Magnus Boström

Articles in journals

• Boström, M. & Lidskog, R. (2025). Toward a sharing society? A theoretical model of the social conditions for sharing.  Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 21 (1). [BibTeX]
• Callmer, Å. & Boström, M. (2024). Caring and striving: toward a new consumer identity in the process of consumption reduction.  Frontiers in Sustainability, 5. [BibTeX]
• Karimzadeh, S. & Boström, M. (2024). Cross-cultural perspectives on ethical consumption: A study of Swedish and Iranian citizens.  Journal of Consumer Culture. [BibTeX]
• Karimzadeh, S. & Boström, M. (2024). Ethical consumption in three stages: a focus on sufficiency and care.  Environmental Sociology, 10 (1), 1-11. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Sandström, L. (2024). Is a Slower Life a Pathway to Sustainable Lifestyles? Experiences from the Pandemic.  Nature and Culture, 19 (3), 274-296. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Römmelmann, H. & Sandström, L. (2022). Could practices of reduced consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic facilitate transformative change for sustainability? Experiences from Sweden and Ireland.  Frontiers in Sustainability. [BibTeX]
• Karimzadeh, S. & Boström, M. (2022). Ethical consumption: why should we understand it as a social practice within a multilevel framework?.  Open Research Europe, 2 (109). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2022). Lifestyle transformation and reduced consumption: a transformative learning process.  sozialpolitik.ch (1). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2021). Social relations and challenges to consuming less in a mass consumption society.  Sociologisk forskning, 58 (4), 383-406. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2021). Social Relations and Everyday Consumption Rituals: Barriers or Prerequisites for Sustainability Transformation?.  Frontiers in Sociology, 6. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2021). Take the Opportunity Afforded by the COVID-19 Experiences: Progressive Non-growth Policies for Sustainable Lifestyles.  Frontiers in Sustainability, 2. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2020). The social life of mass and excess consumption.  Environmental Sociology, 6 (3), 268-278. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2019). Can we rely on ‘climate friendly’ consumption?.  Journal of Consumer Culture, 19 (3), 359-378. [BibTeX]
• Uggla, Y. & Boström, M. (2018). Ambivalence in environmental representation: A theoretical contribution.  Sociologisk forskning, 55 (4), 447-465. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Andersson, E. , Berg, M. , Gustafsson, K. M. , Gustavsson, E. , Hysing, E. , Lidskog, R. , Löfmarck, E. & et al. (2018). Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach.  Sustainability, 10 (12). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Uggla, Y. & Hansson, V. (2018). Environmental representatives: whom, what, and how are they representing?.  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 20 (1), 114-127. [BibTeX]
• Börjeson, N. & Boström, M. (2018). Towards Reflexive Responsibility in a Textile Supply Chain.  Business Strategy and the Environment, 27 (2), 230-239. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Lidskog, R. & Uggla, Y. (2017). A reflexive look at reflexivity in environmental sociology.  Environmental Sociology, 3 (1), 6-16. [BibTeX]
• Rodela, R. , Udovc, A. & Boström, M. (2017). Developing Environmental NGO Power for Domestic Battles in a Multilevel Context: Lessons from a Slovenian case.  Environmental Policy and Governance, 27 (3), 244-255. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2017). Environmental SMOs and resource mobilization in the post-communist vs the Northwest European context.  Qualitative research in organization and management, 12 (3), 225-244. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Uggla, Y. (2016). A sociology of environmental representation.  Environmental Sociology, 2 (4), 355-364. [BibTeX]
