research hub

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Sanja Duvnjak Žarković

Postdoctoral researcher at Uppsala University’s Department of Earth Sciences. She completed her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in power systems with a focus on Security of Supply. Sanja’s expertise includes mathematical optimization, data analysis, machine learning, and reliability analysis in power systems.

Her current research focuses on the impacts of extreme weather on power systems and their societal implications. She aims to enhance the resilience and security of these critical infrastructures by integrating security of supply concepts into broader power system resilience frameworks.

Research focus: Impacts of extreme weather on power systems and societal dependencies, aiming to improve resilience and security.

Murathan Kurfalı

Postdoctoral researcher at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), specializing in natural language processing. Murathan holds a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics from Stockholm University, with his research covering areas such as multilingual discourse analysis, evaluation of language models across languages, and computational analysis of textual corpora to gain insights into human perception.

During his postdoctoral work within the climes project, Murathan applies natural language processing techniques to large datasets (e.g., news, articles, and reports) to explore the impacts of climate change. His research focuses on mining data related to climate-related disasters and societal impacts, as well as analyzing how perceptions and discussions of climate change evolve over time.

Research focus: Improving language models for diverse linguistic applications, with a particular emphasis on developing computational tools for analyzing multilingual texts.

Aditya Narayan Mishra

Postdoctoral researcher at Uppsala University’s Department of Earth Sciences. Aditya completed his Ph.D. in Climate Science at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, specializing in regional climate modeling and extreme weather events. His research integrates climate simulations, atmospheric dynamics, and climate variability to assess the impacts of extreme events, particularly in extra-tropical regions.

His previous work spans multiple institutions, including time as a visiting scholar at the University of Reading and conducting research at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. Aditya’s expertise includes precipitation patterns, climate dynamics, and feedback mechanisms in climate systems, with a focus on understanding how climate change intensifies extreme weather phenomena.

Research focus: Impacts of climate change on precipitation, atmospheric dynamics, and extreme weather events, with particular emphasis on regional climate modeling and simulation techniques to predict future climate scenarios.

Alicia N’Guetta

Researcher at Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). Alicia holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from Lund University. Her work spans climate impacts and action, adaptation, loss and damage, and climate governance, with regional experience in Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe (including French overseas territories and EU outermost regions). She works at the science–policy–society interface to co-produce knowledge that supports equitable, transformative climate action.

Before joining LUCSUS, Alicia worked as a Monitoring & Evaluation Officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), covering Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles (based at the FAO office in Comoros). Her doctoral research examined narratives of loss and damage in tropical fisheries through a blue justice lens, contributing to projects such as the EU Horizon 2020 MACOBIOS and the FORMAS-funded DICE initiative.

Research focus: Climate change impacts and action; loss & damage; adaptation; climate governance; blue climate justice and equity.

