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Oscar Jacobsson

Postdoctor

Human Geography
Mail
oscar.jacobsson@geography.gu.se
Visiting address
Viktoriagatan 13
41125 Göteborg
Room number
512C
Postal address
Box 625
40530 Göteborg

About Oscar Jacobsson

Research

My research focuses on human-environment interactions in both contemporary and historical periods, with emphasis on the interplay between human and physical geographical conditions, economy and human thought. Theoretically I tend to lean against a combination of the landscape theory of Torsten Hägerstrand (for example processual landscapes), political ecology and a materialist theory of history.

I defended my thesis When the flood marked the land: on floodplain land use along the rivers Emån and Ätran, 1500-1910 in February 2023 at the department of Human Geography, Stockholm University. In my thesis I analysed how the agricultural use of regularly flooded land changed with the transformation of the agrarian economy, how different physical geographical conditions interplayed with this transformation process and how humans themselves understood their use of the landscape, along with its more wide-ranging consequences.

Presently I am involved in two research projects. The first one is the EU-funded project BIOTraCes ongoing between 2022-2026, where my primary focus is to conduct a case study about small and medium-sized forest owners' management of biodiversity. The second project is part of Theme 3 in Mistra Sports & Outdoors, which focuses on the sustainable use of land and water in outdoor recreation, where I carry out a study of the environmental challenges of maritime outdoor recreation in municipal and overall planning in municipalities on the Swedish west coast.

Teaching

I teach on the following courses:

Other commitments

Alongside my university work, I also conduct historical-geographical analyses for contract archaeological projects.