Research news | 2023-08-18

How ocean science can contribute to peace

In a world of conflict, can the ocean be a place of peace? Yes, says a new review paper, and concludes that the UN Ocean Decade has an important role to play

Research news | 2022-09-13

Mutual interests and benefits are no guarantee for increased collaboration

Awareness of interdependencies may not promote, but instead even inhibit, exchange and dialogue between different policy actors

Research news | 2022-05-09

Three ways games can break sustainability deadlocks

Played by the right people, strategy games can break free from established norms and support more transparent democratic dialogues

Research news | 2019-11-12

No community or ecosystem is an island

Why thinking global and acting local can actually undermine sustainability at larger scales, and how to make sure that it doesn’t

Research news | 2018-09-12

Introducing Wayfinder

Centre launches new online platform for resilience assessments, representing a major innovation in resilience practice

Research news | 2017-08-25

Fed to the lionfish

Invasion of the Indo-Pacific lionfish outside Jamaica reveals need to improve collaboration within marine protected areas

Research news | 2017-08-18

Getting it right on collaboration

Collaborative governance not always fit for solving environmental problems, according to new review article in Science

Research news | 2017-06-12

When to be adaptive in governance

New study explores how information and collaboration influence governance networks, and highlights trade-offs and benefits of using adaptive policies

Research news | 2017-06-01

Is adaptive co-management delivering?

Possibly. Assessment of four UNESCO biosphere reserves reveals "myriad" of positive results

Research news | 2017-05-16

Small tesserae in a grand mosaic

Mosaic governance: introducing approach that can better account for various actors engaged in urban green development

Research news | 2017-02-06

Learning to deal with trade-offs

Scientists, communities and actors connected to the Mombasa fisheries system join forces to support the most vulnerable in a rapidly changing environment

Research news | 2017-01-23

Second best – better in the long run

Creating strong cooperatives might be more important than fishing at the most sustainable level, new study suggests

Research news | 2016-11-15

Centre researchers receive Swedish Research Council grant

A 3 million SEK grant from Swedish Research Council awarded to centre researchers Örjan Bodin and Erik Andersson

Research news | 2016-08-30

Improving the science of cities

How urban ecology can go from being a plot-based research activity to a global cross-comparative research programme

Research news | 2016-08-03

Collaborating your way to ecosystem-based management

How to develop and manage networks to solve complex social issues, in particular how to develop holistic approaches to environmental management

Research news | 2016-06-21

Cities are complex – deal with it!

Centre research featured in special issue on urban sustainability and resilience

Research news | 2016-06-16

"A global partnership for ocean health"

Johan Rockström and leader of the Norwegian Labour party Jonas Gahr Störe call for better management of the world oceans, essential to protect future food supplies

Research news | 2016-05-26

From disaster management to resilience building

Luca Alinovi, Executive Director, Global Resilience Partnership and centre executive director Johan Rockström on why we need to rethink our approach to recurring humanitarian crises

Research news | 2016-01-28

A better fit

New empirical evidence of the role of collaborative approaches for better fit between governance systems and ecosystems

Research news | 2015-12-04

Beyond measure?

Reducing resilience to a few measurements can block deeper understanding