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 | 2023-10-03

Combining modeling and empirical research can give better sustainability insights

Mixing empirical methods and modeling can provide better insights into cause-effect relationships in sustainability, and improve governance

Research news | 2022-08-12

What it takes to make different approaches work together

Researchers invite readers “behind the scenes” to share their experiences combining agent-based modelling and controlled behavioural experiments

Research news | 2021-03-08

Gender equality for the post-covid world?

To celebrate International Women's Day, we asked our researchers what it's like to be woman in science, and to reflect on how we can all be allies on the road to equality

Research news | 2020-11-18

Why getting the big picture roughly right is more important than focusing on details

Four ways to understand the complexity of global environmental change sufficiently well to take policy action

Research news | 2020-09-24

Creating pathways to futures where people and nature support one another

Humanity relies on nature in a wide variety of ways. Opening up a diversity of perspectives is critical to identify pathways towards desirable futures

Research news | 2020-09-20

How to use AI with image data and satellite data

On 2 October 2020, a free online course on how to apply AI-methods (“deep learning”) to analyze satellite images related to land use change and deforestation

Research news | 2020-05-26

Everything flows in social ecological systems. Research needs to adapt

Focusing on processes and relations rather than entities can help solve key challenges in sustainability research

Research news | 2020-04-01

How craftsmanship connects people, nature and knowledge

What we can learn from a Samí crafts artist and a fisher from Stockholm about connections between local ecological knowledge, work, technology and sustainability

Research news | 2020-03-02

Current sustainability concepts too focused on resource limits rather than waste accumulation

Researchers dissect body of literature on existing frameworks such as Planetary Boundaries, and shed light on its shortcomings

Research news | 2019-12-30

Case studies, models and complexity

Time to go from simply describing social-ecological systems to explaining how their complex interactions generate observed outcomes

Research news | 2019-11-29

On the other end of research

Sharing knowledge between local communities and researchers strengthens ties between science and society. And encourages well-being and sustainability

Research news | 2019-11-13

New network on nature-based solutions for cities

Centre joins “Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene” network

Research news | 2019-11-06

What they talk about when they talk about SES

As the social ecological system framework celebrates 20 years, researchers analyse its use in scientific publications. Despite increased popularity, a unifying definition is still missing

Research news | 2019-10-11

Unsustainable science

With ever-rising demands of publications and endless tasks leaving little space for creative insight, current practice of science is unsustainable

Research news | 2019-08-28

Practice makes perfect

Why the idea that scientific expertise rests on the strict application of pre-determined technical methods is misplaced

Research news | 2019-03-14

Hidden treasures, open data

Why universities and scientists should play a pivotal role in better disclosing sample origin of marine genetic data

Research news | 2019-02-13

The participatory way

With a suite of benefits, participatory research has become increasingly popular. But there are many challenges too. Researchers examine the method and share their own experiences

Research news | 2019-02-13

Can big data help save shrinking Hawaiian reefs?

New study uses machine learning and an unprecedented dataset from more than six hundred reefs to analyse coral reef tipping points

Research news | 2018-11-09

Dealing with ‘false friends’

The perception of cognition and other related terms easily get misunderstood in scientific processes, leading to frustration, communication breakdown and a collaboration impasse