Veronica

Olofsson

MA

PhD Candidate

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Profile summary

  • Social-ecological systems
  • Transformations
  • Justice
  • Rights
  • Knowledge co-production
  • Cross-scale dynamics

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.

Key Publications

Olofsson, V., Mancilla Garcia, M., Castro, A. J., Cortés Calderón, S., Diallo, A. H., Jiménez Aceituno, A., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Gonzalez, T. S., Silvino, A. S., & Aguiar, A. P. (2025). The multifaceted spectra of power: A participatory network analysis on power structures in diverse dryland regions. Global Environmental Change, 92, 102984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.102984

Castro, A., Ponce de León, A., Cantera, A. L., Olofsson, V., & Reina-Rozo, J. D. (2024). Energy sovereignty storytelling: Art practices, community-led transitions, and territorial futures in Latin America. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2309046

Aguiar, A. P. D., Collste, D., Cortés-Calderón, S., Sonetti-González, T., Alves-Martins, M., Castro, A. J., Diallo, A., Eriksson, K. M., Goffner, D., Harmáčková, Z. V., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Mancilla-García, M., Olofsson, V., Pérez Marin, A. M., Silva-Bezerra, F. G., Sinare, H., & Stragier, C. (2025). Unraveling deep roots in drylands: A systems thinking participatory approach to the SDGs. Global Sustainability, 8, e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2025.6

Olofsson, V. (2023). Energy Justice and Territory: Present and Futures of Wind Energy in Brazil. International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 10(1), 27–49. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijesjp.v10i1.16050

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