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Marie Thynell
Senior Advisor
Wexsus, West Sweden nexus for sustainable development, admAbout Marie Thynell
Associate Professor Marie Thynell has conducted research in global cities, urban infrastructure and transport development. She has extensive research experience in the area of equal access, transport policy and public transport in developing, as well as developed cities. She has carried out case studies in Tehran, Dhaka, Xì an, Ha Noi, New Delhi, Petrozavodsk, Skopje, Rome, Copenhagen, Brasília and Santiago de Chile. Thynell has published a number of articles and is a co-author of the Aichi statement (2005) regarding sustainable transport in Asia. This statement was adopted by 48 Asian Mayors. Thynell is also a co-author of the Bangkok Declaration for 2020 and an expert member to the Environmental Sustainable Transport (EST) in the Asian region promoted by United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and, to the UN’s Commission for Sustainable Development UNCSD18/19 in New York. Forthcoming case studies include Hong Kong and Beijing.
Areas of interest My research interests are Sustainable Development, Global Development Research, Mass motorization, Global and Rapidly Changing Cities, Socio-Economic Relations and User Perspectives, Gender, Transport Policy and Equal Access, Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Housings, Air quality in Asian and African Cities, Collaborative Learning. Many of the issues are analysed in a STS-approach.
Dissertation: The Unmanageable Modernity. An Explorative Study of Motorized Mobility in Development. Abstract.
Current research
2014-2019: Photochemical Smog in China: Formation, transformation, impact and abatement strategies. Thynell collaborates in a huge project focusing on air quality in Hong Kong and Beijing financed by the Swedish Reseach Council by 25 million SEK. The cities are located in separate climate zones, suffers from different kinds bad air and due to history have different strategies to handle the challenges.
2013-2015: Coping with recurrent emergency: the self-organisation of civil society in Jakarta during flooding. Financed by the Swedish Research Council. Marie Thynell, Project Leader.
This is an interdisciplinary project conducted together with Ass. Prof Jörgen Hellman in Social Anthropology. The project analyses a number of topics related to policy, planning, floodings and environment and how civil society organises it's survival in times of hazards. Jakarta with it's 29 million inhabitants suffers from recurrent floodings. This makes it a prime case study of global as well as local forces at play in times of crises and in urban risk management. The project studies how city government and citizens in flooded areas deal with the problems in a short as well as long-term perspective. What strategies and actions do they formulate to confront these challenges?
2012-2013: Looking into the Future A comprehensive analysis of the FUT programme. Volvo Research and Educational Foundations, VREF. Marie Thynell, Project Leader.
2010-2012: Policy responses and civil mobilization in relation to threats of climate change in Jakarta. Swedish Research Council. Planning Grant.
2010-2013: Sustainable Transport Initiative. Area of Advanced Studies, Chalmers University of Technology / School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.
2009-2012: Learning for Collaborative Energy Efficiency in Urban Residential Areas. Financed by Formas. Main applicant Ylva Norén Bretzer, Public Affairs, together with Marie Thynell, Anders Sandoff, Business economics and David Langlet, Law.
2009-2011, Eco-Region Baltic 21 Lighthouse Project. Flagship project of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) Financed by the EU Commission. Lead Partner Sustainable Transport. University of Gothenburg. 2007-2009, Sustainable transport and social justice. Cases in two rapidly growing cities: Hanoi and Xian. Project leader. Financed by SIDA/SAREK in collaboration with the Centre for Global Gender Studies, University of Gothenburg. Together with A/Prof. Ann Schlyter and Dr. Hoi Anh Tran.
2006-2008, Socio-Cultural constructions of sustainable mobility and their role in political and practical initiatives in Sweden. Financed by the Swedish MISTRA.
Current reviews I am reviewing for: Research Services at The Swedish Parliament; UN IPCC 5th report (forthcoming); The Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) Ministry of Urban Renewal, India, 2012; The Research Council of Norway; The World Conference on Transport Research; The Journal of Transport Policy; The World Renewable Energy Congress 2011; Sw. Sida Genderhelpdesk 2003-2010.
Teaching and tutoring
- International Relations – Governance, Policy, Alternative and Green Perspectives
- Development Research
- Global Cities
- Sustainable Development and Sustainable Transport
- Sustainable Cities and the Future of Gothenburg
- Gender Studies
- Social Equity and Global Inequality
Board Membership
2014-2017, The Gothenburg Atmospheric Science Center, GAC, University of Gothenburg.