• Söderström, S. , Kern, K. , Boström, M. & Gilek, M. (2016). ‘Environmental governance’ and ‘ecosystem management’: avenues for synergies between two approaches.  Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 17 (1), 1-19. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Micheletti, M. (2016). Introducing the sustainability challenge of textiles and clothing.  Journal of Consumer Policy, 39 (4), 367-375. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2015). Between Monitoring and Trust: Commitment to Extended Upstream Responsibility.  Journal of Business Ethics, 131 (1), 239-255. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Rabe, L. & Rodela, R. (2015). Environmental non-governmental organizations and transnational collaboration: The Baltic Sea and Adriatic-Ionian Sea regions.  Environmental Politics, 24 (5), 762-787. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Gilek, M. , Hedenström, E. & Jönsson, A. M. (2015). How to achieve sustainable procurement for ‘peripheral’ products with significant environmental impact?.  Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 11 (1), 21-31. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Casula Vifell, Å. , Klintman, M. , Soneryd, L. , Tamm Hallström, K. & Thedvall, R. (2015). Social sustainability requires social sustainability procedural prerequisites for reaching substantive goals.  Nature and Culture, 10 (2), 131-156. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Jönsson, A. M. , Lockie, S. , Mol, A. & Oosterveer, P. (2015). Sustainable and responsible supply chain governance: challenges and opportunities.  Journal of Cleaner Production, 107, 1-7. [BibTeX]
• Dreyer, M. , Boström, M. & Jönsson, A. M. (2014). Participatory Deliberation, Risk Governance and Management of the Marine Region in the European Union.  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 16 (4), 497-515. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Tamm Hallström, K. (2013). Global multi-stakeholder standard setters: how fragile are they?.  Journal of Global Ethics, 9 (1), 93-110. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Karlsson, M. (2013). Responsible Procurement, Complex Product Chains and the Integration of Vertical and Horizontal Governance.  Environmental Policy and Governance, 23 (6), 381-394. [BibTeX]
• Hassler, B. , Boström, M. & Grönholm, S. (2013). Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Management in Regional Marine Governance?: The Baltic Sea Context.  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 15 (2), 225-245. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2012). A Missing Pillar? Challenges in theorizing and practicing social sustainability: introductory article in the special issue.  Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 8 (1), 3-14. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Börjeson, N. , Gilek, M. , Jönsson, A. M. & Karlsson, M. (2012). Responsible procurement and complex product chains: the case of chemical risks in textiles.  Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55 (1), 95-111. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2012). The problematic social dimension of sustainable development: the case of the Forest Stewardship Council.  International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 19 (1), 3-15. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Tamm Hallström, K. (2010). NGO power in global social and environmental standard-setting.  Global Environmental Politics, 10 (4), 36-59. [BibTeX]
• Terragni, L. , Boström, M. , Halkier, B. & Mäkelä, J. (2009). Can consumers save the world?: everyday food consumption and dilemmas of sustainability.  Anthropology of Food (Sept.). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2009). The green political consumer of food: a critical analysis of the research and policies.  Anthropology of Food (Sept.). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2006). Establishing credibility: Practising standard-setting ideals in a Swedish seafood-labelling case.  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 8 (2), 135-158. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2006). Regulatory credibility and authority through inclusiveness: standardization organizations in cases of eco-labelling.  Organization, 13 (3), 345-367. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2006). State-centered versus nonstate-driven organic food standardization: a comparison of the U.S. and Sweden.  Agriculture and Human Values, 23 (2), 163-180. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2004). Cognitive Practices and Collective Identities within a Heterogeneous Social Movement: The Swedish Environmental Movement.  Social Movement Studies, 3 (1), 73-88. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2003). Environmental Organizations in New Forms of Political Participation: Ecological Modernization and the Making of Voluntary Rules.  Environmental Values, 12 (2), 175-193. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2003). How state-dependent is a non-state-driven rule-making project?: the case of forest certification in Sweden.  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 5 (2), 165-180. [BibTeX]

