Bodin holds a position as a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre concurrently as he undertakes his postdoc fellowships at Dept of Government, Uppsala University and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, USA.

In his research, Bodin mainly applies a systems perspective of networks. He describes and models social, ecological and coupled social and ecological systems as complex and intricate webs of interactions between, and among, different ecological and/or social components.

Then, in analyzing the structural characteristics of these networks in terms of for instance connectivity, fragmentation, level of centrality, range/reachability, vulnerability etc. (alongside investigations of both contextual and individual component characteristics), he aims for a systemic understanding of coupled social and ecological systems´ structures, processes and behaviors.
 
Using network, and other, approaches, he is working on two different tracks: (1) Landscape ecology using network approaches, and (2) Studies on co-management of natural resources.
 
The first track involves questions such as “In a fragmented landscape, which habitat patches are more important than others in terms of providing connectivity" and/or “To what extents can a landscape, or a group of habitat patches, support a viable local population, and/or attract dispersing species"?

The overall objective is to develop relevant and comprehensive analytical tools and methods enhancing understanding of ecological processes on the level of landscapes and in facilitating informed decision on tradeoffs between ecological and economical priorities in land use planning.
 
The second track involves questions such as “How to define successful co-management (socially, ecologically, both?)", “How can different social network structures among/within users/stakeholders affect management outcomes", and “How is bonding/bridging/linking social capital related to management outcomes"?

The overarching research question is to better understand what makes collaborative natural resource management successful or not.