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General news | 2024-04-24

Greentopia: music and sports events, a highway to sustainability?

Can music and sports events help societal transformations toward sustainability? During one of Sweden's premier festivals, Way Out West, the Centre co-hosts a climate summit to help answer that question.

Research story | 2026-09-30

Four pathways to a resilient economy within Planetary Boundaries

Today’s economic system is driving climate change and the loss of nature, even though the economy is entirely dependent on well-functioning ecosystems. A new report, co-authored by Centre researchers Bianca Voicu and David Collste for the WWF, explores four different pathways towards a sustainable and resilient economy.

Research story | 2026-10-13

Net Energy Analysis: Understanding the energy behind energy

How much energy does it take to build, operate, and maintain the energy systems of the future? This critical question is often overlooked when talking about green energy transitions. A new book by Centre researcher Louis Delannoy and colleagues explores how net energy analysis can provide answers.

Research story | 2026-09-30

Four pathways to a resilient economy within Planetary Boundaries

Today’s economic system is driving climate change and the loss of nature, even though the economy is entirely dependent on well-functioning ecosystems. A new report, co-authored by Centre researchers Bianca Voicu and David Collste for the WWF, explores four different pathways towards a sustainable and resilient economy.

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Research topics

Ocean

Finance

Food

Freshwater

AI and tech

Our research areas

Anthropocene

Exploring boundaries, traps and AI in the age of humans

Ocean

Discovering threats and opportunities for the future of the oceans

Food

Uncovering blue, green and just pathways for sustainable food systems

Development

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Focus area

Complex adaptive systems

Understanding change, diversity and emergence

Stewardship & transformations

Exploring diverse trajectories of social-ecological resilience towards sustainable futures

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Focus area

Complexities

Understanding tipping points in a changing and connected world

Resilience & development

Analysing resilience thinking for navigating change, crisis and conflicts

Stewardship & transformations

Researching human-nature relations for positive futures in the biosphere

Our research areas

Anthropocene dynamics and capacities

Boundaries, traps and tipping points in the age of humans

Conflict and collaboration in a hyperconnected world

Navigating polarisation and backlash

Transformative futures

Diverse approaches to transformation for sustainable and resilient futures

Doing sustainability research – the how

Methodologies for resilience and sustainability science

Key concepts

Exploring resilience

Read more about what resilience is and how it can be applied

The SDGs wedding cake

A way of viewing the Sustainable Development Goals, that shows how economies and societies are embedded within the biosphere.

Reconnecting to the biosphere

Why we have to stop considering nature and the environment as something separate from society

Planetary boundaries

Nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come

Nobel Prize Summit Our Planet, Our Future

Centre partner in first-ever Nobel summit on sustainable development - read more and register to attend here!

What we do

Research

We use science to address the sustainability challenges facing humanity, such as climate change and biodiversity loss

Education

We train the next generation of sustainability researchers and leaders

Nobel Prize Summit Our Planet, Our Future

Centre partner in first-ever Nobel summit on sustainable development - read more and register to attend here!

Impact

We co-create knowledge with communities, artists, organisations, corporations and governments

Earth under strain

News & events

Greentopia: music and sports events, a highway to sustainability?

Four pathways to a resilient economy within Planetary Boundaries

Net Energy Analysis: Understanding the energy behind energy

Four pathways to a resilient economy within Planetary Boundaries

Research topics

Ocean

Finance

Food

Freshwater

AI and tech

Our research areas

Anthropocene

Ocean

Food

Development

Complex adaptive systems

Stewardship & transformations

Lorumipsum

Complexities

Resilience & development

Stewardship & transformations

Our research areas

Anthropocene dynamics and capacities

Conflict and collaboration in a hyperconnected world

Transformative futures

Doing sustainability research – the how

Key concepts

Exploring resilience

The SDGs wedding cake

Reconnecting to the biosphere

Planetary boundaries

Nobel Prize Summit Our Planet, Our Future

What we do

Research

Education

Nobel Prize Summit Our Planet, Our Future

Impact