al. (2013). Examining Sustainability Certification of Bioenergy. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Goh, C. S. , Junginger, M. , Joudrey, J. , Chum, H. , Pelkmans, L. , Smith, C. T. , Stupak, I. , Cowie, A. & et al. (2013). Impacts of sustainability certification on bioenergy markets and trade. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Pelkmans, L. , Goovaerts, L. , Stupak, I. , Smith, C. T. , Goh, C. , Junginger, H. M. , Chum, H. , Goss Eng, A. & et al. (2013). Monitoring Sustainability Certification of Bioenergy - Short Summary. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Pelkmans, L. , Goovaerts, L. , Smith, C. T. , Joudrey, J. , Stupak, I. , Englund, O. , Junginger, M. , Goh, C. S. & et al. (2013). Recommendations for improvement of sustainability certified markets. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Stupak, I. , Joudrey, J. , Smith, C. T. , Pelkmans, L. , Chum, H. , Cowie, A. , Dahlman, L. , Englund, O. & et al. (2013). Survey on governance and certification of sustainable biomass and bioenergy. International Energy Agency (IEA)
Hamelinck, C. , Koper, M. , Berndes, G. , Englund, O. , Diaz-Chavez, R. , Kunen, E. & Walden, D. (2012). Biofuels Baseline 2008.
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Johnsson, H. & Ostwald, M. (2011). Environmental Impact Assessments : Suitable for supporting assessment of biofuel sustainability?. Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology (Report series for the division of Physical Resource Theory, nr FRT 2011:05. Chalmers University fo Technology 05).
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Franzén, M. A. M. , Palm, A. & Pestana, M. I. (2011). Legislative Readiness for RED. Chalmers University of Technology
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. , Lundgren, L. , Palm, M. , Engström, L. , Bäckman, C. , Marquardt, K. & Stephansson, E. (2011). Producing Feedstock for Biofuels : Land-Use and Local Environmental Impacts. Chalmers University of Technology
Englund, O. , Berndes, G. & Johnson, H. (2011). Recent progress in developing renewable energy sources and technical evaluation of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels in transport in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2001/77/EC and Article 4(2) of Directive 2003/30/EC.
Henders, S. , Palm, M. & Englund, O. (2011). Sustainability criteria for land use activities in the carbon market. Göteborg : Chalmers University of Technology (Rapportserie för Avdelningen för fysisk resursteori FRT 2011:08).