General news | 2025-01-31

Resilient rhythms: Bringing scientific insights to life through music

As humanity grapples with its impact on the planet, the symphonic work RESIL offers a different way to reflect on our shared home and our role within it. Carl Folke’s research provides the intellectual foundation; Jacob Mühlrad’s music, the emotional resonance. Together, they invite us to rethink resilience—not just as a concept, but as a practice, a mindset, and a way of being.

Research story | 2024-12-18

Combating desertification: Innovative solutions highlighted at COP16 in Saudi Arabia

At UNCCD COP16, researchers from the Centre showcased important insights from the XPaths Project. Their work highlights how participatory research can be an important tool for creating solutions that address land degradation and strengthen drought resilience worldwide.

General news | 2024-09-23

Global science-policy initiative aims to supercharge planetary resilience

With a “Key Must-Knows in Resilience Science” report, sustainability researchers from across the world are coming together in a new science-policy initiative. The report will inform UN agencies, governments, civil society, and businesses to build resilience to safeguard the planet.

Research news | 2023-05-11

Building back better: Resilience means more than bouncing back

Adapting, transforming and creating new ways of functioning as a society: This is how reshaping a resilient future in the aftermath of a shock should look like, argue researchers

Research news | 2023-01-30

The best way to deal with shocks is by combining diverse responses

Humankind’s best chance to deal with looming turbulences and crises is by diversifying response strategies

Research news | 2022-08-19

Six ways resilience science can help shift sustainable development practice

Currently a substantial gap between what resilience science suggests the focus and approach should be and what is implemented in practice

Research news | 2022-03-09

Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science

Study suggests four modes of building theories in sustainability science and the notion of ‘ecologies of theories’

Research news | 2021-12-02

Pushing the frontiers of social-ecological resilience

A new paper shows how resilience thinking has evolved further over the past 15 years, and gives three examples of this

Research news | 2021-11-16

Why background conditions should not be put in the background

We should keep our options open to understand why certain things are seen the way they are

Research news | 2021-11-03

How to deal with complexity

Resilience guides, particularly those used in the development field, often lack a theoretical grounding in how to engage with shocks and disturbances. A new study addresses the problem

Research news | 2021-10-29

Why resilience and wellbeing don’t always go hand-in-hand

A too simplistic understanding of the two can leave the poorest and most marginalised people suffering

Research news | 2021-10-17

How environmental change is forcing us to change how we do science

Responding to rapid change requires researchers to master the fields of governance, law and science – all in one

Educational news | 2021-09-30

New MOOC on how to deal with the climate crisis

Learn how to drive the social change that is fundamentally required for an effective response to climate change

Research news | 2021-09-23

Why designing policies for extreme events requires a system overview

While low-cost, rapid responses to extreme events are needed, proactive measures are more important

Research news | 2021-09-22

How can intersectionality contribute to social-ecological systems research?

Intersectionality is firmly making its way into research thinking. What does it offer sustainability scientists?

Research news | 2021-09-13

To make transdisciplinary research flourish, care is needed

Mental health struggles among sustainability researchers are rife. A new paper seeks to balance the competing demands of science with that of self-care

Video news | 2021-05-20

Nobel Prize Summit, second science session

The second of two days of science sessions focused on new technologies, social innovation, governance, inclusiveness and stewardship

Video news | 2021-05-20

Nobel Prize Summit, first science session

The first of two science sessions focused on the role of science in supporting transformations towards global sustainability

Research news | 2021-05-19

Can relational thinking contribute to sustainability transformations?

Sustainability scientists debate how to understand and nurture connections between humans and nature

Research news | 2021-03-29

Time for a radical rethink of resilience and development

A focus on short term economic goals which ignore social-ecological interdependencies fails to deliver development outcomes. A new perspective offers a radical alternative