Research in short | 2024-06-24

Positive tipping points for whom?

Tipping points can have winners and losers. That’s why one shouldn’t call them positive or negative, according to a new article.

Research news | 2023-11-14

Norms must change in order for academia to walk the talk on sustainability, new paper argues

Sustainability research is rarely sustainable, neither for the planet nor for academics, argues a new paper. In it, researchers call for a rethink of current norms and practices

Research news | 2022-11-10

Fair global redistribution of resources is key for planetary stability

Redistributing resources and transforming society are necessary to ensure universal access to basic needs while staying within Earth’s limits

Research news | 2019-11-29

How many change-makers does it take to challenge the status quo ?

Study assesses what it takes to make good meetings become venues for change

Research news | 2019-10-24

Complex changes, collaborative solutions

Combining knowledge from local communities and policymakers holds the key to better land management for rural communities under a rapidly changing climate. That is if talk is replaced by action

Research news | 2019-06-24

A buzz or a baller?

New study tests the theoretically popular notion that bottom-up approaches to urban environmental governance lead to a better match between social institutions and ecological realities

Research news | 2019-06-03

How green is green economic development?

Poor farmers in the forested uplands of Laos provide a reality check on a much embraced concept

Research news | 2019-05-22

Call for ocean action in West Africa

Swedish-Liberian Blue Oceans Conference calls for sustainable blue development in West Africa and beyond

General news | 2017-06-07

An overview: The Colloquium on Resilience and Development

From 8-10 May 2017, a colloquium on resilience and development co-hosted by the GRAID programme took place in Johannesburg, South Africa

Research news | 2016-12-26

Lost in urbanisation

Urban expansion will result in a 1.8-2.4% loss of global croplands by 2030, says paper in PNAS