Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert
Senior Research Leader
Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert works as a research leader in freight transport and logistics with a focus on sustainability at the TAL unit at VTI. Her background is in production logistics, and she received her PhD from Chalmers University of Technology in 2012, where Linea examined the use and implementation of planning systems in manufacturing companies. Since then, Linea has broadened her scope, and her research now covers everything from the development of logistics within specific industries such as food, shipping, and construction to more general logistics, including its role in achieving fossil-free systems, circularity, and resilience.
Central to Linea’s research are the actors within the freight transport system. That is, shippers who create transport demand, logistics and transport companies that develop products and services to meet these needs, as well as terminal owners and ports that provide the infrastructure.
Linea is interested in understanding how these actors are affected by technological changes, market trends, and policy instruments. She also explores how these actors can help drive development.
To me, logistics is not just about keeping societies running by ensuring we get what we need when we need it. It is also about driving societal change
Linea is convinced that the research she is involved in works best in close collaboration with the actors in the freight transport system and together with researchers who have different and complementary expertise. This is also reflected in the projects she participates in.
Linea is involved in several national and international research projects, where she works as a researcher and, in many cases, also as a project leader. She is also an assistant supervisor for three PhD students and is part of the Triple F programme management* team as research leader in logistics, with responsibility for the Triple F doctoral programme.
Please contact Linea if you would like to discuss project ideas, workshops, or seminars related to logistics and freight transport.
*Triple F is the Swedish Transport Administration’s research and innovation programme focused on contributing to the transition to a fossil-free freight transport system.
2026-2028
Future Transport Solutions and New Services in a Circular Economy
The purpose is to develop and evaluate transport solutions and new services for circular flows through collaboration between actors in the transport system and the circular system. The project includes VTI (project leader), RISE, LiU, Ragn-Sells, Port of Norrköping, Ports of Halland, Stena Recycling, Cleantech Östergötland, Händelö Eco-Industrial Park, Logistika, and Port of Oslo.
Press release via TT
2023-2027
Preparedness Considerations in the Transport System
The purpose is to build new knowledge about what preparedness considerations in the transport system mean in light of new technologies, changing supply chains, and future threat scenarios, as well as to examine how preparedness considerations can be integrated into decision-making processes in government and industry. The project includes FOI (project leader), VTI, Linköping University, and KTH.
2024-2029
Towards a Fossil-Free and Resilient Transport System – Conflicts of Interest and Synergies
A PhD project funded by Triple F. The purpose is to identify and develop strategies to resolve conflicts of interest – and create synergies – between fossil-freedom and resilience in the Swedish transport system. The project includes VTI (project leader), LiU, and a large number of companies.
2021-2026
Transition to Fossil-Free Logistics Solutions from a Freight Forwarder Perspective
A PhD project funded by Triple F with the aim of understanding and explaining the emerging electrification of freight transport from a haulier perspective. The project includes VTI, LiU, and a large number of companies.
2019-2024
Fossil-Free Construction Logistics and Fossil-Free Construction Logistics 2.0
Two projects funded by Triple F. The first project aimed to increase knowledge about society’s total construction transport using system analysis as a basis and, based on this, develop a requirements platform for fossil-free construction logistics. 2.0 was a continuation of Fossil-Free Construction Logistics. The project aimed to contribute to creating increased demand for fossil-free construction logistics among both public and private actors through a better understanding of drivers, conditions, and barriers.
The projects involved LiU (project leader), VTI, and a large number of companies.
2020-2022
Towards a sustainable circular system of textiles in the Nordics
Was a Nordic research and innovation project funded by Nordic Innovation. The project aimed to develop and test logistics solutions related to collection and sorting. The project ran from 26 August 2020 to 1 December 2022 and involved 24 organizations and companies based in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. VTI was the project leader.
2020-2023
The Role of Swedish Ports in a Circular Economy
Was a research and innovation project funded by the Swedish Transport Administration. The project aimed to investigate the significance that ports and shipping can have in a future circular economy. The project involved VTI (project leader), RISE, Port of Norrköping, Ports of Halland, Port of Trelleborg, Port of Oslo, Ragn-Sells, Kretslopp och vatten in Gothenburg City, and Avfall Sverige. Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert was the project leader.
2025
Column: “Logistics Can Drive Societal Change”
For me, logistics is not only about making societies function by ensuring we have access to what we need when we need it. Logistics is also about driving societal change.
Magnus Berglund Research Director
Alyaa Shalabi Doctoral student
Angelica Andersson Researcher
Anton Karlsson Researcher
Bernardo Martin-Iradi Researcher
Chengxi Liu Senior Researcher
Cilli Sobiech Senior Researcher
Daniel Rudmark Senior Research Leader
David Daniels Senior Researcher
Elina Strömberg Doctoral student
Elric Milet Doctoral student
Eyrún Aradóttir Doctoral student
Filip Kristofersson Research Engineer
Francisco Márquez Fernández Senior Research Leader
Fredrik Johansson Senior Researcher
Gabriella Grenander Research Engineer
Guillermo Pérez Castro Research Assistant
Gunnar Flötteröd Senior Researcher
Helene Lidestam Senior Researcher
Ida Kristoffersson Senior Research Leader
Jesper Olsson Doctoral student
Jessica Wehner Senior Researcher
Johan Olstam Senior Research Leader
Kinjal Bhattacharyya Researcher
Klara Ivanetti Research Assistant
Linea Kjellsdotter Ivert Senior Research Leader
Maria Mustonen Senior Analyst
Martin Svanberg Senior Researcher
Mary Catherine Einarsson Research Assistant
Michael Sederlin Doctoral student
Niklas Arvidsson Senior Researcher
Ola Norman Engineer
Petra Stelling Senior Researcher
Pia Kristiansson Analyst
Rihanna Gebrehiwot Research Engineer
Robert Klar Doctoral student
Sabrina Brunner Research Assistant
Terence Kwok Choon Doctoral student
Tobias Fors Senior Analyst
Tomas Lidén Researcher
Ulrika Leijerholt Researcher
Organisation
Reserach Department of Society, Environment and Transport
Unit: Traffic Analysis and Logistics
Member of the logistics research group
5 August 2024 VTI gathers forces around research on circularity