NEW STUDY

Sometimes ecosystems change in so dramatic and substantial ways that they cross a “tipping point”.

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LATEST NEWS

Sustainable seafood

A new study shows how aquaculture systems can improve both nutritional content and environmental impact.

Avoiding policy paralysis

To take action despite of complexity and uncertainty, researchers advice policy makers to choose the most direct path and trying to see the whole picture.

Planetary boundaries policies

A carbon tax policy in combination with cuts in biofuel subsidies could alleviate pressures on all planetary boundaries.

New project grants

Two new grants to support the UN sustainable development goals: The economics of the planetary boundaries, and Inequality and the Biosphere.

Covid-19 related research

Read about recent and ongoing Beijer Institute research related to the current pandemic.

New approach to behaviour

We have to abandon overly simplistic models of human behaviour to find pathways towards sustainability, researchers argue.
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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

Corridors of Clarity: Four Principles to Overcome Uncertainty Paralysis in the Anthropocene Polasky S., A.-S. Crépin, R. Biggs, S. R. Carpenter, C. Folke, G. Peterson, M. Scheffer, S. Barrett, G. Daily, P. Ehrlich, R. B. Howarth, T. Hughes, S. A. Levin, J. F. Shogren, M. Troell, B. Walker, and A. Xepapadeas. 2020. Corridors of Clarity: Four Principles to Overcome Uncertainty Paralysis in the Anthropocene. BioScience biaa115.
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PEOPLE

Malin Jonell
Malin Jonell
Researcher, PhD
Chuan Zhong Li
Chuan Zhong Li
Affiliated researcher, Professor
Patrik Henriksson
Patrik Henriksson
Affiliated researcher, PhD
Agneta Sundin
Agneta Sundin
Communications officer
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