Mistra Geopolitics is about foresight. It is a think-tank for making sense of an increasingly uncertain future. We aim to help Sweden and Swedish actors navigate a new geopolitical context affected by global environmental change. Mistra Geopolitics brings together a strong interdisciplinary research team. • Six Swedish core partners: the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and the universities of Linköping, Stockholm, Lund and Uppsala. • Two international research institutes are involved as research and networking partners: adelphi (Germany) and E3G (UK). The Programme works with stakeholder partners, including a range of government agencies, business enterprises as well as branch and non-governmental organisations. These include: • The Swedish Agency for Growth Analysis (Tillväxtanalys) • The Migration studies delegation (Delmi) • The Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) • The Swedish National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) • The Swedish National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) • The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) • The Swedish Steel Producers’ Association (Jernkontoret) • The Swedish Forest Industries Federation (Skogsindustrierna) • The Haga Initiative (Hagainitiativet) • Gothenburg City (Göteborg Stad) • Futurion • The Swedish Defence University (Försvarshögskolan) • Sida • SEB • Ericsson

2. Mistra Geopolitics consortium

3. The aims of Mistra Geopolitics
Mistra Geopolitics is about foresight. It is a think-tank for making sense of an
increasingly uncertain future. We aim to help Sweden and Swedish actors
navigate a new geopolitical context affected by global environmental change.
1. To critically examine how the dynamics of geopolitics, human security and global
environmental change interrelate in the 21st Century.
2. To develop strategies for Swedish actors to respond to these dynamics
3. To outline a range of robust options by which they may contribute to the 2030
Agenda as well as promoting Swedish welfare and competitiveness.

4. Collaborative programme design
• Addressing the future through rigorous participatory
scenario building
• Adaptive process of co-creation engaging
stakeholder partners from government and business
• Responsive case-study selection
• Europe’s best visualisation facilities to support
decision-making
• Research school: 8 PhD students and policy
practitioners
Norrköping Decision Arena platform –
an Interactive visualisation tools for
stakeholder engagement

5. Mistra Geopolitics work streams
WP1
GEOPOLITICS & SECURITY
INTHE ANTHROPOCENE
WP3
GOVERNANCE IN
THEANTHROPOCENE
WP2
IMPACTS PATHWAYS
WP4
INTERRELATIONSHIPS:
GEOPOLITICS AND SDGs
WP5
SWEDEN IN A CHANG-
ING GEOPOLITICAL
LANDSCAPE
Examining how the political drivers, risks and
security implications of global environmental
change are construed in academic and policy
discourse, and what the implications are for our
understandings of security and geopolitics.
Contact: Malin Mobjörk malin.mobjork@sipri.org
Comparing the institutional arrangements,
strategies and policies developed by multiple
political actors in response to the
transnational flows of trade, people and
resources affected by global environmental
change.
Contact: Lisa Dellmuth lisa.dellmuth@su.se
Charting the transnational flows of
trade, people and resources affected
by global environmental change.
Contact: Åsa Persson
asa.persson@sei-international.org
Analysing the implications for human security
and sustainable development; and exploring
stakeholders’ perspectives on challenges and
opportunities for contributing to sustainability
transformations in new geopolitical landscapes.
Contact: Bengt Johansson
bengt.johansson@miljo.lth.se
Exploring what this changing
context means for Swedish
actors and developing possible
strategies to respond to these
changes.
Contact: Victoria Wibeck
victoria.wibeck@liu.se

6. Programme Board
• Anders Kompass (Chair), Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Annika Markovic, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OECD and
UNESCO
• Caroline Ankarcrona, Project Manager, The Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences (IVA)
• Hala Mohammed, Vice Chair, Swedish Red Cross
• Lena Ek, Chair, Södra
• Robert Egnell, Head of the Department of Security, Strategy and
Leadership, Swedish Defence University

7. Stakeholder partners
Mistra Geopolitics has
established partnerships
with sixteen stakeholder
partners so far, including a
range of government
agencies, business
enterprises as well as branch
and non-governmental
organisations.
The Swedish Agency
for Growth Analysis
(Tillväxtanalys)
The Migration
studies delegation
(Delmi)
The Swedish Energy
Agency
(Energimyndigheten)
The Swedish National
Food Agency
(Livsmedelsverket)
The Swedish National
Food Agency
(Livsmedelsverket)
The Swedish Agency
for Marine and
Water Management
(HaV)
Swedish
Environmental
Protection Agency
(Naturvårdsverket)
The Swedish Steel
Producers’
Association
(Jernkontoret)
The Swedish Forest
Industries Federation
(Skogsindustrierna)
The Haga Initiative
(Hagainitiativet)
Gothenburg City
(Göteborg Stad)
Futurion
The Swedish Defence
University
(Försvarshögskolan)
Sida SEB Ericsson

8. Programme Management Team contacts
• Programme Director: Björn-Ola Linnér bjorn-ola.linner@liu.se
• Co-Director: Karl Hallding karl.hallding@sei-international.org
• Co-Director: Eva Lövbrand eva.lovbrand@liu.se
• Programme Manager: Tim Suljada tim.suljada@sei-international.org
• Communications Lead: Eva Krutmeijer eva@krutmeijer.se
• Financial Controller: Zeynep Baser zeynep.baser@sei-international.org