The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

The Beijer Institute is an international research institute under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Core funding is provided by the Kjell and Märta Beijer Foundation.

smallFlickr/Centre for neighbourhood technology Economics of resilience

Article reviews economic models and theories linked to resilience with special focus social-ecological systems and regime shifts.

small New funding

Grants received to study human responses to Arctic environmental change, the new reality for small-scale fisheries and more.

smallPhoto. Tore Marklund Seminar video

Cities-the frontlines for global sustainability.  With Xuemei Bai, Will Steffen, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Åsa gren and Thomas Elmqvist.

smallPhoto. Alamy Stock Photo Inequality and the Biosphere

Beijer Young Scholars reveal links between social inequalities and environmental change and receive planning grant for further studies.

small Food sustainability

Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable.

smallWildfires California. Flickr/slworking2 Global warming

The planet is at risk of heading towards “Hothouse Earth” state even if Paris agreement is met.

smallMehmet Akdugan/Flickr City densification

"Smart growth" a popular concept for building sustainable cities lacks scientific proof, study shows.

smallPhoto: Alamy Stock Photo Antimicrobial use

Study indetifies key drivers behind overuse in aquaculture and suggests ways to reduce it.