NEW STUDY

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

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LATEST NEWS

Economics of Tipping Points

In a new review article researchers explore what ecological tipping points mean for economics and natural resource management.

Seminar

2 November. With Professor Boije Fu on how the Loess Plateau in China, once among the most eroded landscapes on Earth, became green again.

Cultivating resilience

A symposium celebrating the remarkable career and enduring contributions of Professor Carl Folke on the occasion of his retirement.

New book

Against the backdrop of US nuclear bomb tests over Bikini atoll 1954, Victor Galaz tells a story of colonialism, the climate crisis, and corrupted dreams of crypto-paradises.

Blue food and climate

A recent review examines climate mitigation and adaptation strategies across blue food systems. Its key message: there is no silver bullet.

Attribution and climate law

Emily Boyd reflects on how attribution science can strengthen climate justice by revealing unequal climate impacts and the full range of losses experienced by people and nature.
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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

Encounters of the social in social-ecological resilience Haider, L. J., S. West, K. O’Brien, A. Lazurko, R. Hassan, C. Folke, E. S. Brondizio, E. Boyd, and W. J. Boonstra. 2026. Encounters of the social in social-ecological resilience. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 51:595-623.
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PEOPLE

Malin Pinsky
Malin Pinsky
Board member, Associate Professor, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Max Troell
Max Troell
Programme director, Associate professor
Amare Teklay Hailu
Amare Teklay Hailu
PhD, Researcher
Eli Fenichel
Eli Fenichel
Board member, Professor, Yale University, USA
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