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Spelreglerna på bostadsmarknaden – förbättra möjligheterna för unga
vuxna
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First housing in Sweden: Young adults’ establishment on a hybridized housing
market
Alix Gabaude, Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer
ENHR 2024 - Delft (26-30 Augusti) - 2024 -
The Impacts of Peri-Urban Expansion on Municipal and Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Makhado Biaba Town, South
Africa
E. Ingwani, Marie Thynell, L. R. Gurure, N. G. A. Ekelund, T. Gumbo, P. Schubert, V. Nel
Urban Forum - 2024 -
First housing in Sweden: Young adults’ establishment on a hybridized housing
market
Alix Gabaude, Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer
ENHR 2023 - Łódź (28-30 June) - 2023 -
How to build Urbanome, the genome of the
city?
Lidia Morawska, Wendy Miller, Matt Riley, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Yong Guan Zhu, Guy B. Marks, Prachi Garnawat, Prashant Kumar, Marie Thynell
Science of the Total Environment - 2022 -
The Peri-Urban Space: a Threat, a Temporary Location, or a Future
Prospect? Discussed by two examples in Gothenburg, Sweden, and one in South
Africa
Ylva Norén Bretzer, Marie Thynell
The Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, 7-9 June, Gothenburg, Sweden - 2022 -
A new approach to
mobility
Marie Thynell
Sustainable Development Goals: Building back better, published for UNA-UK by Witan Media. - 2020 -
Towards Urbanome the genome of
the city to enhance the form and
function of future
cities
Lidia Morawska, Wendy Miller , Matt Riley , Prashant Kumar, Marie Thynell
Nature Communications - 2019 -
Researching the transition to Ecological
Civilization
Marie Thynell
Global Modernization Review from The 3rd International Modernization Forum, 2019. - 2019 -
Jakarta - Claiming spaces and rights in the
city
Jörgen Hellman, Marie Thynell, Roanne van Voorst
2018 -
Urban inequality in a fragile global city: the case of
Jakarta
Marie Thynell
Hellman J., Thynell M., Van Voorst R. (eds) Jakarta Claiming spaces and rights in the city - 2018 -
Jakarta: a Conversation with Abidin
Kusno
Jörgen Hellman, Marie Thynell, Roanne van Voorst, Andy Fuller
Jakarta: Claiming Spaces and Rights in the City - 2018 -
Shaping
Jakarta
Jörgen Hellman, Marie Thynell, Roanne van Voorst
Hellman J., Thynell M., Van Voorst R. (eds) Jakarta: Claiming Spaces and Rights in the City - 2018 -
Roads to equal access: the role of transport in transforming
mobility
Marie Thynell
Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP Bangkok. - 2017 -
Economics of Road Safety – What does it imply under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development?
Jac Wismans , Marie Thynell, Selpi Selpi
2017 -
The quest for gender-sensitive and inclusive transport policies in growing Asian
cities
Marie Thynell
Transport Policy and Social Inclusion - 2016 -
Photochemical smog in China: scientific challenges and implications for air-quality
policies
Mattias Hallquist, John Munthe, Min Hu, Tao Wang, Chak K. Chan, Jian Gao, Johan Boman, Song Guo, Åsa M. Hallquist, Johan Mellquist, Jana Moldanava, Ravi K. Pathak, Jan B. C. Pettersson, Håkan Pleijel, David Simpson, Marie Thynell
National Science Review - 2016 -
Commentary: Status of road safety in
Asia
Jac Wismans, Ingrid Skogsmo, Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Anders Lie, Marie Thynell, Lindberg Gunnar
Traffic Injury Prevention - 2016 -
Energieffektivisering ur de boendes
perspektiv
Ylva Norén Bretzer, Marie Thynell
Norén Bretzer, Y. (Ed.) Urban välfärd, effektiv energi - 2016 -
Att effektivisera energi - en angelägen
fråga
Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer
Urban välfärd, effektiv energi - (red.) Norén Bretzer, Y. - 2016 -
Drivkrafter bakom en energieffektiv
omställning
Ylva Norén Bretzer, David Langlet, Anders Sandoff, Marie Thynell
Urban välfärd, effektiv energi / Ylva Norén Bretzer (red) - 2016 -
Att forska och ta lärdom av
resultaten
Marie Thynell
Urban välfärd, effektiv energi - 2016 -
Road safety implications and opportunities for regions under increasing
motorization
Jac Wismans, Ingrid Skogsmo, Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Anders Lie, Marie Thynell
17th International Conference Road Safety On Five Continents (RS5C 2016), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17-19 May 2016 - 2016 -
Framgångsrik energieffektivisering börjar och slutar med
samverkan
Marie Thynell
Gränsöverskridande stadsforskning - erfarenheter från sex hållbarhetsprojekt. Rapport 3:2015 - 2015 -
Presentation: Air quality and quality of life; policy, equity and spatial
issues.
