Research in short | 2024-05-31

Why a different approach is needed to assess sector-level impact on SDGs

A new study presents an evidence-based review approach for investors to assess sector-level impacts on individual Sustainable Goals (SDGs), and score these using a traffic-light system.

Research story | 2024-03-19

Centre report assesses criticism of Nordic Nutrition Recommendations

Including environmental considerations in the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations has received much praise from authorities and scientists. But it has also sparked criticisms. Centre expertise clears the confusion in a new policy report.

Research news | 2024-02-08

Eating new plant-based foods can be good for the environment, your health and your economy

Replacing animal-source foods with plant-based alternatives or whole foods decreases environmental impact, meets nutrition recommendations, and can be cost-competitive with the current average Swedish diet

Research news | 2024-01-24

Centralised social networks can hinder innovation by making decision-making too similar

Social systems where influence is centred around one or two individuals can lead to pack mentality and groupthink in farming communities

Research news | 2024-01-22

Soy: A world journey from success to uncertainty

From a bean valued for its multitude of functions in ancient China to one of the most traded agricultural commodities of the modern world: the soybean has gone through dramatic changes throughout the millennia.

Research news | 2023-12-05

Powerful financial giants could play vital role in preventing the next pandemic

A relatively small number of powerful financial institutions, such as investment companies, pension funds, and banks could help accelerate actions that mitigate the risks of new pandemics

Research news | 2023-11-13

New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them

Humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global climate tipping points to misaligned artificial intelligence, chemical pollution, and accelerating infectious diseases

Research news | 2023-05-03

Five steps to design diets that are good for people and planet

What we eat globally needs to shift. National dietary guidelines can play a major role in improving peoples’ environmental food footprint. A new framework looks at how to create them

Research news | 2023-01-13

Going beyond dichotomies of local versus global food systems

Food systems are becoming increasingly stressed, but whether they are local or global is not the big issue

Research news | 2022-10-24

What is the future of synthetic chemicals and GMOs in sustainable food systems?

Synthetic chemicals and GMOs can lead to lock-ins and surprises in food systems that must be navigated in transformations to sustainability

Research news | 2022-10-13

Scientific narratives risk reinforcing colonial structures in tropical forests

Rural forest communities are made the scapegoat for environmental destruction in tropical forests

Research news | 2022-10-05

Centre strengthens its food system research with five new postdocs

Amid ongoing global food crises, the Stockholm Resilience Centre adds to its portfolio of food system research by hiring five new postdoctoral fellows

Research news | 2022-09-19

Turning food by-products into fodder could feed a billion people

Using waste from food production to feed livestock and aquaculture could help feed more people with less

Research news | 2022-08-22

Current food production is missing a crucial ingredient

Sustainable food production techniques ignore crucial interactions in the Earth’s natural system. Incorporating them can be a game-changer

Research news | 2022-05-16

The effects of less, but better meat production

Study captures the real-world experiences and effects of a farm’s journey towards sustainability

Research news | 2022-03-09

Why crop-residue burning is part of a bigger problem

Burning in northern India affects millions of people across South Asia. But the farmers doing it are stuck in a vicious cycle

Research news | 2021-09-23

Water resilient food systems for future climates

In a statement published by the Global Resilience Partnership, a group of 31 globally diverse practitioners and researchers, sound a clarion call for water resilience to be brought to the forefront of building resilient and sustainable food systems

Research news | 2021-02-02

In drought-prone Sahel, rain still remains a gift only few farmers can enjoy

Since the 1980s, rainfall conditions for agriculture have improved only in scattered areas across the region

Research news | 2021-02-01

How a single farm can align with both local and global sustainability targets

New indicators help assess how a farm transitioning to sustainable agriculture contributes to global sustainability goals and resilience

Research news | 2020-09-08

Worried about food security? Keep landscapes multifunctional

Why diversity is the key to resilient and sustainable farming