Charlotte Maybom

Postdoctoral researcher at Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). She holds a Ph.D. in political ecology from the University of Copenhagen, with expertise in global environmental governance, climate adaptation policy, and gender. Her work draws on feminist political ecology and international climate policy analysis, with field experience in Kenya and other regions of the Global South.
At climes, Charlotte examines how extreme weather events affect communities, using qualitative and mixed methods to analyze climate risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation pathways. Her research explores lived experiences of loss and damage and the enabling conditions that support effective and inclusive adaptation. Her work aims to inform equitable evidence-based policies, support community-centered resilience efforts, and contribute to more effective and targeted adaptation interventions.  
Research focus: Social and gender dimensions of climate adaptation, particularly how institutional and power dynamics influence exposure, vulnerability, and response strategies. 
Climes Researcher List
Andreas Nord
Andreas Nord
Lund University (LU)
Ecological and evolutionary physiology, climate adaptation in animals
Olof Görnerup
Olof Görnerup
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Machine learning, data analysis, distributed data analysis
Aleksis Pirinen
Aleksis Pirinen
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Computer vision, climate adaptation, environmental monitoring
Shorouq Zahra
Shorouq Zahra
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Machine Learning Engineering, MLOps, NLP
Stefan Döring
Stefan Döring
Uppsala University (UU); Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Water-related conflict, non-state water cooperation
Koffi Worou
Koffi Worou
Uppsala University (UU)
Climate physics, climate modeling, geospatial data analysis
Sara Lindersson
Sara Lindersson
Uppsala University (UU)
Social vulnerability, natural hazards, GIS
Carl Vahtra
Carl Vahtra
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Public health, global health interventions
John Martinsson
John Martinsson
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Lund University (LU)
Machine learning, bioacoustics, ecoacoustics
Maria Bånkestad
Maria Bånkestad
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Uppsala University (UU)
Deep learning, geometric deep learning, AI applications in chemistry
Isabel Walter
Isabel Walter
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Global public health
Max Wybrant
Max Wybrant
University of Cambridge; Imperial College London
Global infectious disease analysis
Chanjuan Meng
Chanjuan Meng
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Machine learning, NLP
Shivang Pandey
Shivang Pandey
Karolinska Institutet (KI); Uppsala University (UU)
Geospatial Data Science, Climate Environmental Analysis
Veronica Tirado
Veronika Tirado
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Public health, global health, social medicine, and epidemiology
Richard Walters
Richard Walters
Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), Lund University
Effects of climate and habitat change on populations and ecosystem services, ecological forecasting models
Per Becker
Per Becker
Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University
Risk management, disaster risk reduction, resilience in societal systems
Marlis Wullenkord
Marlis Wullenkord
Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University
Environmental psychology, climate change communication, climate emotions
Sonja Aits
Sonja Aits
Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
Autophagy, cell death mechanisms, cancer research
Murray Scown
Murray Scown
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Sustainability science, land-use change, environmental modeling
Caroline Connolly
Caroline Connolly
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Emilia Ganslandt
Emilia Ganslandt
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Local climate adaptation strategies, sustainability transitions
Fabiola Cordoba
Fabiola Cordoba
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Climate change adaptation, vulnerability, resilience, marine and coastal governance, social-ecological systems, ecosystem-based management
Elisabeth Schill
Elisabeth Schill
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Project manager
Emilie Greve Pobiega
Emilie Greve Pobiega
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Tilly Laestander
Tilly Laestander
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Uppsala University (UU)
Hydrology and socio-hydrological systems
Louis Delannoy
Louis Delannoy
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), Stockholm University (SU)
Research on polycrisis and climate governance
Riccardo B. Navarro
Riccardo B. Navarro
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
PhD student researching future impacts of climate extremes on health
Manuel M.O. Nocentini
Manuel M.O. Nocentini
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
PhD student studying early-life impacts of current climate extremes
Markus Simon
Markus Simon
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Climate extremes, public health, risk perception, well-being
Fan Wang
Fan Wang
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Junior researcher in remote sensing and machine learning for environmental applications
Manuel Martellini O Nocentini
Manuel Martellini O Nocentini
Karolinska Institutet (KI)
Statistics, Environmental Epidemiology
Maria Rusca
Maria Rusca
Uppsala University (UU)
Political ecology, water governance, climate adaptation, urban inequality
Shruti Kashyap
Shruti Kashyap
Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics
Sustainability science, ecological economics, climate resilience, development-environment interactions
Michael Schutte
Michael Schutte
Uppsala University (UU)
Human geography, climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
Leonardo Olivetti
Leonardo Olivetti
Uppsala University (UU)
Climate risk, socio-environmental systems, extreme events analysis
Ulrika Lundin Glans
Ulrika Lundin Glans
Uppsala University (UU)
Peace and conflict research, climate security, environmental stress and conflict dynamics
Georgios Filippis
Georgios Filippis
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Machine learning, data-driven climate analysis, environmental data systems
Climes Visiting Researchers
Jon Barnett
October 2025
University of Melbourne
Blanca Paniello Castillo
October 2025
ISGlobal
Alexia Sampri
October 2025
University of Cambridge
Laura Bohme
October 2025
University of Göttingen
Taís Carvalho
June 2025
UFZ Leipzig
Gianmarco Mengaldo
June 2025
National University of Singapore
Paolo Scussolini
May 2025
VU Amsterdam
Melinda Galfi
May 2025
VU Amsterdam
Oisin Mac Aodha
May 2025
University of Edinburgh
Ines Dillerup
February–March 2025
KIT Karlsruhe
Louis Delannoy
November 2024
KVA Stockholm
Maria Rusca
October 2024
University of Manchester
Ayansina Ayanlade
October 2024
Central European University
Rose Pritchard
September 2024
University of Manchester
Rose Pritchard
June 2024
University of Manchester
Taís Carvalho
June 2024
UFZ Leipzig
Giorgio Tiecco
May 2024
University of Brescia
Davide Faranda
May 2024
CNRS
Joaquim Pinto
April 2024
KIT Karlsruhe
Julia Mömken
April 2024
KIT Karlsruhe
Kai Kornhuber
April 2024
Climate Analytics
Ni Li
January 2024
Free University of Brussels
2026
Sara N. Hurst

