General news | 2026-06-26

Carl Folke listed as one of the most cited climate scientists in new ranking

Centre founder Carl Folke has been ranked 5th on a new list of most highly cited climate scientists by Carbon Brief.

General news | 2026-06-10

Centre article on Great Acceleration listed as highly influential

Landmark Anthropocene paper published in 2015 recognised among Sage's most impactful research articles.

General news | 2026-05-22

Lan Wang-Erlandsson joins Young Academy of Sweden as Centre’s fourth member

Centre researcher Lan Wang-Erlandsson has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden, an interdisciplinary academy for some of Sweden’s most prominent early-career researchers. With her election, four researchers from the Centre are now members of the academy.

General news | 2026-05-11

Rockström awarded Vega Medal for scientific contributions to geography

Johan Rockström has been awarded the Vega Medal by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. As part of the award, he is presenting at the Vega Symposium today.

Research story | 2026-05-06

Why plastics pollution is much more than a litter problem

When we think of plastic pollution, most of us picture bags drifting across the ocean or heaps of bottles on remote beaches. But researcher Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez – recently recognized with a royal prize for her work – wants us to understand that this is only a fragment of a much larger crisis.

General news | 2026-03-27

Three Centre researchers ranked among sustainability leaders in Sweden

Johan Rockström, Line Gordon, and Beatrice Crona rank among Sweden’s most influential voices on sustainability in 2026.

General news | 2025-11-12

Five Centre researchers among the world’s most cited

Five researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre are featured on the 2025 Clarivate list of the world’s most highly cited scientists.

General news | 2025-11-03

22 Centre researchers ranked among top 2% most cited scientists globally

22 of Stockholm Resilience Centre’s researchers are listed among 2% most cited scientists in their field in 2025, according to the new Elsevier Data Repository.

General news | 2024-11-14

21 Centre researchers ranked among top 2% most cited scientists globally

21 of Stockholm Resilience Centre’s researchers are listed among 2% most cited scientists in their field in 2024, according to the new Elsevier Data Repository.

General news | 2024-02-29

Johan Rockström awarded the Tyler Prize

Johan Rockström, professor and former director at Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, now leading the University of Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, has received the world's top environmental prize.

General news | 2023-11-15

Researchers from the Centre listed among the world’s most cited

Four researchers associated with Stockholm Resilience Centre made it onto the 2023 Clarivate Analytics overview, a ranking of the most cited scientists in the world

General news | 2023-04-14

Centre co-founder Johan Rockström listed among TIME’s 100 most influential people of the year

Centre researcher and co-founder Johan Rockström made it onto the TIME100, the TIME magazine’s annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world

General news | 2023-04-12

Centre researchers awarded for groundbreaking paper on urban sustainability

Centre researchers Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, Per Olsson, Owen Gaffney and Carl Folke are selected as recipients of the Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award 2023

General news | 2022-11-15

Centre researchers listed among the world's most influential scientists

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Thomas Elmqvist, Per Olsson, Max Troell and Jonathan Donges ranked as some of the globally most cited researchers

Research news | 2022-06-20

Malin Jonell awarded for novel approaches to Baltic Sea research

Centre researcher Malin Jonell has won the Östersjöakuten award 2022 for her research contributions to the Baltic Sea

Research news | 2022-06-08

Carl Folke awarded the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences

Folke acknowledged for his pioneering role in the transdisciplinary approach within sustainability science

Research news | 2021-11-24

Carl Folke awarded the Prince Albert I Grand Medal 2021

Praised for his pioneering work in resilience thinking and sustainability of the ocean

Research news | 2021-11-17

Centre researchers among world's most cited again

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Reinette “Oonsie” Biggs, Thomas Elmqvist and Per Olsson on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2020-11-19

Eight centre researchers among world's most cited in 2020

Stephan Barthel, Oonsie Biggs, Örjan Bodin, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, Per Olsson, Garry Peterson and Johan Rockström on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2020-09-24

Stephan Barthel appointed professor at University of Gävle

Centre researcher also listed among the world’s most cited researchers