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Research in short | 2024-03-19

From implicit to explicit: Enhancing our causal understanding of social-ecological systems

Social-ecological systems are complex and the different ways in which scientists causally reason about them are extraordinarily diverse.

Research news | 2022-08-19

To understand complex fisheries, researchers must think outside their boxes

Traditional approaches are insufficient, social-ecological systems thinking can better capture complex interactions between people and ecosystems

Research news | 2022-04-22

How to visualize cause and effect

Study examines the strengths and weaknesses of different visualizations that can be used to illustrate causality in social-ecological systems

Research news | 2022-03-10

Why fishery trade networks are crucial for local food supply

Trade among small-scale fishery traders affects the overall capacity and variability of fish provision

Research news | 2021-05-07

Why small-scale fisheries pursue different ways to survive

Better understanding of diversification strategies could improve policies for the many millions of people who depend on small-scale fisheries

Research news | 2021-02-01

The agents and their models

Centre researcher Emilie Lindkvist on using modelling to get to grips with the complexities and intertwinedness of humans and nature

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 | 2020-05-27

Fishing is more than just harvesting, time to broaden the focus

Broadening the analytical focus beyond harvesting is necessary in order to imagine new ways of governing the commons

Research news | 2020-03-17

How agent-based modelling can improve management of small-scale fisheries

Computational approach can reveal intricate interactions among stakeholders and help prevent unintended policy outcomes

Research news | 2019-12-30

Case studies, models and complexity

Time to go from simply describing social-ecological systems to explaining how their complex interactions generate observed outcomes

Research news | 2019-12-19

More complex than the sum of its parts

New framework for analysing emergent properties and dynamics in social-ecological systems tested on seven case studies

Research news | 2018-10-30

Connecting the dots between social inequalities and environmental change

Six ways inequality affects our environment and vice versa

Research news | 2017-05-03

Modelling in Mexico

How modellers and field experts joined forces to develop agent-based models that account for complex human interactions

Research news | 2017-04-25

Learning by doing

New modeling approach can help boost learning to deal with unexpected changes in management of renewable resources

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