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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Research news | 2015-08-13
Untangling ecological collapse
First Regime Shift Database helps researchers assess main global-level drivers of unwanted ecological transitions
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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
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Research news | 2014-05-05
Introducing the Regime Shifts Database
New online resource with detailed examples of large persistent changes in nature
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Research news | 2014-01-29
Incorporating local and traditional knowledge into international assessments
Why local, traditional and indigenous knowledge is crucial for biodiversity conservation
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Research news | 2014-01-17
What resilience is really about
Download or order updated version of popular introduction to resilience
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Research news | 2013-05-15
New Rockefeller programme on social innovation
Centre contributes to design of programme and selection of fellows
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Research news | 2013-02-28
Managing feedbacks in social-ecological systems
Brian Walker on how to put key resilience concepts into practice