Research in short | 2024-08-21

Designing for collective action

Wicked problems are best solved when different worldviews, ways of knowing and value systems are included. But how to design processes that enable new forms of collaboration?

General news | 2024-05-20

First Swedish citizens' assembly: Sweden needs to be united on climate

Make climate change a school subject, invest in high-speed trains and make public transport more reliable, equal and cheaper. These are 3 of 22 proposals from Sweden's first national citizens' assembly on climate change

General news | 2024-03-08

First Swedish national citizens’ assembly on climate kicks off

How should Sweden lower its emissions to be in line with the Paris Agreement? This question is at the core as Sweden’s first national citizens’ assembly on climate starts on 9 March 2024

General news | 2023-08-30

Science and music met as Centre research was presented in a concert at the Baltic Sea Festival

“Dialogues” premiered – a piece of music written about Carolin Seiferth’s PhD research

Research news | 2022-09-23

Civil society could be the gamechanger for climate policymaking

To make climate policies fair and effective we need to harness the power of civil society, argues centre researcher Thomas Hahn

Research news | 2022-09-08

To value the environment means acknowledging pluralism

Acknowledging a diversity of values is an absolute necessity for good decision-making

Research news | 2022-05-10

Centre joins SEK 45 million landscape programme

LAND-PATHS programme will engage with ordinary citizens to develop more sustainable and integrated decision-making processes

Research news | 2022-05-09

Three ways games can break sustainability deadlocks

Played by the right people, strategy games can break free from established norms and support more transparent democratic dialogues

Research news | 2022-04-22

How to visualize cause and effect

Study examines the strengths and weaknesses of different visualizations that can be used to illustrate causality in social-ecological systems

Research news | 2022-02-25

Why it’s time we change the way we debate science

New study suggests three ways to change how researchers interact in order to increase science’s capacity to inform sustainable decisions

Research news | 2021-12-14

Turning tension into transformation

Too much time is spent debating which agenda for change is best, instead of finding ways to facilitate better interactions among different interests

Research news | 2021-08-05

How to design more reflexive knowledge co-production

Researchers identify six types of co-production and develop a tool to explore when and how particular approaches may be effective

Research news | 2021-04-30

Bridging citizen science and Indigenous knowledge for a healthier planet

Continuous, reflexive dialogue with Indigenous knowledge holders crucial for stewardship of biodiversity and ecosystems

Research news | 2021-02-24

Life after Day Zero: how Cape Town can adapt to climate change while also addressing inequality

After the scare in 2018, ramped up efforts to waste less water came at a cost to the city’s most vulnerable. Researchers and community activists gave these marginalised communities a voice

Research news | 2020-10-01

Biocultural approaches to sustainability remains too narrow and utilitarian

Issues related to gender, power, action and transformations remain largely neglected. That needs to change

Research news | 2020-05-29

Five ways to boost social engagement in environmental projects

Colombia has a long tradition when it comes to nature conservation, but falls short on promoting the role of ecosystem services in their strategies. Here’s how to fix it

Research news | 2020-05-05

Why we need a more inclusive approach to transformation research

Indigenous and local knowledge still not acknowledged despite offering a more diverse understanding of sustainability transformations

Research news | 2020-01-20

How to produce knowledge together

Study identifies four criteria necessary for successful knowledge co-production for sustainability research

Research news | 2019-12-09

Knowledge as a tool rather than an underlying requirement

New study demonstrates the benefits of developing new ideas about what knowledge and action are and how they relate to each other

Research news | 2019-10-24

Complex changes, collaborative solutions

Combining knowledge from local communities and policymakers holds the key to better land management for rural communities under a rapidly changing climate. That is if talk is replaced by action