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General news | 2025-02-11

"Stockholm could be the best place in the world to do a PhD"

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To mark this occasion, we want to highlight one of the outstanding female research students at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Anne Charlotte Bunge. In this piece she talks about what she appreciates the most about doing her PhD at Stockholm University.

Research story | 2025-01-13

Lab-grown coffee and cocoa: A solution to rising prices and environmental harm?

Start-ups are racing to develop lab-grown alternatives to coffee, cocoa, and palm oil, aiming to reduce the environmental and social harm linked to these crops while meeting rising global demand. Yet, little is known about the full potential and consequences of these innovations, according to a new study published in Nature Food.

General news | 2024-06-12

Centre science featured in new Spotify podcast hosted by Alexander Skarsgård

“How We Fix This”, a new podcast series from Spotify and Norrsken, delves into concrete solutions to some of the world's most pressing sustainability issues. It is hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor Alexander Skarsgård and features several Centre researchers.

Research news | 2024-02-08

Eating new plant-based foods can be good for the environment, your health and your economy

Replacing animal-source foods with plant-based alternatives or whole foods decreases environmental impact, meets nutrition recommendations, and can be cost-competitive with the current average Swedish diet

Research news | 2023-11-14

Norms must change in order for academia to walk the talk on sustainability, new paper argues

Sustainability research is rarely sustainable, neither for the planet nor for academics, argues a new paper. In it, researchers call for a rethink of current norms and practices

Research news | 2022-11-03

Sustainability claims behind booming food technologies lack evidence

Money is pouring into food tech. But despite rosy claims, food innovations are rarely empirically assessed from a broader sustainability perspective

Research news | 2022-02-26

Introducing the Rapid Transition Lab

Collaboration between the centre, Dark Matter Lab and Vinnova seeks to help Sweden transform its food systems

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