Johan Nilsson

My research interests lie in the field of sustainable agricultural systems, with a particular focus on energy and food production. I investigate how changes in consumption and production patterns, coupled with increased resource efficiency, can be leveraged to reduce environmental impacts. I adopt a systems perspective and employ a range of methods, including life cycle assessment (LCA), simulations of soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes, nutrient balance calculations, and mass flow modelling.

Doctoral Thesis

Nilsson, J. (2024). Grass and cover crops for biogas production and climate change mitigation : A life cycle perspective. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 2023:92, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Scientific papers

Nilsson, J. Ernfors, M., Prade, T., Hansson, P-A. (2024). Cover crop cultivation strategies in a Scandinavian context for climate change mitigation and biogas production – Insights from a life cycle perspective. Science of the total environment, 918, 170629

Nilsson, J., El Khosht F. F., Bergkvist, G., Öborn I., Tidåker, P. (2023) Effect of short-term perennial leys on life cycle environmental performance of cropping systems: An assessment based on data from a long-term field experiment. European Journal of Agronomy, 149, 126888

Brandão, M., Ekvall, T., Poulikidou, S., Johansson, K., Nilsson, J., Nojpanya, P., Wikström, A., Rydberg, T. (2022). RED, PEF, and EPD: Conflicting rules for determining the carbon footprint of biofuels give unclear signals to fuel producers and customers. Frontiers in Climate, 4, 988769

Nilsson, J., Martin, M. (2022). Exploratory environmental assessment of large-scale cultivation of seaweed used to reduce enteric methane emissions. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, 413-423.

Ekvall, T., Gottfridsson, M., Nellström, M., Nilsson, J., Rydberg, M., Rydberg, T. (2021). Modelling incineration for more accurate comparisons to recycling in PEF and LCA. Waste Management, 136, 153-161.

Nilsson, J., Sundberg, C., Tidåker, P., Hansson, P-A. (2020). Regional variation in climate impact of grass-based biogas production: A Swedish case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 122778.

Nilsson, J., Tidåker, P., Sundberg, C., Henryson, K., Grant, B., Smith, W., Hansson, P-A. (2020). Assessing the climate and eutrophication impacts of grass cultivation at five sites in Sweden. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 70 (8), 605-619.