Research news | 2020-11-18

Why getting the big picture roughly right is more important than focusing on details

Four ways to understand the complexity of global environmental change sufficiently well to take policy action

Research news | 2020-09-24

Creating pathways to futures where people and nature support one another

Humanity relies on nature in a wide variety of ways. Opening up a diversity of perspectives is critical to identify pathways towards desirable futures

Research news | 2020-09-20

How to use AI with image data and satellite data

On 2 October 2020, a free online course on how to apply AI-methods (“deep learning”) to analyze satellite images related to land use change and deforestation

Research news | 2020-05-26

Everything flows in social ecological systems. Research needs to adapt

Focusing on processes and relations rather than entities can help solve key challenges in sustainability research

Research news | 2020-04-01

How craftsmanship connects people, nature and knowledge

What we can learn from a Samí crafts artist and a fisher from Stockholm about connections between local ecological knowledge, work, technology and sustainability

Research news | 2020-03-02

Current sustainability concepts too focused on resource limits rather than waste accumulation

Researchers dissect body of literature on existing frameworks such as Planetary Boundaries, and shed light on its shortcomings

Research news | 2019-12-30

Case studies, models and complexity

Time to go from simply describing social-ecological systems to explaining how their complex interactions generate observed outcomes

Research news | 2019-11-29

On the other end of research

Sharing knowledge between local communities and researchers strengthens ties between science and society. And encourages well-being and sustainability

Research news | 2019-11-13

New network on nature-based solutions for cities

Centre joins “Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene” network

Research news | 2019-11-06

What they talk about when they talk about SES

As the social ecological system framework celebrates 20 years, researchers analyse its use in scientific publications. Despite increased popularity, a unifying definition is still missing

Research news | 2019-10-11

Unsustainable science

With ever-rising demands of publications and endless tasks leaving little space for creative insight, current practice of science is unsustainable

Research news | 2019-08-28

Practice makes perfect

Why the idea that scientific expertise rests on the strict application of pre-determined technical methods is misplaced

Research news | 2019-03-14

Hidden treasures, open data

Why universities and scientists should play a pivotal role in better disclosing sample origin of marine genetic data

Research news | 2019-02-13

The participatory way

With a suite of benefits, participatory research has become increasingly popular. But there are many challenges too. Researchers examine the method and share their own experiences

Research news | 2019-02-13

Can big data help save shrinking Hawaiian reefs?

New study uses machine learning and an unprecedented dataset from more than six hundred reefs to analyse coral reef tipping points

Research news | 2018-11-09

In research, how to avoid misunderstandings about cognition

The perception of cognition and other related terms easily get misunderstood in scientific processes, leading to frustration, communication breakdown and a collaboration impasse

Research news | 2018-09-18

Creating a shared language for the stewardship concept

Why the concept of stewardship offers a platform for collaboration and dialogue between actors, even with differing perspectives

Research news | 2018-08-30

Capturing life through a different lens

Scientific method using photographs helps capture local expressions of human wellbeing among vulnerable communities in Kenya and South Africa

General news | 2018-04-12

New tool for centre staff to set emissions targets

The Stockholm Resilience Centre launches new voluntary system for staff to set targets to reduce emissions

Research news | 2018-03-12

A little less conversation, a little more action, please

Ten essentials for guiding action-oriented research on energy transformation and climate change

Research news | 2017-04-25

How social-ecological research works

Special issue in the journal Ecology & Society on the sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems

Research news | 2016-11-30

Swedbio app nominated for Swedish Learning Awards 2016

App offering solutions on how to protect and manage natural assets in cities across sub-Saharan Africa among top three nominees for Best Mobile Learning

Research news | 2016-04-14

Pyunicorn tool works by transforming a time series into a network

New open source Python software package offers new perspectives to old network analyses

Research news | 2015-11-24

Two systems of thinking for scientists

Study calls for structures that allow thinking fast and slow to spur new insights in scientific research

Research news | 2015-08-13

Untangling ecological collapse

First Regime Shift Database helps researchers assess main global-level drivers of unwanted ecological transitions

Research news | 2015-07-07

A how-to guide for designing research for sustainability

Solving three key challenges can help improve our understanding of ecosystem services

Research news | 2014-05-05

Introducing the Regime Shifts Database

New online resource with detailed examples of large persistent changes in nature

Research news | 2014-01-29

Incorporating local and traditional knowledge into international assessments

Why local, traditional and indigenous knowledge is crucial for biodiversity conservation

Research news | 2014-01-17

What resilience is really about

Download or order updated version of popular introduction to resilience

Research news | 2013-05-15

New Rockefeller programme on social innovation

Centre contributes to design of programme and selection of fellows

Research news | 2013-02-28

Managing feedbacks in social-ecological systems

Brian Walker on how to put key resilience concepts into practice