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Food system change

Beijer Institute is part of a new research centre that will explore how meals can enhance preparedness, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Science and music

A collaboration between Carl Folke and composer Jacob Mühlrad results in a symphonic exploration of Earth’s complex systems of life across space and time.

Stockholm Seminar

Tackling social challenges and supporting local solutions to avoid tipping points in the Amazon. With Eduardo S. Brondizio, 12 December.

Climate migration

Preparing for a world on the move: integration requires a revision of the food system, mobility policies, and integration strategies, according to new study.

Video: Stockholm Seminar

Prof. Jane Lubchenco, US presidential advisor: Aligning policy with scientific knowledge: integrating solutions for climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequity.

Exhibition on AMR

An exhibition where design students interpret science, was shown in connection with the UN High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance.
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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

Are subsidies good or bad news for a low-carbon nature-positive society? Segerson, K., S. Polasky, M. Scheffer, R. Sumaila, J.-C. Cardenas, K. Nyborg, E. P. Fenichel, J. M. Anderies, S. Barrett, E. M. Bennett, S. R. Carpenter, B. Crona, G. Daily, A. de Zeeuw, J. Fischer, C. Folke, N. Kautsky, C. Kremen, S. A. Levin, T. Lindahl, M. Pinsky, A. Tavoni, B. Walker, and E. U. Weber. 2024. Are subsidies good or bad news for a low-carbon nature-positive society?. Science 386(6717).
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PEOPLE

Carl Folke
Carl Folke
Director, professor
Rashid Sumaila
Rashid Sumaila
Board member, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Eli Fenichel
Eli Fenichel
Board member, Professor, Yale University, USA
Therese Lindahl
Therese Lindahl
Programme director, PhD
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