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Jo­hannes Lun­d­berg

Postdoc

Subjects
Pensions Democracy ESG Climate Philosophy Sociology

Primary research areas

Fin­an­cial cap­it­al­ism
Eco­nom­ic demo­cracy
Fossil fuel di­vest­ment
The cli­mate crisis as a struc­tur­al so­ci­et­al prob­lem

Pos­sib­il­it­ies for Demo­crat­ic Gov­ernance and Sus­tain­able In­vest­ments

I study finance, climate, and democracy, combining approaches such as economic sociology, intellectual history, and philosophy. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher, leading a three-year Carlsberg project divided between MSC and SCORE (Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research, Stockholm University). This project will examine the degree to which Danish pension funds’ climate-related investment policies have been shaped by the funds’ type/degree of member democracy, the influence of fossil-fuel divestment campaigns, fund-specific characteristics, and prevailing financial structures.  

My PhD (intellectual history, Aarhus University) focused on the development of financial theories and laws that shape Danish pension funds’ decisions regarding fossil-fuel investments. 

Recent research projects

Re­think­ing Fin­ance: Can Demo­cracy En­hance Sus­tain­able In­vest­ments?

The pro­ject ex­plores the po­ten­tial of demo­crat­ic pro­cesses to im­pact sus­tain­able in­vest­ment choices through the com­par­at­ively cli­mate-pro­gress­ive and demo­crat­ic Dan­ish pen­sion funds and the re­l­at­ively im­pact­ful civil so­ci­ety di­vest­ment (fossil fuel dis-in­vest) cam­paign.
Project Description (Carlsbergfondet)

Outside activities

Postdoc af­fil­i­ation at SCORE , 2025 - 2027

My postdoc is di­vided between CBS and SCORE (Stock­holm Centre for Or­gan­iz­a­tion­al Re­search), Stock­holm Uni­ver­sity
SCORE’s webpage