Thomas Elmqvist#
| Membership Number: | 6865 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://stockholmresilience.su.se |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4617-6197 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-elmqvist-675381a/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000 - to present Professor in Natural Resource Management, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
- 2020 - to present Co-director Environment Program EASAC (part time)
- 2014 - 2015 Acting Director of the Swedish Global Hub of Future Earth (part-time)
- 1996 - 2000 Scientific Research Director, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, SLU and Uppsala University
- 1994 - 1996 Senior Lecturer with 75% research and 25% teaching Umeå University
- 1989 - 1994 Swedish Research Council "Forskarassistent" (100%)
- 1987 - 1989 Swedish Research Council post doctoral researcher at BYU, Utah, USA.
Fields of Scholarship
- Natural disturbances
- Ecosystem dynamics
- Urbanization and biodiversity
- Components of resilience including the role of social institutions
- Land use change
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Ecological Society of America Award ”Best paper in Sustainability Science”
- 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross fields, Clarivate Analytics
- 2022 Highly Cited Researcher in Environment and Ecology,Clarivate Analytics
- 2021 Highly Cited Researcher in Environment and Ecology, Clarivate Analytics
- 2020 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field, Clarivate Analytics
- 2019 Ecological Society of America Award “Best paper in Sustainability Science”
- 2018 Biodiversa Award for Excellence in Science and Policy
- 2014 to present Guest Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, Japan
- 2013 to present Fellow The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Allmänna avdelningen)
- 2011 to present Fellow at Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS), South Africa
- 2011 to present Adjunct Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, USA
