Christine Wamsler (she/her)
Professor
About Christine Wamsler
Christine is Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Founder and Director of the Contemplative Sustainable Futures Program, and former Co-Director of the Societal Resilience Centre. She is an internationally-renowned expert in sustainable development and associated (material and cognitive) transformation processes, with 25 years of experience, both in theory and practice.
Christine has been ranked as the world’s eighth most influential scholar in the field of environmental science.
She is leading the emergent field of inner transformation, mindfulness, and sustainability, and has co-developed related theories, approaches, leadership, and educational programs for climate action and sustainability.
Her work has shaped international debates and increased knowledge on personal, collective, institutional, and policy transformations in a context of global environmental change. She has led many international projects and published more than 200 academic papers, book chapters, and books on these issues.
Her publications are regularly cited and used in theory and policy development, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Christine serves as a senior scientific advisor for the UNDP Conscious Food Systems Alliance, the Global Compassion Coalition, the Inner Green Deal, the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) Initiative, and the Science Centre (Science Village).
Her workplace, LUCSUS, is a pioneer in transdisciplinary research and collaboration, combining critical perspectives with solution-based approaches to address sustainability challenges.
Read about her current research:
For an overview of her work: https://www.lucsus.lu.se/christine-wamsler and https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/christine-wamsler
On integrated inner-outer transformation: https://www.contemplative-sustainable-futures.com/
Here you can find more information about Professor Christine Wamsler’s work place.
Publications
On integrated inner-outer transformation: https://www.contemplative-sustainable-futures.com/general-3-1
All publications can be found here, at the bottom of the page under research outputs: https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/christine-wamsler or here, at the bottom of the page under publications: https://www.lucsus.lu.se/christine-wamsler
Content
These are articles and lessons submitted by Christine Wamsler.
Lesson
Inner Transformation for Individual, Collective and Planetary Sustainability and Wellbeing
Lund University
Lund, Sweden