Publications

Olsson, P., C. Folke, and M.-L. Moore. 2022. Capacities for navigating large-scale sustaina­bility transformations: Exploring the revolt and remembrance mechanisms for shaping collapse and renewal in social-ecological systems. In: Gunderson, L., C.R Allen and A. Garmestani (eds.) . Applied Panarchy: Applications and Diffu­sion across Disciplines. Island Press, Washington DC, USA. Pp. 155-180

Wellmann, T., Andersson, E., Knapp, S., Lausch, A., Palliwoda, J., Priess, J., Scheuer, S., Haase, D.. 2022. Reinforcing nature-based solutions through tools providing social-ecological-technological integration. Ambio. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01801-4

While held to be a means for climate change adaptation and mitigation, nature-based solutions (NbS) themselves are vulnerable to climate change. To find ways of compensating for this vulnerability we combine a focused literature review on how information technology has been used to strengthen positive social–ecological–technological feedback, with the development of a prototype decision-support tool. Guided by the literature r...

Łaszkiewicz, E., Wolff, M., Andersson, E., Kronenberg, J., Barton, D., Haase, D., Langemeyer, J., Baró, F., McPhearson, T.. 2022. Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities. Ecology and Society. doi.org/10.5751/es-13453-270322

The understanding of urban social-ecological systems requires integrated and interdisciplinary methods. This paper explores differences in the accessibility of urban green spaces (UGS) based on urban morphology. In contrast to other comparative analyses that followed simplified quantification of UGS provision and/or omitted the impact of morphological properties of urban space, this study proposes three improvements. First, it...

Andersson, E.. 2022. The role of science in finding solutions to wicked, systemic problems This article belongs to Ambio's 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme. Ambio. doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01525-x

Why did solution-oriented research emerge and grow strong within Ambio ? What was the identified need? Ambio ’s aims and objectives state that “ Ambio particularly encourages multi- or inter-disciplinary submissions with explicit management or policy recommendations”. While this certainly encourages solution-oriented research it does not sufficiently describe what solution-oriented research is. With its focus on the huma...

Sinare, H., Peterson, G., Börjeson, L., Gordon, L.. 2022. Ecosystem services in Sahelian village landscapes 1952–2016: estimating change in a data scarce region. Ecology and Society. doi.org/10.5751/es-13292-270301

Burkina Faso and the wider Sahel region have experienced substantial changes in rainfall, population, and landscape use. These changes have altered ecosystem services, the benefits that people receive from ecosystems, and rural livelihoods. However, it is difficult to assess the magnitude of these changes because of missing and fragmented social, agricultural, and ecological data. We estimated changes in 10 key provisioning ec...

Castro, A., Prádanos, L.. 2022. Retos estéticos del postdesarrollo: imaginarios no extractivos y futuros postfósiles en medios culturales andinos. Post-Global Aesthetics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110762143-010

Kwong, E., Whiting, S., Bunge, A., Leven, Y., Breda, J., Rakovac, I., Cappuccio, F., Wickramasinghe, K.. 2022. Population level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022: a systematic review. Public Health Nutrition. doi.org/10.1017/s136898002200218x

Objective: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that adults consume less than 5 grams of salt per day to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aims to examine the average population daily salt intake in the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region. Design: A systematic review was conducted to examine the most up-to-date salt intake data for adults published between 2000 and 2022. ...

Yoshida, Y., Sitas, N., Mannetti, L., O'Farrell, P., Arroyo-Robles, G., Berbés-Blázquez, M., González-Jiménez, D., Nelson, V., Niamir, A., Harmáčková, Z.. 2022. Beyond Academia: A case for reviews of gray literature for science-policy processes and applied research. doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/kcqem

Gray literature is increasingly considered to complement evidence and knowledge from peer-reviewed literature for science-policy processes and applied research. On the one hand, science-policy assessments need to both consider a diversity of worldviews, knowledge types and values from a variety of sectors and actor groups, and synthesize policy-relevant findings that are salient, legitimate and credible. On the other hand, pra...

Martin, A., O’Farrell, P., Kumar, R., Eser, U., Faith, D.P., Gomez-Baggethun, E., Harmackova, Z., Horcea-Milcu, A.I., Merçon, J., Quaas, M., Rode, J., Rozzi, R., Sitas, N., Yoshida, Y., Ochieng, T.N., Koessler, A.K., Lutti, N., Mannetti, L., and Arroyo-Robles, G. (2022). Chapter 5: The role of diverse values of nature in visioning and transforming towards just and sustainable futures. In: Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Christie, M., Balvanera, P., Pascual, U., Baptiste, B., and González-Jiménez, D. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6522326

In: Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The chapter assesses the role of nature’s diverse values in supporting social-ecological transformations towards more just and sustainable futures. This is approached as a two-fold and mutually complementing task: a) assessing the diverse values that have ...

Blasiak, R., Jouffray, J., Amon, D., Moberg, F., Claudet, J., Søgaard Jørgensen, P., Pranindita, A., Wabnitz, C., Österblom, H.. 2022. A forgotten element of the blue economy: marine biomimetics and inspiration from the deep sea. PNAS Nexus. doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac196

The morphology, physiology, and behavior of marine organisms have been a valuable source of inspiration for solving conceptual and design problems. Here, we introduce this rich and rapidly expanding field of marine biomimetics, and identify it as a poorly articulated and often overlooked element of the ocean economy associated with substantial monetary benefits. We showcase innovations across seven broad categories of marine b...