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Dealing with the global food crisis

Our food systems are extremely vulnerable. Most of what we eat is based on a small amount of crops produced in just a few countries

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Our focus areas

Ocean

Contributing to a sustainable and equitable future for the ocean

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Food

The prerequisites for and pathways to sustainable and resilient global food systems

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Anthropocene

What it means when humans shape every aspect of the biosphere

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Development

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Focus area

Complex adaptive systems

Understanding change, diversity and emergence

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Stewardship & transformations

Exploring diverse trajectories of social-ecological resilience towards sustainable futures

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Resilience & Development

Sustainable development for all in the Anthropocene

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Complexities

Understanding change, diversity and emergence in social-ecological systems

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Stewardship & transformations

Exploring diverse trajectories of social-ecological resilience towards sustainable futures

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Key concepts

What is resilience?

An introduction to a popular yet often misunderstood concept

Applying resilience

Seven principles for resilience in social-ecological systems

Reconnecting to the biosphere

Why we have to stop considering nature and the environment as something separate from society

Planetary boundaries

Nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come

Nobel Prize Summit Our Planet, Our Future

Centre partner in first-ever Nobel summit on sustainable development - read more and register to attend here!

What we do

Outreach

We invest significant resources into our communications and outreach work, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders and audiences

Partnerships and change processes

We are an active partner in multiple change processes, advancing scientific insights and influencing societies at all scales

Education

We offer interdisciplinary courses on Undergraduate, Master's, PhD and Executive Level

Research

We do transdisciplinary research on resilience and social ecological systems

Impact

We promote science-led sustainability with innovation, competitiveness and value creation

News

  • Research news | 2022-08-17

    Örjan Bodin new professor in Environmental Sciences

    Appointment adds to an increasing list of centre researchers being acknowledged for their work

  • Research news | 2022-08-12

    What it takes to make different approaches work together

    Researchers invite readers “behind the scenes” to share their experiences combining agent-based modelling and controlled behavioural experiments

  • Research news | 2022-08-11

    Adding the technological to the social-ecological

    Researchers make the case for a more systematic way of thinking when designing urban, nature-based solutions

  • Research news | 2022-08-05

    Not only clear-cuts, but even forest degradation drives CO2 emissions

    Further degradation of the Amazon rainforest can lead to enormous C02 emissions in the upcoming decades, unless it is halted soon, new study finds

  • Research news | 2022-08-04

    Growing tree cover can boost or dwindle water availability

    Tree restoration is a great way to mitigate climate change and store atmospheric carbon. But when trees are planted at a large scale, regional water availability can be seriously affected

  • Research news | 2022-07-05

    New exhibition at Skansen open-air museum features inputs from centre

    Last week, Skansen, an open-air museum in Stockholm, launched the first part of an exhibition about biodiversity with contributions by the Stockholm Resilience Centre

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Impact and application

Science with real world application

Read more about our impact and explore examples where our work has wielded influence

  • About us

  • Vision and mission
  • Board
  • Strategic advisory councils
  • Contribute to our work
  • Our funders
  • Annual reports
  • Vacancies

  • Research

  • Our research focus
  • Resilience dictionary
  • What is resilience?
  • Applying resilience thinking
  • Reconnecting to the biosphere
  • Planetary boundaries
  • Modelling and Visualisation Lab
  • The SDGs wedding cake

  • Education

  • Graduate level (Master’s)
  • PhD programme
  • PhD Video Archive
  • Executive training External link, opens in new window.
  • Independent courses

  • Impact

  • Partnerships and change processes
  • Project and partner websites
  • How our science has an impact
  • Impact stories

  • Publications

  • News & events

  • News archive
  • Global food crisis
  • Covid-19
  • Video archive
  • Media contacts and logos
  • Stockholm Seminars
  • Rethink Talks podcast series

  • Meet our team

  • Leadership
  • Researchers
  • Education and training
  • Policy & Practice
  • Admin
  • Communication
  • PhD candidates
  • How to reach us

Stockholm Resilience Centre is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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