Research news | 2023-05-03

Five steps to design diets that are good for people and planet

What we eat globally needs to shift. National dietary guidelines can play a major role in improving peoples’ environmental food footprint. A new framework looks at how to create them

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 | 2021-06-18

How much is the right amount of meat?

Celebrating World Sustainable Gastronomy Day, centre doctoral student Kajsa Resare Sahlin on why we need to better understand how much ‘less’ meat actually is and what ‘better’ means

Research news | 2021-05-12

Want to make fashion green? Listen to the consumers

The fashion and textiles industry is too focused on the material ‘stuff’. It should start thinking more about the consumers’ needs and desires

Research news | 2020-09-20

Why consuming meat sustainably is harder than you think

It’s not clear what eating ‘less’ and ‘better’ meat entails. This may have consequences for sustainability

Research news | 2020-08-24

China may struggle to meet increasing and changing seafood demand

Increasing gap between current targets and future projections puts China at a crossroads. What options do they have and how will that affect global seafood supply?

Research news | 2020-06-25

How sustainable are Swedes’ eating habits?

Benchmarking the Swedish diet relative to global and national environmental targets shows more action on sustainable dietary shifts and more research needed

Research news | 2020-06-17

How covid-19 undermines sustainability

The tragic pandemic seems to have given the planet a bit of respite. But doubts remain whether it will be a lasting change

Research news | 2020-03-16

What it will take to fly less

Growing knowledge about climate change makes people want to reduce their flying. But more sustainable travelling still hampered by a striking lack of political incentives

Research news | 2020-03-12

The influence of others an untapped potential for sustainable development

People look to others when making their own decisions. Imagine how it could help reduce global consumption and population growth

Research news | 2019-04-30

Frisk med fisk utan risk

Rätt val i fiskdisken gynnar både hälsa och miljö

Research news | 2018-04-06

Nudging the neighbourhood

Insights from psychology and behavioural economics can help households improve their food waste habits

Research news | 2017-09-27

Connecting over a sustainable future

Better understanding of human-nature connections can provide a powerful window into how to drive sustainable behaviour

Educational news | 2017-02-02

Nudging the neighbourhood towards environmentally friendly behaviour

Centre Master's student's research aims to uncover ways to convince Hökarängen locals to recycle more of their food waste by looking to psychology and behavioural economics

Research news | 2016-11-03

Healthy but what about sustainable?

New grant from Formas will fund research on how to sustainably increase production and consumption of seafood in Sweden

Research news | 2016-10-24

Sharing is caring, or...?

When is it useful to share information about the location of a prey and when is it not?

Research news | 2016-09-20

Put a label on it

Consumers must become more familiarised with labels if consumption of responsible seafood is to increase

Research news | 2016-09-08

Building global resilience to tackle antibiotic resistance

Researchers call for stronger coordinated action to counter overuse of antibiotics

Research news | 2016-01-20

Six degrees of commodification

Economic instruments for biodiversity and ecosystem services need not rely on markets or monetary valuation

Research news | 2015-08-26

Quite a lot of that human touch

How humans matter for ecological regime shifts