Hughes, T.P., F. Berkes, R.S. Steneck, J. Wilson, D.R. Bellwood, B. Crona, C. Folke, L. H. Gunderson. H. M. Leslie, J. Norberg, M. Nystrom, P. Olsson, H. Österblom, M. Scheffer, B. Worm. 2006. Response to Scales et al. Science 313:614.

Janssen, M. A., Ö. Bodin, J. M. Anderies, T. Elmqvist, H. Ernstson, R. R. J. McAllister, P. Olsson, and P. Ryan. 2006. A network perspective on the resilience of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 15. [online] http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art15/

Olsson, P., L. H. Gunderson, S. R. Carpenter, P. Ryan, L. Lebel, C. Folke, and C. S. Holling. 2006. Shooting the rapids: navigating transitions to adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11(1): 18. [online] http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art18/

Folke, C., T. Hahn, P. Olsson, and J. Norberg. 2005. Adaptive governance of social-ecological knowledge. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30:441-473

Olsson P, C Folke, and F Berkes (2004). “Adaptive co-management for building social-ecological resilience" Environmental Management 34:75-90.

Olsson, P., Folke, C., Hahn, T. 2004. Social-ecological transformations for ecosystem management: the development of adaptive co-management of a wetland landscape in southern Sweden. Ecology and Society 9(4): 2. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss4/art2

Olsson P and C Folke. 2001. Local Ecological Knowledge and Institutional Dynamics for Ecosystem Management: A Study of Lake Racken Watershed ,Sweden. Ecosystems 4: 85-104.

Olsson, P., C. Folke, V. Galaz, T. Hahn, and L. Schultz. 2007. Enhancing the fit through adaptive co-management: creating and maintaining bridging functions for matching scales in the Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve Sweden. Ecology and Society 12(1): 28. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art28/

Cash, D. W., W. Adger, F. Berkes, P. Garden, L. Lebel, P. Olsson, L. Pritchard, and O. Young. 2006. Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and information in a multilevel world. Ecology and Society 11(2): 8. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art8/

Hahn, T., Olsson, P., Folke, C., and Johansson, K. (2006). Trust-building, knowledge generation and organizational innovations: the role of a bridging organization for adaptive co-management of a wetland landscape around Kristianstad ,Sweden. Human Ecology 34:573-592.

Schultz, L., C Folke and P Olsson. 2007. Enhancing ecosystem management through social-ecological inventories: lessons from Kristianstads Vattenrike ,Sweden. Environmental Conservation 34:140—152

Olsson, P., Folke, C., Hughes, T.P., 2008, Navigating the Transition to Ecosystem-Based Management of the Great Barrier Reef ,Australia. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences ,USA 105:9489-9494.

Book chapters
Ericksen P,E Woodley , G Cundill, J Mogina, P Olsson, C Raudsepp-Hearne, W Reid, and L Vicente. 2005. Using Multiple Knowledge Systems in Sub-global Assessments: Benefits and Challenges. Pp 85-117 in, D. Capistrano, C.K. Samper, M.J. Lee, and C. Raudsepp-Hearne, Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Multiscale Assessments, Vol. 4. Findings of the Sub-Global Assessments Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.   Washington ,DC :IslandPress.  http://www.maweb.org

Colding J, T Elmqvist, and P Olsson. 2003. “Living with disturbance: Building resilience in social-ecological systems." In: Berkes, Colding, Folke (eds.) Navigating Social-Ecological Systems: Building Resilience for Complexity and Change.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ,UK.

Gadgil, M., P. Olsson, F. Berkes, and C. Folke. 2003. “Exploring the Role of Local Ecological Knowledge in Ecosystem Management: Three case studies." In: Berkes, Colding, Folke (eds.) Navigating Social-Ecological Systems: Building Resilience for Complexity and Change.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ,UK.

Galaz V., P. Olsson, C Folke, T Hahn. The Problem of Fit between Ecosystems and Governance Systems — Insights and Emerging Challenges. In press. In O Young et al (editors), Earth System Governance: A Research Agenda. Forthcoming MIT Press

Hahn T, L Schultz, C Folke, P Olsson. In Press. Self-organizing social networks for complex ecosystem management. In J Norberg and G Cumming (editors), Complexity science for a sustainable future. Forthcoming Princeton University Press.

Folke, C, J. Colding, P. Olsson, and T. Hahn. In press. Interdependent Social-Ecological Systems and Adaptive Governance for Ecosystem Services. In J. Pretty et al (editors) Handbook of Environment and Society.
 
Non-peer reviewed scientific publications
Olsson P. 2003. Building capacity for resilience in social-ecological systems. Doctoral thesis. Department of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm ,Sweden.

Olsson P. 2001. Building capacity in social-ecological systems to respond to change. Licentiate thesis. Department of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm ,Sweden.

Olsson P. 1999. Theoretical framework for the study of ecological knowledge in ecosystem management. Doctoral working paper, Department of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm ,Sweden.

Olsson P. 1997. Considering local conditions for adaptive management in fisheries: a comparative study of four provinces along theBaltic Seacoast. Masters thesis, Department of systems ecology, University of Stockholm ,Sweden.

Hahn T and Olsson P. 2004. Adaptive co-management of ecosystems. In Salzman, K. and Stenseke, M., (eds.): Landscape management with people in mind. Proceedings from a workshop at Lökeberg, 12-13 Nov 2003. Occasional Papers 2004:2, Department of Human and Economic Geography, Gothenburg university.

Folke C, S Carpenter, T Elmqvist, L Gunderson, CS Holling, B Walker, J Bengtsson, F Berkes, J Colding, K Danell, M Falkenmark, L Gordon, R Kasperson, N Kautsky, A Kinzig, S Levin, K-G Mäler, F Moberg, L Ohlsson, P Olsson, E Ostrom, W Reid, J Rockström, H Savenije and U Svedin. 2002. Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations. Report for the Swedish Environmental Advisory Council 2002:1. Ministry of the Environment, Stockholm. Earlier version ICSU Series on Science for Sustainable Development No. 3, 2002. International Council for Science, Paris.