Per Hillbur is Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Malmö University, and he has a PhD in Social and Economic Geography from Lund University (1998). His research interests are in urban ecology, sustainable use of natural resources, governance, communication and stakeholder interaction in a wide variety of urban and rural settings. Over the years, he has been part of numerous research programmes and networks, focusing on tropical agriculture, water governance, sustainable use of resources and urban planning with a participatory action research focus in European, African and Asian contexts. Currently, his research focus is on governance of urban water systems in Sweden and Europe.
Publications
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Att sätta pris på vatten | report | 2025 |
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A decade of maize yield gap studies in… | article-journal | 2024 |
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Efficiency of participatory research approaches among smallholder farmers | article-journal | 2017 |
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Response and responsibility : fabrication of the eco-certified… | article-journal | 2016 |
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Det KRAV-märkta barnet : Om subjektskonstruktioner i lärande… | chapter | 2015 |
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Resolving the Gender Empowerment Equation in agricultural research… | article-journal | 2015 |
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Good to Be Different? : On Cosmopolitanism, Pluralism… | article-journal | 2013 |
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Subject Construction in Education for Sustainable Development :… | paper-conference | 2011 |
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Berättelsers ursprung och kraft | chapter | 2010 |
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Inledning : Närnaturens mångfald | chapter | 2009 |
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Låt det här vara mörkt! Samrådsmöten kring ett… | chapter | 2009 |
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Mellan åkern och havet : Malmös rekreationsöar och… | chapter | 2008 |
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The cultural background of the sustainability of the… | article-journal | 2003 |
Research Themes
Green and Just Cities is a new theme within the IUR which aims to highlight and contribute to a deeper understanding of the physical geographical and ecological dimensions of urban justice. The theme provides a bridge between urban studies and environmental studies by examining the multiple ways the natural and built environments are co-constitutive, and…
The housing crisis has emerged as one of the most pressing societal challenges in recent decades. Global organizations—including the UN, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the IMF—along with national policymakers, housing experts, and researchers, widely acknowledge the severity of this crisis. Rapidly growing regions face acute housing shortages, soaring costs, rising homelessness,…
Global Urbanism aims to explore the heterogeneity/diversity of urban conditions, practices and experiences in different geographical locations. It aims to highlight how contemporary urban theorization reflects (or fails to reflect) this diversity. The theme challenges assumed urban hierarchies and highlights urban practices outside the mainstream state-led and market-led frameworks, particularly activities carried out by people…