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Christina Juh­lin

Postdoc

Subjects
Organisation Qualitative methods Biodiversity Green transition Democracy Future Sociology

Primary research areas

Polit­ic­al par­ti­cip­a­tion
I study the form­a­tion of polit­ic­al par­ti­cip­a­tion, from an in­tim­ate feel­ing to a pub­licly ex­pressed opin­ion. I am also in­ter­ested in the crisis of tra­di­tion­al polit­ic­al par­ti­cip­a­tion as ex­pressed in no­tions such as the hy­per­polit­ic­al.
Af­fect and at­mo­sphere
I study how af­fect and at­mo­sphere enter the spheres of man­age­ment and or­gan­iz­ing, es­pe­cially through the plan­ning of urb­an space and ne­go­ti­ations over com­mon spaces.
Tem­por­ary or­gan­iz­ing
I study how the ‘tem­por­ary’ works as a per­vas­ive force in or­gan­iz­ing, from tem­por­ary urb­an spaces to tem­por­ary forms of work. I am in­ter­ested in the polit­ics of time: How time man­age­ment plays out not just with­in or­gan­isa­tions, but also so­ci­etally.

My work re­thinks how cit­izens en­gage with cli­mate polit­ics

I am an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersection of organization studies and urban studies, with a strong foundation in qualitative research.  

My research investigates political organizing in diverse settings - from large-scale urban transformations to grassroots climate initiatives. I am interested in how affective dimensions such as place attachments and the mobilization of hope shape collective action. To explore these dynamics, I draw on pragmatic sociology, urban theory, and affect studies. I have published in leading journals in sociology, management, and planning. 

Currently, I am a Postdoc and serve as Co-Principal Investigator on the Velux-funded project KLIMA-DEL. I also manage the research group Social and Political Venturing at CBS, coordinate and teach courses on qualitative methods, and co-edit a special issue of the journal ephemera. 

My next research project, for which I am currently seeking funding, will contribute to rethinking how citizens engage with climate politics as consumers and as political actors capable of shaping institutional change. Through a creative practice-based methodology and a case study of urban climate governance and lifestyle politics in Nordic cities, I aim to develop new tools for understanding and enabling climate engagement.  

Recent research projects

Re­search prac­tice col­lab­or­a­tion to un­der­stand how par­ti­cip­a­tion in cli­mate polit­ics is shaped and ex­per­i­enced

KLIMA-DEL (CLI­MATE-PART)

KLIMA-DEL (CLI­MATE-PART) is a Velux HumPrax­is re­search-prac­tice col­lab­or­a­tion with Demo­cracy X and The Dan­ish Cli­mate Move­ment. Em­pir­ic­ally, we con­trib­ute to im­prov­ing the ex­change between cli­mate en­gaged cit­izens and plan­ners and politi­cians work­ing with loc­al cli­mate plans. The­or­et­ic­ally, we con­trib­ute to cur­rent de­bates on hy­per­polit­ics and the role of af­fect in the or­gan­iz­a­tion of cli­mate ac­tion.
A recent commentary in a Danish newspaper sums up some of the project’s findings.

Links

Col­lab­or­a­tion with the Dan­ish Cli­mate Move­ment
Christina Juh­lin, postdoc ved CBS og pro­jektleder for Klima-del, har gen­nem de sen­este to år ful­gt Klimabevæ­gel­sens arbe­jde med at styrke veje til polit­isk klimadelta­gelse. Sær­ligt har for­sknin­gen haft fok­us på, hvordan Klimabevæ­gel­sens lokal­grup­per søger in­d­fly­delse på den kom­mun­ale klima­politik.
Read more about my collaboration with the Danish Climate Movement and our preliminary findings.
Kronik i Altinget
In this opin­ion piece I write about how ex­per­i­ences from study­ing or­gan­ised cli­mate par­ti­cip­a­tion can counter hy­per­polit­ic­al tend­en­cies.
Read the opinion piece here (in Danish).