Articles, book reviews

• Boström, M. (2014). Review of: David Hess. Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy: Making and Keeping New Industries in the United States.  American Journal of Sociology, 119 (6), 1809-1811. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2010). Ellen Ruppel Shell (2009) Cheap, The High Cost of Discount Culture, New York: The Penguin Press.  Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14 (1), 174-176. [BibTeX]

Books

• Boström, M. & Lidskog, R. (2024). Environmental Sociology and Social Transformation: Key Issues. London: Routledge (Key issues in environment and sustainability ). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2023). The Social Life of Unsustainable Mass Consumption.. Lexington Books (Environment and Society ). [BibTeX]
• Tamm Hallström, K. & Boström, M. (2010). Transnational multi-stakeholder standardization: organizing fragile non-state authority. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2008). Eco-standards, product labelling and green consumerism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]

Chapters in books

• Boström, M. (2024). High-Carbon Lifestyles. In: Steven Brechin; Seungyun Lee, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society. . Routledge. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2024). Mass/excess consumption. In: Christine Overdevest, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology (pp. 412-417). . Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Berg, M. & Lidskog, R. (2024). Reflexivity and anti-reflexivity. In: Christine Overdevest, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology (pp. 474-480). . Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Ojala, M. & Öhman, J. (2024). Transformative learning. In: Christine Overdevest, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Sociology (pp. 550-556). . Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2022). Framtiden närmar sig. In: Rolf Lidskog; Erik Löfmarck, En mänsklig natur: Risker, reglering och representationer (pp. 105-120). . Örebro universitet, sociologiämnet. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Lundahl, C. & Öhman, J. (2020). Inledning: Humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på bildning och hållbar utveckling. In: Magnus Boström, Christian Lundahl, Johan Öhman, Humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på bildning och hållbar utveckling. (pp. 7-19). Örebro: Örebro Universitet. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2019). Mass Consumption and Political Consumerism. In: Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, Peter Oosterveer, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism (pp. 855-875). New York: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Micheletti, M. & Oosterveer, P. (2019). Political consumerism: Research challenges and future directions. In: Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, Peter Oosterveer, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism (pp. 879-898). New York: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2019). Rejecting and embracing brands in political consumerism. In: Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, Peter Oosterveer, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism (pp. 205-226). New York: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Micheletti, M. & Oosterveer, P. (2019). Studying political consumerism. In: Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, Peter Oosterveer, The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism (pp. 1-26). New York: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
• Uggla, Y. , Lidskog, R. & Boström, M. (2019). Var går gränsen för det rimliga? Förhandlingar om vardagsliv och miljöansvar. In: Jenny Alsarve; Erik Löfmarck, Samhälle i förhandling: Villkor, processer, konsekvenser (pp. 152-166). Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Davidson, D. J. & Lockie, S. (2018). Conclusions: A proposal for a brave new world of conceptual reflexivity?. In: Magnus Boström and Debra J. Davidson, Environment and Society: Concepts and Challenges (pp. 351-373). . Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Davidson, D. J. (2018). Introduction: Conceptualizing environment-society relations. In: Magnus Boström and Debra J. Davidson, Environment and Society: Concepts and Challenges (pp. 1-24). . Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
• Klintman, M. & Boström, M. (2016). Citizen-consumers. In: Karin Bäckstrand, Eva Lövbrand, Research handbook on climate governance (pp. 309-319). . Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Jönsson, A. M. , Boström, M. , Dreyer, M. & Söderström, S. (2016). Risk Communication and the Role of the Public: Towards Inclusive Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea?. In: M. Gilek, M. Karlsson, S. Linke, K. Smolarz, Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea (pp. 205-227). . Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Grönholm, S. & Hassler, B. (2016). The Ecosystem Approach to Management in Baltic Sea Governance : towards increased reflexivity? . In: M. Gilek, M. Karlsson, S. Linke, K. Smolarz, Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea (pp. 149-172). . Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2014). Dilemmas for standardizers of sustainable consumption. In: Stewart Lockie, David Sonnenfeld and Dana Fisher, Routledge international handbook of social and environmental change (pp. 81-92). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
• Micheletti, M. & Boström, M. (2014). Political consumerism: consumer choice, information and labeling. In: Paul B. Thompson, David M. Kaplan, Encyclopedia of food and agricultural ethics (pp. 1508-1515). . Springer Netherlands. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2014). Sustainable development by the multi-stakeholder model?. In: Tony Fitzpatrick, International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment (pp. 349-375). . Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Klintman, M. & Boström, M. (2011). Political consumerism and the transition towards a more sustainable food regime: Looking behind and beyond the organic shelf. In: Gert Spaargaren, Peter Oosterveer, Anne Loeber, Food Practices in Transition: Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity (pp. 107-130). New York and Oxon: Routledge. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Garsten, C. (2008). Organizing for accountability. In: Boström, Magnus & Garsten, Christina, Organizing transnational accountability (pp. 1-26). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Garsten, C. (2008). The treadmill of accountability. In: Boström, Magnus & Garsten, Christina, Organizing transnational accountability (pp. 231-249). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Klintman, M. & Boström, M. (2008). Transparency through labelling?: layers of visibility in environmental risk management. In: Christina Garsten and Monica Lindh de Montoya, Transparency in a new global order: unveiling organizational visions (pp. 178-197). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2007). The historical and contemporary roles of nature protection organisations in Sweden. In: C.S.A (Kris) van Koppen & William T. Markham, Protecting nature: organizations and networks in Europe and the USA (pp. 213-238). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2005). Eco-labelling of Seafood.: Toward a credible tool for consumer-based environmental improvement?. In: Boström Magnus, Follesdal Andreas, Klintman Mikael, Micheletti Michele, Sörensen Mads P., Political Consumerism: Its Motivations, Power, and Conditions in the Nordic Countries and Elsewhere.:  Proceedings from the 2nd International Seminar on Political Consumerism, Oslo August 26-29, 2004 (pp. 365-393). Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Føllesdal, A. , Klintman, M. , Micheletti, M. & Sørensen, M. P. (2005). Studying political consumerism. In: Magnus Boström, Andreas Føllesdal, Mikael Klintman, Michele Micheletti and Mads P. Sørensen, Political Consumerism: its motivations, power, and conditions in the Nordic countries and elsewhere : Proceedings from the 2nd International Seminar on Political Consumerism, Oslo August 26-29, 2004 (pp. 9-24). Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd. [BibTeX]

