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Research story | 2025-07-01
Stockholm University has launched a new network for marine research. The network aims to strengthen collaboration, knowledge exchange and the visibility of marine research across the university.
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Research in short | 2025-06-26
As climate and biodiversity crises deepen, sustainability research must embrace the researcher’s entanglement with the world they study. In a new paper, Jamila Haider and Präa Sepp explore how collaborative, reflexive research can open space for new, transformative ways of knowing and being.
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Research story | 2025-06-26
A new paper published in Nature proposes an optimistic, practical approach to inspire stronger action on nature. Rather than focusing on what we’re doing wrong, the paper proposes a bold new way forward; a global framework that measures how well people and nature are thriving together.
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General news | 2025-06-25
A new report from the Fairtrans research programme, hosted at Stockholm Resilience Centre, reveals that a clear majority of Swedes support ambitious climate action, regardless of political affiliation. The findings suggest that both right- and left-leaning voters are willing to prioritise tackling climate change, particularly when policies are perceived as fair.
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General news | 2025-06-23
How can we inspire the next generation to care for our oceans – not through fear, but through knowledge, connection, and creativity? This question was at the heart of One Connected Ocean, a unique collaboration between researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and educators at Universeum, Sweden’s leading national science centre.
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General news | 2025-06-18
The Stockholm Resilience Centre hosted research programme Fairtrans has been granted SEK 40 million for a second phase, co-financed by Mistra and Formas. Building on achievements such as training union leaders, launching Sweden’s first national citizens’ assembly on climate, and investigating public acceptance of climate policy, Fairtrans will now expand its efforts at the European level.
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Research story | 2025-06-17
Over 40 researchers have come together to launch a vibrant new home for an expanding community of sustainability researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and students across the planet. The Society for Social-Ecological Systems, SocSES, is introduced in a new paper in the journal Ecology and Society .
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General news | 2025-06-16
Ahead of the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice last week, a different kind of scientific intervention surfaced amid the technical talks and policy papers. Three imaginative, visually arresting short films premiered under the banner OcéanoFuturismos , a bold collaboration between science and storytelling that asks audiences not just to witness the ocean crises of today – but to think through and engage with the radically different futures that might follow.
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Research story | 2025-06-13
Imagine a game where every move affects the entire board and outcome. This is today's reality, where climate change, social inequality, economic instability, and geopolitical tensions are all intertwined, and a small shift in one of them could have cascading effects.
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General news | 2025-06-12
A new scientific synthesis by 35 leading scientists from all around the world outlines eight critical biosphere challenges. The paper - published in the run up to the Bonn Climate Change Conference – also provide decision-makers at all levels of politics with science-based solutions.
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Research in short | 2025-06-05
Recent work at the Centre, especially within the new research theme “ Doing sustainability research – the how ”, is exploring what happens when we look at social-ecological systems (SES) through a process-relational lens.
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General news | 2025-06-05
As the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) approaches (Nice, France, 9–13 June), we look back on a decade of collaboration between science and industry on ocean keystone actors. What insights have emerged, what’s next, and can these actors help drive faster progress on ocean conservation and sustainable use – the core goal of UNOC3?
General news | 2025-06-05
Professor Emily Boyd has been appointed the next director of the Beijer Institute, taking over from current director Carl Folke upon his retirement on 1 September 2025. Stockholm Resilience Centre wishes to congratulate Emily on her appointment and express heartfelt thanks to Carl Folke for his contributions over the years.
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General news | 2025-06-03
The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) on June 9-13 in Nice marks a pivotal moment for the relationship between humanity and the ocean. Stockholm Resilience Centre are engaged at several levels and underlines the importance of bridging the gap between science and action.
Research story | 2025-06-03
A new study explores three potential future scenarios and finds that, under current trends and policies, the situation is projected to worsen across all planetary boundaries by 2050, except for ozone depletion. But targeted interventions and ambitious policy measures can reduce the negative effects and steer humanity toward more sustainable futures.
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General news | 2025-05-23
In the first call within the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, Formas is funding six research- and innovation projects. One of the projects awarded 3.5 million SEK is “ Territorial Agroecological Living Labs (TAELabs)”, led by Jamila Haider at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
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General news | 2025-05-23
Maria Mancilla Garcia, researcher and theme leader at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden.
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General news | 2025-05-20
Urban areas in Europe are more than twice as likely to face wildfire risk compared to those in North America and Asia, according to a new report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council. “Europe must adapt to this new challenging reality,” says lead author Centre researcher Thomas Elmqvist, who is also EASAC’s Environment Director.
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Research story | 2025-05-19
As the world faces the urgent task of substantially cutting greenhouse gas emissions, artificial intelligence (AI) offers both large opportunities and serious risks. To help ensure that AI supports a stable biosphere, researchers propose a new guiding principle – “Earth alignment” – aiming to steer AI development and uses in ways that promote rather than undermine sustainable development for all.
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Research story | 2025-05-13
In Sweden, the daily ritual of Fika – a cherished pause to share coffee, pastries, and conversation – is more than just a coffee break. It’s a social institution. But as the climate crisis deepens, even the comforting traditions of Fika might need to evolve.
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