Professor C.S. Buzz Holling is the 2008 recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize, for his pioneering work on ecosystem dynamics, resilience, transformation, and adaptive management. Current discussions and debates over non-linear systems, adaptation and change, thresholds, tipping points, and resilience are all part of his rich legacy of writing.The seminar is jointly organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, through its Beijer Institute, The Stockholm Resilience Centre and The Volvo Environment Prize and will portray some of the influences of resilience thinking on different areas and disciplines.
Seminar details
13:00 Welcome
Professor Gunnar Öquist, Permanent Secretary, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Professor Carl Folke, moderator
Resilience Dynamics
Professor C.S. Holling, Volvo Environment Prize recipient 2008
Global Environmental Change and the Resilience Challenge
Professor Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Centre/
Stockholm Environment Institute
From Predation to Panarchy - C.S. Holling's contributions to ecology
Professor Garry Peterson, McGill University/Stockholm Resilience Centre
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Living with Uncertainty and Surprise
Professor Lance Gunderson, Emory University, USA
Resilience and Reorganization; Art Reflections
Professor Olle Granath, Secretary General,
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
Turbulent Waters, Development and Food Security
Dr Line Gordon, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Multiple Shocks, Resilience and the Governance Challenge
Dr Victor Galaz, Stockholm Resilience Centre
16:00 Reflections and Discussion
Moderators - PhD-student Lisen Schultz, Stockholm University
and Professor Carl Folke, Beijer Institute/Stockholm Resilience Centre
16:30 Closure
