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General news | 2024-06-18

Centre leadership appointed for another term

Centre Director Line Gordon and Centre Deputy Director Lisen Schultz have been appointed to continue in their respective positions for another three years. The appointment was made by Stockholm University leadership

General news | 2024-05-17

"If the planet doesn’t work, we will not be able to live on it”

The decisions that humanity makes this decade will shape the living conditions on our planet for many generations to come.

General news | 2024-04-10

Centre receives extended funding from Mistra for food research

The research programme Mistra Food Futures, in which the Centre is a partner, receives SEK 64 million for the upcoming four and a half years

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

General news | 2023-09-19

Researchers and chefs team up for a sustainable lunch week

“Risotto on Swedish oat-rice, with apple cider vinegar, blue mussels from Bohuslän, parsley, and grated Svecia cheese”. That’s one of the science-cooked dishes that guests can enjoy at “A Planetary Lunch” — an experimental lunch week at Stockholm university

Research news | 2023-03-20

IPCC: It’s not too late if we take climate action now

In its most recent report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issues a stark warning but also a message of hope

Research news | 2023-01-30

Policymakers need to work more closely with researchers to fight the global food crisis

We are facing the worst food crisis in modern history – Sweden and the EU need to take action to shift how food is produced and consumed. That was the message from researchers to policymakers during a high-level meeting for the Swedish government at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Research news | 2022-11-14

In data scarce regions, fieldwork and historical images help researchers fill in the gaps

Researchers combined current data with historical images and inputs from previous studies to estimate how ecosystem services have changed over time in northern Burkina Faso

Research news | 2022-11-03

Sustainability claims behind booming food technologies lack evidence

Money is pouring into food tech. But despite rosy claims, food innovations are rarely empirically assessed from a broader sustainability perspective

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 | 2022-06-02

Amid new crises, a sustainable diet is still possible

Despite the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic, feeding humankind a healthy diet is still possible, argues Line Gordon during Stockholm University’s Stockholm+50 conference

Research news | 2022-05-30

What can we expect from Stockholm+50?

We asked some of our researchers what they hope can come out of the historic UN meeting in Stockholm

Research news | 2022-05-14

Our engagements during Stockholm +50

When and where to find us during the international environmental meeting in Stockholm 2-3 June

Research news | 2022-05-04

What will it take to save the human ocean?

Seminar on ocean sustainability highlights importance of urgent and collaborative stewardship of the big blue

Research news | 2021-10-16

Centre receives substantial research funding on sustainable food production

IKEA Foundation grants 30 million SEK for continued research on more sustainable and just food systems. Gullspång Invest and its subsidiary Gullspång Re:food contribute additional 5 million SEK

Research news | 2021-08-18

Want peace and security? Start by fixing the global food system

Ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit researchers push for solutions that contribute to sustainable and just food system transformations

Research news | 2021-03-22

We are taking astounding risks, warn researchers

New report summarises recent research on the scale of human activity. Inequality and environmental challenges are deeply linked, this must be a transformative decade

Research news | 2021-02-11

Line Gordon appointed professor in sustainable food systems

Centre director selected for newly established professorship in sustainability science with focus on sustainable food systems, funded by the Curt Bergfors Foundation

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

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