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General news | 2025-09-11

A Hard Rain: music and science united against nuclear risks

Centre researcher Per Olsson joins forces with Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Ringo Starr and more than 50 international artists to warn of the dangers of nuclear proliferation.

General news | 2025-08-11

A new recipe for change: rock band transforms into food truck

What we eat is crucial for protecting our planet. A beloved Swedish indie rock band took the science to heart - and transformed into a food truck. “We need both humour and seriousness to change” says Thomas Öberg.

General news | 2025-08-11

“Fixing the food system is the smartest economic play we can make”

Festivals can help repair broken food systems. A Swedish rock band transformed into a food truck is leading the way. This year’s edition of “Greentopia”, held at the Way Out West music festival, focused on how food, music and events can help us to stay within planetary boundaries.

General news | 2025-03-12

Saving white winters: Sports, business and science unite for climate action

As climate change threatens the future of winter sports, the Nordic Sustainability Arena brought together athletes, scientists, business leaders, and politicians in Åre to push for urgent action and inspire sustainable transition.

General news | 2024-11-27

Alpine World Cup in Åre team up with scientists to address climate change

Winter sports have a key role to play in addressing the climate and environmental crisis. Stockholm Resilience Centre now partners with the Alpine World Cup in Åre in March 2025. The event will bring together professional athletes, researchers and leaders in business, politics and civil society to address how to safeguard white winters.

General news | 2024-11-14

21 Centre researchers ranked among top 2% most cited scientists globally

21 of Stockholm Resilience Centre’s researchers are listed among 2% most cited scientists in their field in 2024, according to the new Elsevier Data Repository.

General news | 2024-08-14

“Artists like Taylor Swift should tell fans to be stewards of the planet”

Artists, music companies and festivals can play an important role in addressing climate change.

General news | 2024-05-17

"If the planet doesn’t work, we will not be able to live on it”

The decisions that humanity makes this decade will shape the living conditions on our planet for many generations to come.

General news | 2024-04-24

Greentopia: music and sports events, a highway to sustainability?

Can music and sports events help societal transformations toward sustainability? During one of Sweden's premier festivals, Way Out West, the Centre co-hosts a climate summit to help answer that question.

Research news | 2023-11-13

New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them

Humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global climate tipping points to misaligned artificial intelligence, chemical pollution, and accelerating infectious diseases

Research news | 2023-06-27

A crisis is not always an opportunity for transformation — this new study explains why

For change agents, the COVID-19 pandemic created new barriers and uncertainties rather than a chance for positive change, a new study finds

General news | 2023-04-12

Centre researchers awarded for groundbreaking paper on urban sustainability

Centre researchers Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, Per Olsson, Owen Gaffney and Carl Folke are selected as recipients of the Ecological Society of America’s Sustainability Science Award 2023

General news | 2022-11-15

Centre researchers listed among the world's most influential scientists

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Thomas Elmqvist, Per Olsson, Max Troell and Jonathan Donges ranked as some of the globally most cited researchers

Research news | 2022-10-24

What is the future of synthetic chemicals and GMOs in sustainable food systems?

Synthetic chemicals and GMOs can lead to lock-ins and surprises in food systems that must be navigated in transformations to sustainability

Research news | 2021-11-17

Centre researchers among world's most cited again

Carl Folke, Johan Rockström, Reinette “Oonsie” Biggs, Thomas Elmqvist and Per Olsson on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2021-09-23

New book on how culture and context affect transformative change

The book provides insights from researchers, activists, public servants, the private sector and others across five continents

Research news | 2021-01-28

In the quest to become climate neutral, beware of the unintended and undesired consequences

Sida-commissioned report demonstrates how good business intentions might “bite back” in low- and middle-income countries and offers insights into how to avoid it

Research news | 2020-11-19

Eight centre researchers among world's most cited in 2020

Stephan Barthel, Oonsie Biggs, Örjan Bodin, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, Per Olsson, Garry Peterson and Johan Rockström on exclusive list of world’s most influential researchers

Research news | 2020-09-21

A tipping point alone will not guarantee a transformation, what comes afterwards is crucial

A successful transformation goes through phases, and each phase must be navigated carefully

Research news | 2019-11-29

How many change-makers does it take to challenge the status quo ?

Study assesses what it takes to make good meetings become venues for change

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