Karolina Isaksson

Karolina Isaksson holds a position as a professor in transport policy and transport planning at the Swedish national road and transport research institute, VTI. She is also an adjunct professor in policy and planning for sustainability transitions at KTH, Stockholm. Karolina has a background in social and political science, and has 25 years of experience from studies in transport governance. In her work, she has carried out in-depth explorations of politics, power and institutional conditions that shape the possibilities to integrate climate mitigation and broader sustainability perspectives in land use and transport planning, and also analyzed public transport governance, issues of citizen involvement and experimental governance. Her latest research is focused on the development of transformative capacity in transport policy and planning.