Berit Brokking Balfors

Professor, PhD in environmental assessment analysis. The research is focused on tools for environmental systems analysis in the built environment, for example, environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA).

• Member of Formas’ Scientific Council (Formas forskningsråd), from 2019
• Member of the scientific board of Lundströms C.F. The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, (Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien), ongoing
• Member of  the Nordic Bioeconomy Programme Committee (Nordforsk, Formas), ongoing.
• Member of the committee for development research, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), 2016-2019.
• Member of Vinnova scientific review panel, InfraSweden2030, in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Member of the board of KTH Water Centre, 2017-2021.
• Member in the KTH University Board (KTH Högskolestyrelsen) 2011-2013. 
• Head of the Department (Prefekt) of Land and Water Resources Engineering, KTH, 2007-20013.

Research areas

Municipal energy planning and environmental assessment

Green qualities and ecosystem services in urban areas

Urban planning and sustainable development

Strategies for sustainable water management

Transport planning for a sustainable society

On-going projects

Mainstreaming sustainability

Strategies for integrating environmental functions in transport planning for sustainable urban development

Transport planning for a sustainable society: Vision, collaboration, and environmental functions in Strategic Choice of Measures

(re)Planning Nature-Based Solutions and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Transformations (REP-NBS)

REWIND - Regional planning for wind power

Recently completed projects

ISSUE - Integrating Sustainability Strategies in Urban Environments (ISSUE). Formas, Research Council Formas), (Project leader) 2016-2020

TRAMP - Strategic Environmental Assessment in transport planning,  Swedish Transport Administration (project leader), 2018-2020.

Södertörnsmodellen - Collaborative Platform for Sustainable Suburban Dynamics. Vinnova-Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, (Coordinator) 2014-2016 (phase 1 and 2) 2017-2019 (phase 3)

STEP - Strengthen the strategic municipal energy planning. Swedish Energy Agency, (Project leader), 2016-2019

SPEAK - Sustainable planning and environmental assessment knowledge, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency), (Project leader) 2014-2017