Ida Wallin

My research focus is on participatory governance, knowledge co-production, media communication, and the socio-political dimensions of forestry. In a broad sense I am interested in why we manage forests the way we do and different kinds of decision-making related to forests from local to international level. I have extensive experience of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and collaborate with researchers and stakeholders within international projects and organizations related to forests.

Current position

• 2023 Jun - present. Researcher at Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre.

Previous research positions

• 2022 Aug - 2023 May. Researcher and project coordinator. Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden. 
• 2017 Dec-2022 July. Researcher and lecturer. Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy at University of Freiburg, Germany. LINK
• 2017 May-Nov. Postdoctoral researcher. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
• 2012-2017. Doctoral student. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
• 2012 June-Dec. Research assistant. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

Previous research projects & collaborations 

• 2023-2024: SLU Future Forests platform. LINK.
• 2023-2024: ForGEDI MOOC - Gender equality, diversity and inclusion in forest-related sectors: developing and evaluating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Funding: SLU Global (400 000 SEK for development), FSC International (5000 EUR for dissemination), The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) (248 000 SEK for evaluation), SNS Nordic Forest Research (5000 EUR for open access 2025-2026).
• 2023-2024: IUFRO Task Force on Gender Equality in Forestry - development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for forestry students and professionals. Funding body: SLU Global. LINK
• 2021-2023: YAS - Young Academy for Sustainability Research at FRIAS, University of Freiburg. LINK
• 2022-2023: Climate Transitions in Contested Forests: Justice and governance in digital times. Funding body: Formas.
• 2020-2022: PARADeS – Participatory assessment of flood related disaster prevention and development of an adapting coping system in Ghana. Funding body: BMBF.
• 2018-2020: PerForm - Perceiving the Forest-based Bioeconomy. Funding body: EFI Networking fund.
• 2013-2016: ORCHESTRA COST-Action FP1207 - Orchestrating forest-related policy analysis in Europe. Funding body: EU COST-Action.
• 2012-2015: INTEGRAL – Future-oriented integrated management of European forested landscapes. Funding body: EU FP7 Seventh Framework Programme.

Since 2013 I have taught more than 30 classes at BSc and MSc levels at the University of Freiburg, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Uppsala University. 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 34 MSc theses and 3 BSc thesis at University of Freiburg (22) and at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (12).

Doctoral students

Anna Karlsson (2023-2027) Co-creating advisory services and planning for diversified management in Swedish family forestry. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. Co-creator project. Assistant supervisor since 19th of June 2023.

Isak Lodin (2015-2020) Current versus Alternative Forest Management Practices in Southern Sweden. Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. ALTERFOR project. Assistant supervisor from 18th of April 2017.

Degrees

• 2017: PhD in Forest Management, Policy and planning at Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Dissertation title: Forest Management and Governance in Sweden - A Phronetic Analysis of Social Practices (LINK). Dissertation date 7th of April 2017.
• 2013: MA in Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
• 2012: MSc in Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
• 2011: BSc in Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

• Studentombudsman 2025-2028
• SACO-S SLU board member 2025-2028 (labour union)
• Helgeå Model Forest, representing the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in the board 2024-2027
• IUFRO - The International Union of Forest Research Organizations
  • Co-Coordinator Division 9 Forest Policy and Economics 2026-2029
  • Member Board 2026-2029
  • Co-coordinator ForGEDI Task Force (T48) Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Forest-Related Sectors 2024-2029
  • Coordinator Working Party 9.01.07 Forests and the media 2019-2029
• YAS Alumni at FRIAS - Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies. 2025-2028

• 2019: Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA), International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). 
• 2017: Stipend King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50-years anniversary fund for science, technology and environment for research about sustainable private forestry.

• Smith, C., Wallin, I., 2026. Engaging the next generation of forest stewards: a place-based framework for advancing forest education in Canadian high schools. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 99. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpag036
• Mack, Philipp, Ida Wallin, Mariella Susann Zwickel, Jonas Pfistner, Lena König, & Daniela Kleinschmit (2025). Shouting into the void? German forest dieback 2.0 debate on Twitter. A case study to operationalize the analysis of discursive power in Hybrid Media Systems. Forest Policy and Economics 172 (103447). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103447
• Haltia, E. et al. (2025). Forest Owners’ and Forestry Stakeholders’ Perceptions, in P. Rautio et al. (eds) Continuous Cover Forestry in Boreal Nordic Countries. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland (Managing Forest Ecosystems), pp. 273–286. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-70484-0_15
• Wallin, I., & Brukas, V. (2024). Training forestry students for uncertainty and complexity: The development and assessment of a transformative roleplay. International Forestry Review, 26(1), 93–109. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554824838457880
• Malmborg, K., Wallin, I., Brukas, V., Do, T., Lodin, I., Neset, T.-S., Norström, A. V., Powell, N., & Tonderski, K. (2022). Knowledge co-production in the Helge å catchment: A comparative analysis. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 565–582. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2125583