Marie Thynell
GAC årsredovisning - 2015 -
Urban photochemical; the science and policy
nexus
Marie Thynell
Photochemical Smog in China – Formation, transformation, impact and abatement strategies. Beijing May. - 2015 -
Presentation: Implementing clean and smart access in
cities
Marie Thynell
Nairobi - 2015 -
Climate Change Emergencies in a Fragile Global City: The Co-Constitution of Inequality in
Jakarta
Marie Thynell
EUROSEAS Conference Programme Book University of Vienna - 2015 -
The global challenges of urban inequality and climate change in a global city.The case of Jakarta. EUROSEAS Vienna
2015
Marie Thynell
EUROSEAS Conference Programme Book University of Vienna - 2015 -
Access in Rapidly Changing Cities Smart
City
Marie Thynell
Smart System Platform Development for City and Society, GoeSmart 2014 24-25 September 2014, Grand Royal Panghegar, Bandung, Indonesia - 2015 -
Visíon para el desarrollo sostenible: hacia ciudades
verdes
Marie Thynell
Mexiko City - 2015 -
Planning for sustainable and safe public transport
solutions
Marie Thynell
Melia - 2015 -
Social equity and implementing access to resources and qualities in
cities
Marie Thynell
Ninth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia 17 Nov 2015 - 20 Nov 2015 Kathmandu, Nepal - See more at: http://www.uncrd.or.jp/?page=view&nr=956&type=13&menu=198#sthash.kkJRojiz.dpuf - 2015 -
Gender-sensitive policies in the area of urban transport; between research and international
institutions
Marie Thynell
Women's Issues in Transportation "Bridging the Gap" Paris. - 2015 -
Implications of Road Safety in National Productivity and Human Development in
Asia
Jac Wismans, Ingrid Skogsmo, Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Anders Lie, Marie Thynell, Gunnar Lindberg
Eighth Regional EST Forum in Asia 19-21 November 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2014 -
Gender and women in urban
transport
Marie Thynell
Ministry of Transport, Government of Indonesia - 2014 -
Methodological reflections on linking bad air quality and bad life quality to urban development in rapidly changing
cities
Marie Thynell
Göteborgs Atmosfärvetenskapliga Centrum 10 års jubileum. Konferens - 2014 -
Energy efficient transition in Sweden: triggers and barriers for retrofitting processes in municipality owned housing
companies
David Langlet, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Anders Sandoff, Marie Thynell
ENHR Edinburgh July 1-4, 2014. Book of abstracts - 2014 -
Kapitel 1 – Energieffektivisering – en glokalt angelägen
fråga
Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer
Elda inte för kråkorna - 2014 -
Kapitel 7 – Energieffektivisering ur de boendes
perspektiv
Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer
Elda inte för kråkorna - 2014 -
What will life be in the low-carbon society? A micro-study of Alingsås,
Sweden
Ylva Norén Bretzer, Marie Thynell
The conference “Devices and Desires: The Cultural Politics of a Low Carbon Society”, hosted at the University of Lund, May 21st – 23rd, 2014. - 2014 -
Implications of Road Safety in National Productivity and Human Development in
Asia
Jac Wismans, Ingrid Skogsmo, Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Marie Thynell, Anders Lie, Gunnar Lindberg
2014 -
Kapitel 9 ‐ Drivkrafter för energieffektiv
omställning
Marie Thynell, Ylva Norén Bretzer, Anders Sandoff, David Langlet
Elda inte för kråkorna. Norén Bretzer, Ylva (red.) - 2014 -
Access and Mobility in
Cities
Marie Thynell, Christian Wolmar
2014 -
Progress or Failure: The quest for gender mainstreaming in transportation
policies
Marie Thynell
WIiT Paris 2014 : Women's Issues in Transportation - 2014 -
Massbilismens
gränser
Marie Thynell
Det hållbara samhället - 2014 -
Tenant Views on Energy Efficiency in Renovated Homes ̶ Tales from Brogården and Gårdsten in
Sweden
Ylva Norén Bretzer, Marie Thynell
Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS), 11-13 June in Copenagen - 2013 -
Slutkonferens ClueE: De boendes
perspektiv
Marie Thynell
Mistra Urban Futures, Project title: ClueE - Collaborative Learning for Urban Energy Efficiency - 2013 -
Towards Zero Livable
Cities
Marie Thynell
Trafikverket - 2013 -
Tenant Views on Low-Energy Living: Tales from three city boroughs in
Sweden
Ylva Norén Bretzer, Marie Thynell
Nordiska Kommunforskarkonferensen i Åbo, 21-23 november - 2013
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