What does it take to cultivate resilience, in ecosystems, societies and science? At a symposium 14 September, celebrating Professor Carl Folke, colleagues and collaborators reflected on decades of research, mentorship and network building, while looking ahead to the transformations still needed. Over several decades, Carl Folke’s work has helped shape sustainability science, resilience thinking, ecological economics and research on social-ecological systems. Throughout the day, speakers…
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Ledig tjänst: Vikarierande projektekonom
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien och Beijerinstitutet för ekologisk ekonomi söker en projektekonom för ett vikariat (1 år) med start så snart som möjligt. Rollen är central för verksamheten och innebär ett brett ansvar inom ekonomi, administration och personalfrågor. Du blir en viktig kontaktpunkt mellan forskare, projektledare, ekonomiavdelningen på Vetenskapsakademien, HR samt externa samarbetspartners. Rollen passar dig som trivs med varierande arbetsuppgifter, har en stark administrativ ådra och…
A story of human resilience
“The first of March 1954 the people on the Nortwestern Atolls of the Marshall Islands woke up to a light so strong it was mistaken for a second sun in the sky.” This is the opening line of Beijer Institute programme leader, political scientist Victor Galaz’ new book Sea of Islands (Hav av öar). Travelling through Oceania, Victor tells the story of a region whose…
Blue foods can help address climate change, but there is no single solution.
A recent review examines climate mitigation and adaptation strategies across capture fisheries, aquaculture, and aquatic food systems. Its key message: there is no silver bullet. Climate change poses severe challenges to blue food systems, affecting marine and freshwater production capacities as well as aquaculture feed supply, and post-production processes. At the same time, blue foods have been suggested to have significant potential for mitigating climate…
Connecting climate science, law, and justice for planetary wellbeing
At the Second Conference on Attribution Science and Climate Law at Columbia University, Beijer Institute Director Emily Boyd joined leading climate scientists, legal scholars, economists, public health researchers, and social scientists to explore how advances in attribution science are reshaping climate law, governance and justice. Below she shares her reflections from the conference and on the developments in this field of research: ”Attribution science compares…
Design matters for acceptance of sustainable food policies
Public support for food policies aimed at reducing the environmental impact of food consumption depend on how these policies are designed, new research shows. So instead of abandoning necessary policies because they seem unpopular, policy makers and researchers could try to design them in ways that bring people on board. Diet shifts are necessary but tricky to achieve Food production has a profound impact…
Blue Gold — the promise and peril of our rush to use the ocean
Companies and governments are rushing to the ocean to feed humanity, fuel global economies and trade, and reverse climate change. We are asking a lot of the vast blue expanse that covers two-thirds of our planet. Are we asking too much? That is the topic for this Stockholm Seminar on 20 May 2026, held by Professor Ben Halpern, Director of the National Center for Ecological…
New grant to improve access to safe drinking water in South Asia
Beijer Institute economist Anna Tompsett and partners in Bangladesh and India have received a SEK 6 million grant for a project aimed at increasing access to safe drinking water in South Asia. The team will investigate how best to achieve this by both building new piped water systems and improving existing ones, testing different management practices. Billions lack safe water, despite technological advances Today, more…
Exhibition exploring design for sustainable behaviour
How do we get people and societies to change their behaviour in a more sustainable direction? That question is at the heart of a collaboration between students at Beckmans College of Design, researchers at the Beijer Institute and its partners, and design firm Svenskt Tenn. The results are exhibited at Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm between 24 April to 3 May. In close dialogue with the…
Nutrient bioavailability – the missing ingredient for sustainable food systems
The nutritional value of different diets is a key issue in academic and policy discussions worldwide on how to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen food security. However, what is often overlooked is the bioavailability, referring to the amount of nutrients actually absorbed by the body. A new publication highlights the importance of considering differences in bioavailability across food groups for reaching both environmental…
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