The Linnaean Cooperation for Studies in Sustainability, Health, and NatureCompleted under the Linnaean Collaboration for Studies in Nature, Health, and Sustainability (from here on, the Linnaean Collaboration), this thesis's work is based on a research cooperation centered on the historic Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala University. Professor of environmental psychology
erry Hartig and garden director Mats Block started the Linnaean Collaboration in 2010 as the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education moved to the newly constructed Blåsenhus campus. From the west, Blåsenhus views the New Botanic Garden; from the north, the Baroque Garden Viewed through classroom and office windows, as passed through
in transportation to and from the workplace, and as settings for rest, conversation, studies, and contemplation, the relocation meant that thousands of students and staff of these major institutions gained daily connection with the gardens.Originally established as a research facility before even the botanist and physician Carl von Linné's appointment as professor of
medicine at Uppsala University in the Linnaean
Gardens have a rich history as such. Use of the native, exotic, and medicinal plant collections in gardens in study and education dropped as the scientific approach in botany and medicine moved within the boundaries of laboratories. Like many gardens all throughout the world, the Linnaean Gardens have evolved into a place where residents and guests search for cultural and aesthetic experiences, knowledge and information, connection with the past, and relief
from the sometimes stressful life in a modern metropolis.The Linnaean Collaboration aims to revitalize research activity in the Linnaean Gardens by means of reinventions. Therefore, the Linnaean Collaboration seeks to solve present issues for effective and healthy functioning under specific settings.In pertinent seminars in the Psyects within the Linnaean Collaboration,
students have also learnt about the underlying theories and our research findings, therefore contributing not only with their time and effort but also with special contribution derived in line with their particular interests and expertise. Following their theses, these former members of the Linnaean Collaboration carry with them their knowledge, experiences, and connections as
they continue to shape their lives and the world
both as educated and committed individuals and as psychologists working in various spheres of society. conversations with Terry Hartig about research opportunities and ideas in 2006 while a psychology student assigned to teach an environmental psychology course. Those first conversations resulted in the MSc final thesis project for my professional degree in
psychology, which I worked on under his direction and finished 2008. That work combined my passion in mindfulness-based methods of health promotion with an environmental intervention based on restorative environments theory. We stayed in touch throughout the next years as I worked as a clinical psychologist in outpatient psychiatry. Under prefect Örjan
Frans and PhD program director Ulf Dimberg, the Department of Psychology made funding available in 2012 to hire a PhD student who would start and oversee research projects within the developing Linnaean Collaboration. Under Terry Hartig's direction and clinical psychology professor Per Lindberg, who had joined the Linnaean Collaboration to offer health psychology
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