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How we work during the Covid-19 pandemic

Due to the outbreak of the new corona virus, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Beijer Institute is hosted, is temporarily closed for visitors. But work continues.

Group dynamics untapped potential for sustainable development

People look to others when making their own decisions. This could help reduce global consumption and population growth.
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Central banks and climate change

In her first speech, Deputy Governor of Sweden's central bank talked about the challenges connected with the global climate crisis and stressed the need to avoid regime shifts (in Swedish)..

Major sustainability prize to Beijer Fellow

Gretchen Daily receives the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievment 2020 together with Pavan Sukhdev, both pioneers in illuminating and quantifying the economic value of our natural environment.

A new seafood narrative

Seafood sustainability is still only marginally considered in global policy talks on food production, trade and consumption. That needs to change, according to new research.

Carl Folke among world’s most cited

The Beijer Institute's director is listed on the exclusive 2019 Clarivate Analytics overview of the world's most cited researchers.
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RESEARCH

Research Programmes

The Beijer Institute strives to create research frontiers at the interface of ecology, economics and related disciplines, in order to promote a deeper understanding of the interplay between ecological systems and social and economic development in relation to sustainability.

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Urban Social-Ecological Systems

Aquaculture and Sustainable Seafood

Behaviour, Economics and Nature

Governance, Technology and Complexity

NEW PUBLICATION

Wicked Problems of Smart Cities Colding, J., S. Barthel and P. Sörqvist. 2019. Wicked Problems of Smart Cities. Smart Cities 2 (4):512-521.
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PEOPLE

Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs
Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs
Board member, Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Carl Folke
Carl Folke
Director, professor
Göran K. Hansson
Göran K. Hansson
Board member, Permanent secretary, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
J. Marty Anderies
J. Marty Anderies
Programme director, Professor, Arizona State University, USA
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