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Research in short | 2025-06-05

How a "process-relational" lens can enrich social-ecological systems research

Recent work at the Centre, especially within the new research theme “ Doing sustainability research – the how ”, is exploring what happens when we look at social-ecological systems (SES) through a process-relational lens.

General news | 2025-05-23

Centre researcher elected to the Young Academy of Sweden

Maria Mancilla Garcia, researcher and theme leader at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden.

Research story | 2024-09-25

Walking together in a world of many worlds

Embracing “the uncommons” – the many different ways of knowing, being and doing – may contribute to transformations to sustainability, argues a new study.

Research story | 2024-06-19

From “precipitation-sheds” to “participation-sheds”

Today, hydrological cycles are increasingly interconnected across larger spatial scales, sometimes even globally. This calls for rethinking how we study and govern water to enhance resilience and sustainability, argues a new study.

Research news | 2022-02-15

A new approach for safeguarding our waters

Humans have changed the global water cycle and governmental bodies designed to govern water struggle to keep up. A new legal paradigm may help

Research news | 2021-11-16

Why background conditions should not be put in the background

We should keep our options open to understand why certain things are seen the way they are

Research news | 2020-09-23

Centre receives funding boost from Swedish research council Formas

Three projects looking at ways to realise the Sustainable Development Goals receive almost SEK 60 million in funding

Research news | 2020-06-04

Conflict and collaboration in pandemic times

How network analysis can help understand why some actors choose to pick a fight while others want to collaborate

Research news | 2020-05-26

Everything flows in social ecological systems. Research needs to adapt

Focusing on processes and relations rather than entities can help solve key challenges in sustainability research

Research news | 2020-03-10

Why constant change is more important than stability

We talk and think in terms of things and entities that are stable and unchanging. This is understandable, but misguided, researchers argue

Research news | 2019-12-18

Conflicts might be better than watered down collaborations

Why conflict is to be expected in the process of transitioning to good water governance, and why it is okay

Research news | 2019-05-30

More not always the merrier

Efforts to involve more stakeholders when managing regional water basins has had limited success. Municipalities play a unique role in order to make progress

Research news | 2019-03-08

Learning the tech-talk

By expressing their interests in technical terms, previously excluded actors are able to gain influence and have their voices heard. Others remain marginalised

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