Institution: Uppsala University

Title: TBC

Climes supervisor: Gabriele Messori

Carl Klang, Marcus Blixt

Institution: RISE, Chalmers

Title: AI-based species distribution modeling of predators in Scandinavia using remote sensing

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Lea LeGallo, Guðmundur Guttormsson

Institution: RISE, Chalmers

Title: Multi-modal machine listening for bioacoustic analysis and modelling

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Kamaleswar Urranki, Vineeth Dhagey

Institution: RISE, Blekinge Institute of Technology

Title: Data-centric AI for acoustic discovery: anomaly detection and active learning in bioacoustics

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Ellika Groth

Institution: Uppsala University

Title: TBC

Climes supervisor: Gabriele Messori

Markus Simon

Institution: Stockholm University

Title: TBC

Climes supervisor: Elena Raffetti

Calle Helmersson

Institution: KTH

Title: TBC

Climes supervisor: Elena Raffetti

Yanitsa Stoykova

Institution: RISE, Uppsala University

Title: Climate NLP benchmarks

Climes supervisor: Shorouq Zahra, Murathan Kurfalı, Joakim Nivre

2025
Petros Stergiou

Institution: Uppsala University

Title: From Large-Scale Circulation Metrics to Surface Extremes: Linking European Winter Temperature Extremes to Atmospheric Dynamics

Climes supervisor: Gabriele Messori

Caroline Connoly

Institution: Karolinska Institutet

Title: Future Scenarios of Risks of an Unprecedented Heatwave on Pregnant Women in Region Stockholm: A Storyline Approach

Climes supervisor: Elena Raffetti

Laura Bohme

Institution: University of Göttingen

Title: Hydroclimate extremes and vector-borne diseases

Climes supervisor: Elena Raffetti

Borbala Blanka, Bretus

Institution: Lund University

Title: Locally-led adaptation as a silver bullet? Complexities, needs, and responses in climate adaptation at the Volta coastline, Ghana

Climes supervisor: Murray Scown

2024
Chanjuan Meng

Institution: RISE, KTH

Title: Information extraction using large language models

Climes supervisor: Joakim Nivre

Oscar Marklund, Richard Lindholm

Institution: RISE, LTH

Title: Active learning for ecoacoustic modeling

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Emma Amnemyr, Daniel Björklund

Institution: RISE, LTH

Title: Annotation efficiency for detecting coffee berry disease in images

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Max Wybrant

Institution: University of Cambridge

Title: Exploring the relationship between drought and malaria. A new connection in the climate change–infectious disease nexus?

Climes supervisor: Elena Raffetti

Siri Westerblom

Institution: Uppsala University

Title: Snökanoner i Sverige

Climes supervisor: Gabriele Messori

Agnes Eriksson, Malte Åhman

Institution: RISE, LTH

Title: The Power of Privilege: Enhancing Land Cover Classification with Privileged Information

Climes supervisor: Olof Mogren

Johanna Wikström

Institution: Uppsala University

Title: Skyfallsanalys av tätorter: En jämförelsestudie mellan svenska och fem andra europeiska länders rekommendationer

Climes supervisor: Gabriele Messori