Collections (editor)

• Boström, M. (ed.) , Lundahl, C. (ed.) & Öhman, J. (ed.) (2020). Humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga perspektiv på bildning och hållbar utveckling. Örebro: Örebro Universitet (Rapporter i pedagogik 23). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (ed.) , Micheletti, M. (ed.) & Oosterveer, P. (ed.) (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism. New York: Oxford University Press. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (ed.) & Davidson, D. J. (ed.) (2018). Environment and Society: Concepts and Challenges (1ed.).. Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in Environmental Sociology and Policy ). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (ed.) & Garsten, C. (ed.) (2008). Organizing transnational accountability. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [BibTeX]

Conference papers

• Rodela, R. & Boström, M. (2014). Issues and opportunities with participatory governance for the management of marine resources in the Adriatic Sea. Paper presented at 20th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Hannover, Germany, June 9-13, 2014. [BibTeX]

Reports

• Rabe, L. , Boström, M. & Callmer, Å. (2025). Att lära sig konsumera mindre - tillsammans: Studieplan för studiecirkel.. Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Gilek, M. , Jönsson, A. M. & Karlsson, M. (2013). IKEA and the Responsible Governance of Supply Chains: IKEA’s work on chemicals in textiles. Huddinge: Södertörns högskola (Working Paper 2013:1). [BibTeX]
• Hassler, B. , Boström, M. , Grönholm, S. & Kern, K. (2011). Environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea - A comparison between five key areas: Deliverable number 8.. . [BibTeX]
• Dreyer, M. , Sellke, P. , Boström, M. & Jönsson, A. (2011). Structures and processes of stakeholder and public communication on Baltic Sea environmental risks: RISKGOV Deliverable 10.. RISKGOV project. [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Börjeson, N. , Gilek, M. , Jönsson, A. M. & Karlsson, M. (2011). Towards responsible procurement in relation to chemical risks in textiles? Findings from an interview study. Huddinge: Södertörn University (Working Paper 2011:2). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2010). The challenges in achieving the “social” dimension of sustainable development: the case of the Forest Stewardship Council. Stockholm: Stockholms centrum för forskning om offentlig sektor (Scores rapportserie 2010:12). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. , Føllesdal, A. , Klintman, M. , Micheletti, M. & Sørensen, M. P. (2005). Political Consumerism: its motivations, power, and conditions in the Nordic countries and elsewhere : Proceedings from the 2nd International Seminar on Political Consumerism, Oslo August 26-29, 2004. Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd (TemaNord 2005:517). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. & Klintman, M. (2003). Framing, debating and standardising "natural food" in two different political contexts: Sweden and the U.S.. Stockholm: SCORE (SCORE rapportserie 2003:3). [BibTeX]
• Boström, M. (2001). Voluntary rule-making in the environmental field: new alliances between the state, enterprises and environmental organizations. Stockholm: SCORE (Score Rapportserie 2001:10). [BibTeX]