Research in short | 2024-03-19

From implicit to explicit: Enhancing our causal understanding of social-ecological systems

Social-ecological systems are complex and the different ways in which scientists causally reason about them are extraordinarily diverse.

Research news | 2023-06-27

A crisis is not always an opportunity for transformation — this new study explains why

For change agents, the COVID-19 pandemic created new barriers and uncertainties rather than a chance for positive change, a new study finds

Research news | 2022-08-19

Six ways resilience science can help shift sustainable development practice

Currently a substantial gap between what resilience science suggests the focus and approach should be and what is implemented in practice

Research news | 2021-11-16

Why background conditions should not be put in the background

We should keep our options open to understand why certain things are seen the way they are

Research news | 2021-11-03

How to deal with complexity

Resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in how to engage with shocks and disturbances. A new study addresses the problem

Research news | 2021-10-17

How environmental change is forcing us to change how we do science

Responding to rapid change requires researchers to master the fields of governance, law and science – all in one

Research news | 2020-05-29

Why Covid-19 and systemic risks are part of the hyper-connected world we live in

Transforming our planet into a production plant for food, fiber and fuel paves the way for new and widespread risks. It may define our future

Research news | 2020-03-06

A long history of unsustainable fisheries

How Swedish archipelago fishers have come to depend on a species threatened by extinction

Research news | 2020-02-05

New book on governance, institutions and policy in face of complexity

Offers insights into successful governance in a rapidly changing world

Research news | 2019-11-06

An altered planetary anatomy

Humans have transformed much of the planet to produce more and more food, fibre and fuel, now we need to radically transform this global production ecosystem. Centre researchers offer perspectives in Nature's exclusive 150th anniversary collection

Research news | 2018-11-28

Reimagining development practice

The seventh in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-11-20

Why global perspectives matters for local development

The sixth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-11-15

Our intertwined planet: New understandings for development

The fifth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-11-08

The journey from theory to practice

The fourth in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-11-01

Transformation and rethinking development practice

The third in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-10-25

Taking action in a complex world

The second in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2018-10-17

The new context for development and why it matters

The first in a series of seven "deep dives" looking into the connections between resilience and development

Research news | 2015-12-28

Why people love to hate invasive alien species

'Invasive aliens' is catchy but fails to convey the complexity of environmental systems and change

Research news | 2015-10-01

A contagious tendency

Global marine resource exploitation can spread in similar patterns to disease epidemics