Dr Oscar J B Berglund

BA, MSc, MSc, PhD

  • BS8 1TZ

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Research interests

Oscar Berglund has extensively researched climate change activism and the criminalisation of protest and activism. He has focused particularly on disruptive forms of protest, why activists use them, and what the functions and effects of such protest are. Oscar often takes a Gramscian approach to understand the essential role of social movements in bringing about progressive societal change. 

His current research is focused on the following:

  • Criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest around the world;
  • Effectiveness and outcomes of social movements using civil disobedience and direct action;
  • The different political and ideological strands within broad climate change movements;
  • The role of collective agency in facing the climate crisis.

External positions

Teaching Fellow, University of Bath

6 Feb 201730 Jun 2017

Research Groups and Themes

  • Global Political Economy
  • Social Movements
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Criminalisation of Protest
  • Climate Change Activism
  • Protest
  • Activism
  • Climate Change Politics
  • Critical Political Economy

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