Environmental degradation and human wellbeing: On the link between deforestation and living conditions in low- and middle-income countries

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Dnr:

NAISS 2026/4-767

Type:

NAISS Small

Principal Investigator:

Hans Ekbrand

Affiliation:

Göteborgs universitet

Start Date:

2026-05-01

End Date:

2027-05-01

Primary Classification:

50401: Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)

Webpage:

https://mmw.wallenberg.org/en/project/global-study-correlation-between-deforestation-and-living-conditions

Allocation

Mimer at C3SE: 500 GiB
Alvis at C3SE: 250 GPU-h/month

Abstract

Using existing geographically coded data on living conditions and high-resolution satellite-based data on deforestation, we can study the relationship between deforestation and changes in living conditions in low- and middle-income countries from the year 2000 to the present day. We seek answers to the following overarching research questions. Under what conditions are deforestation linked to: ● deterioration of living conditions in the local population? ● an improvement in living conditions in the local population? One of the data sources we plan to use is satellite-based data on living conditions through the model developed by AI and Global Development Lab (Global lab AI) at Chalmers.