Lisa Van Well - Nordregio

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Senior Research Fellow

Specialised in European regional development, institutions and territorial cohesion, multi-level governance, territorial cooperation and climate change adaptation and mitigation policy.

Academic qualifications

PhD in Regional Planning, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology,
Master of Social Science, The International Graduate School, Stockholm University

Prior positions

Researcher and Teacher: KTH, Division of Urban Planning 2001-2006
Researcher/Research assistant: The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) 1993-1998
Translator and Editor: Hagströmer & Qviberg, Institutional Banking Research Dept. 1998-2001

Publications and presentations by Lisa Van Well

Research

Publications

Contact Lisa

Phone: +46 8 463 54 46
E-mail: lisa.van.well@nordregio.se

The Multiple Lenses of Territorial Cohesion

Territorial cohesion is still a 'moving target'. It is a concept that varies greatly in appearance depending on the specific 'territorial lens' used to examine it. This is the main message of my recently published thesis, Institutional Capacity for Territorial Cohesion, from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology which problematizes the notion of territorial cohesion and asks the question of why policymakers on all governance levels use the term so differently.

A Cross-territorial and Multi-level Story

My particular spatial story, influenced by my territorial movements, interests and education, is "a cross-territorial and multi-level story" to put it in terms of the type of research I do today at Nordregio.