Veronica Olofsson's research aims to uncover the diverse socio-ecological impacts of the energy transition across scales, focusing on wind energy expansions.

As part of her PhD studies, Veronica Olofsson focuses on wind energy expansions in Sápmi, Northern Sweden, and their interrelated impacts across scales including impacts experienced by right holders and local communities. While renewable energies play a crucial role in transitioning from fossil fuel dependence and as part of sustainability transformations, these energy developments are not free from social-ecological implications and consequences, often leading to conflicts and rights violations at local scales, a topic Veronica Olofsson’s PhD research centers around.

Olofsson holds one bachelor's degree in political science from Stockholm University, focusing on political theory, and one in journalism from Lund University. She has a master's degree in Latin American studies from Stockholm University, in which she particularly focused on sustainability and development studies as well as politics, ideology and society.

She is particularly interested in examining the social aspects of the energy transition, with a particular emphasis on civil society perspectives; decolonial critiques as well as incorporation of Indigenous and local knowledge systems and values for a more just and inclusive transformative future.