Cogito is a think tank whose objective is to broaden and deepen the public debate from a green perspective. We emphasize constructive ideas and practical examples to demonstrate that a sustainable society is within reach. Promoting the exploration of ideas in a spirit characterised by ecological concern and solidarity, we seek to contribute to the development of living conditions that are sustainable in the long-term across the globe.

Our work is devoted to critically examining dominant economic and political power structures, fostering social criticism, and exploring means to develop and deepen democracy. Our approach and work methods are characterised by openness and a readiness to question the received opinion, including truths that are considered to be self-evident within the green movement.
 

Board

The board members can be contacted by e-mail: firstname.lastname (@) cogito.nu

Per Gahrton, Chairperson of Cogito. PhD in Sociology, writer and political expert. Former member of the Swedish Parliament and of the European Parliament (for the Swedish Green Party). Per Gahrton has published roughly thirty books in a number of different areas, among them, foreign policy, green ideology, and the EU.

Angela Aylward, editor of “Green Debate,” free-lance writer, and lecturer. MA in Sociology, BA in Philosophy.

Karin Bradley, PhD in Urban planning and the environment from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Her research concerns environmental justice, sustainable urban development and utopian thought in relation to sustainable futures.

Johan Hedrén, PhD, Associate professor at Linköping University, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Sweden. His principal areas of research are political science with a focus on the environment and sustainable development, environmental ideology and discourse, and utopian thought.

Annika Hjelm, civil servant at the Swedish National Agency for Education. An activist for many years in many different fields, Annika was one of the founders of Attac, Sweden. She is a former board member of the Swedish popular movement Climate Action (Klimataktion).

Anna Kaijser, PhD candidate at the Centre for Sustainability Science (LUCSUS), Lund University. Her research deals with the relationship between climate change and international development cooperation.

Martin Nilsson, graphic artist, journalist, and former editor-in-chief of the Swedish magazine Arbetaren.

Rikard Warlenius, journalist, writer, and former editor-in-chief of the Swedish magazine Arbetaren. He has published books on e.g. global warming, most recently Utsläpp och Rättvisa – Redogörelser för klimatsäkra, rättvisa och effektiva utsläppsminskningar [Emissions and Justice – A Report on Climate-safe, Fair, and Efficient Emission Reductions] (2008) and Vägen till Köpenhamn – Klimatpolitisk kartbok [The Road to Copenhagen – Atlas of Climate Politics] (2009).