Henrik Josefsson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Business Studies; Professors, teachers, researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 13 66
- E-mail:
- henrik.josefsson@fek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10, ingång C
751 20 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- LL.D., Docent
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Short presentation
My research focuses on various environmental law issues, often in the interface to other research field such as ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental economics, and research on nuclear powerproduction.
Keywords
- fastighetsrätt
- förvaltningsrätt
- grundvatten
- handelsrätt
- hållbar utveckling
- hållbarhet
- kemikalier
- miljömål
- nuclear energy policy (kärnkraft)
- vattenhantering
Biography
2023-2024 Committee Secretary, Swedish Government: The investigation on simplified and shortened permit processes under the Environmental Code (Dir. 2023:78)
2023 Part of an expert panel assessing the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (Costal Waters) in Denmark for the Danish Government.
2022-2023 Committee Secretary, Swedish Government: The investigation on water issues regarding planning planning and construction (Dir 2021:06).
2022 Associate Professor (Docent) Environmental Law
2022 Senior Lecture Commercial Law
2015 Doctor of Laws, Environmental Law, Uppsala University
2008 Master of Arts with a Major in Jurisprudence, Luleå University of Technology
2007 Master of Science with a Major in Biology, Umeå University
Research
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Current research:
2022 - ANItA – Academic-industrial Nuclear technology Initiative to Achieve a sustainable energy future. Founded by the Swedish Energy Agency, Industry partners and Uppsala University.
2022 - Climate Transitions in Contested Forests: Justice and Governance in Digital Times. Founded by Formas.
2022 - Realizing a non-toxic circular economy. Founded by Formas.
2020 - Aquifers in the Anthropocene. Founded by Circus (Uppsala University)
2020 - Will European Water Legislation Result in Better Water Quality? Analysis of Current Indicators and Measures to Reduce Chemical Pollution. Founded by Formas.
Previous research:
2018 - 2021 Ethics in Biodiversity Offsetting – Legal Responsibility and Social Equity. Founded by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
2017 - 2020 Legal Compensation for Losses of Biodiversity – a Net Loss?. Founded by the Swedish Research Council.
2016 Ramvattendirektivets grundläggande åtgärder. En rättslig belysning av art. 11 i ramvattendirektivet och Sveriges genomförande. Founded by the Swedish Agency of Marine and Water Management.
2010 - 2015 Sustainable Water Management. Founded by Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse.
Publications
Selection of publications
- Groundwater (2024)
- Opportunities to tackle antibiotic resistance development in the aquatic environment through the Water Framework Directive (2023)
- Adaptiv förvaltning, ramvattendirektivet och det svenska förvaltningssystemet (2022)
- The potential of the EU Water Framework Directive for reducing emissions of pollutants is limited (2022)
- Utbytbar natur? Etiska och rättsliga aspekter på ekologisk kompensation. Slutrapport från ett forskningsprojekt (2021)
- Ekologiska kompensationspooler – jämförelser och förslag (2020)
- Ekologisk kompensation och ramvattendirektivet (2019)
- Vad är en plan? – (2019)
- The Simplification of Biological Diversity in International and EU Law (2018)
- The Environmental Liability Directive, the Water Framework Directive and the Definition of ‘Water Damage’ (2018)
- Vattenrättslig samordning. En studie om ramvattendirektivets möte med nitrat- och avloppsdirektivet (2017)
- Good Ecological Potential - A Credible Objective for Water Management? (2016)
- Ecological Status as a Legal Construct – Determining its Legal and Ecological Meaning (2015)
- The Water Framework Directive (2011)
Recent publications
- Groundwater (2024)
- Opportunities to tackle antibiotic resistance development in the aquatic environment through the Water Framework Directive (2023)
- Adaptiv förvaltning, ramvattendirektivet och det svenska förvaltningssystemet (2022)
- The potential of the EU Water Framework Directive for reducing emissions of pollutants is limited (2022)
- Country Report: Sweden. (2021)
All publications
Articles
- Opportunities to tackle antibiotic resistance development in the aquatic environment through the Water Framework Directive (2023)
- The potential of the EU Water Framework Directive for reducing emissions of pollutants is limited (2022)
- Ekologiska kompensationspooler – jämförelser och förslag (2020)
- D. Sweden (2019)
- Vad är en plan? – (2019)
- The Simplification of Biological Diversity in International and EU Law (2018)
- The Environmental Liability Directive, the Water Framework Directive and the Definition of ‘Water Damage’ (2018)
- D. Sweden (2017)
- Vattenrättslig samordning. En studie om ramvattendirektivets möte med nitrat- och avloppsdirektivet (2017)
- Good Ecological Potential - A Credible Objective for Water Management? (2016)
- D. Sweden (2016)
- Ecological Status as a Legal Construct – Determining its Legal and Ecological Meaning (2015)
- Assessing Aquatic Spaces of Regulation: Key Issues and Solutions (2015)
- Achieving Ecological Objectives (2012)
- The Water Framework Directive (2011)
Books
Chapters
- Groundwater (2024)
- Adaptiv förvaltning, ramvattendirektivet och det svenska förvaltningssystemet (2022)
- Country Report: Sweden. (2021)
- Country Report (2020)
- Ekologisk kompensation och ramvattendirektivet (2019)
- From River Basins to Landscapes (2016)
Reports
- Utbytbar natur? Etiska och rättsliga aspekter på ekologisk kompensation. Slutrapport från ett forskningsprojekt (2021)
- Utbytbar natur? (2021)
- Ramvattendirektivets grundläggande åtgärder. En rättslig belysning av art. 11 i ramvattendirektivet och Sveriges genomförande. (2017)
- Likvärdig miljöbalkstillämpning – myt eller sanning? (2010)
- Miljöbalkens Framtid: Tema Vattenverksamhet (2009)