Nicklas Forsell
Senior Research Scholar
Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Nicklas Forsell joined the Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Program in 2012 as a postdoctoral research scholar on a scholarship given by IIASA. His current research interests include the use of optimization models to analyze the links between forest, agricultural, and energy planning. By mean of enhancing and linking large-scale assessment models, his research focus on developing integrated assessments of national and global policies.Dr Forsell obtained his MSc degree in mathematics from Mid Sweden University and his PhD in economics from the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) in collaboration with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). Within his PhD thesis, he considered long-term forest management under risk and uncertainty. By means of mathematical programming models, he analyzed the implications of considering stochastic damage events and spatial dependencies between forest stands when optimizing management policies of large scale forest estates. Prior to joining IIASA, Dr. Forsell worked at MINES ParisTech, France, where he focused on long-term energy system analysis and particularly focused on the integration of bioenergy production into national and global energy system models.
Last update: 11 SEP 2012
Publications
Funk, J., Forsell, N., Gunn, J., & Burns, D. (2022). Assessing the potential for unaccounted emissions from bioenergy and the implications for forests: The United States and global. GCB Bioenergy 14 (3) 322-345. 10.1111/gcbb.12912.
Lauri, P., Forsell, N., Di Fulvio, F. , Snäll, T., & Havlik, P. (2021). Material substitution between coniferous, non-coniferous and recycled biomass – Impacts on forest industry raw material use and regional competitiveness. Forest Policy and Economics e132 e102588. 10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102588.
Nascimento, L., Kuramochi, T., Moisio, M., Hans, F., de Vivero, G., Gonzales-Zuñiga, S., Smit, S., Lui, S., Schiefer, T., Mooldijk, S., Wong, J., de Castro Dias, E., Höhne, N., van Soest, H., Dafnomilis, I., Chen, H.H., den Elzen, M., Forsell, N., Batka, M. , & Gusti, M. (2021). Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries – Analysis of current climate policies and mitigation commitments: 2021 Update. NewClimate Institute , Cologne, Germany.
Kuramochi, T., Nascimento, L., Moisio, M., den Elzen, M., Forsell, N., van Soest, H., Tanguy, P., Gonzales, S., Hans, F., Jeffery, M.L., Fekete, H., Schiefer, T., de Villafranca Casas, M.J., De Vivero-Serrano, G., Dafnomilis, I., Roelfsema, M., & Höhne, N. (2021). Greenhouse gas emission scenarios in nine key non-G20 countries: An assessment of progress toward 2030 climate targets. Environmental Science & Policy 123 67-81. 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.015.
Fekete, H., Kuramochi, T., Roelfsema, M., den Elzen, M., Forsell, N., Höhne, N., Luna, L., Hans, F., Sterl, S., Olivier, J., van Soest, H., Frank, S. , & Gusti, M. (2021). A review of successful climate change mitigation policies in major emitting economies and the potential of global replication. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 137 e110602. 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110602.