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26.04.2023GEDB Annual Report 2022
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02.03.2023Vacancies: Postdoc positions
We seek two new postdocs to the project "Dynamics of interconnected crises in the global economy and the environment".
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07.11.2022The role of novel entities in sustainable development
Synthetic fertilisers, pesticides, and more recently genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are cornerstones of today’s global food security paradigm....
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06.10.2022Vacancies: Postdoc positions
The GEDB programme is announcing a precall for up to two postdoctoral positions on "Dynamics of interconnected crises in the global economy...
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28.04.2022GEDB Annual Report 2021
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28.03.2022Getting law to work for the water-cycle
Humans have changed the global water cycle but governmental bodies designed to govern water struggle to keep up. A new legal perspective may...
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26.01.2022Risk assessments for a complex future
With the new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which humans are the key driving force reshaping earth system processes, follows new type of...
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18.01.2022Blue food vs read meet
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12.01.2022Receives 1,5 million euro to study new problem species
GEDB Deputy Executive Director Peter Søgaard Jørgensen receives a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant. The grant consists of 1,5 million...
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28.12.2021New metric to track environmental impacts
A new metric can help investors, companies, cities, and governments track their environmental impacts beyond greenhouse gas emissions, by assessing...
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25.10.2021New professor in sustainability science
GEDB Executive director Beatrice Crona is appointed a newly established professorship in sustainability science with focus on sustainable food...
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20.09.2021Time for a bluefood revolution
An unprecedented review of the aquatic foods sector uncovers how fisheries and aquaculture can play a greater role in delivering healthy diets...
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20.09.2021Webinars: Biodiversity and finance
GEDB executive director Beatrice Crona, and researcher from partners Beijer Institute (Gustav Engström and Johan Gars) and Stockholm Resilience...
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15.06.2021Principles for a sounder Blue Economy
The rapid expansion of industrial activities in the ocean continues to outpace global regulatory efforts and to generate negative consequences...
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11.06.2021Sustainable Finance Lab launched
GEDB and Stockholm Resilience Centre are partners in new 47 SEK million center to promote sustainable finance. The Sustainable Finance Lab, was...
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03.06.2021Financial risk frameworks lack systemic view
The financial sector has great power to contribute to the rapid transformation needed for the world to deliver on the targets of the Paris Agreement...
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18.05.2021Dialogue: The food of the future
Challenges in climate and biodiversity put the question of our current food system at the forefront. To meet the challenges, food production...
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05.05.2021GEDB contributions to discussions on Sustainable Finance
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30.04.2021Vacancy: PhD student position
A PhD position is now open focusing on the linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals and Antimicrobial Resistance.
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21.04.2021Ensuring a thriving ocean economy for everyone
GEDB excecutive director Beatrice Crona was one of the speakers at this webinar on the rapidly developing scientific and policy attention associated...
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31.03.2021GEDB Annual Report 2020
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03.03.2021Vacancy: Research assistants
The Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Program (GEDB) is hiring research assistants with a Bachelor’s, or Master’s Degree to help us...
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11.09.2020China and the future of global seafood
China faces serious challenges to meet its future seafood demand. What will China do to solve this problem and what might be global consequences...
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22.06.2020Ways to curb microbial resistance
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03.04.2020How we work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, Covid-19, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where GEDB is hosted, is temporarily closed for...
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31.03.2020GEDB Annual report 2019
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25.02.2020Blue Food Assessment initiated
Researchers have launched a new scientific assessment that will look at the role of seafood in the global food system, as the world population...
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25.11.2019Transforming Society’s Food Choices
GEDB's and Stockholm Resilience Center's contribution to One Earth's Voices journal
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14.11.2019An altered planetary anatomy
In the Anthropocene humans have transformed much of the planet for their own wellbeing. However, that came at the cost of planet itself, since...
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21.10.2019Time for corporate biosphere stewardship
A small number of transnational corporations hold enough power to support or hamper a global transition to more sustainable future.
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11.10.2019Vacancy: Research assistants
The Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Program (GEDB) is looking for 1–2 research assistants with a Bachelor’s, or Master’s Degree to...
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11.10.2019Beatrice Crona Comments on Wildfires in the Amazon
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09.10.2019Protection of marine resources and the role of new criteria for bank loans and stock exchanges listings
Banking on a better seafood industry
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17.09.2019GEDB Deputy Director Peter Søgaard Jørgensen interviewed for "The End of Antibiotics?" documentary movie
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17.09.2019Placing children at the centre of the SDGs
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02.07.2019Climatic Tipping Point – Why Investors Should Care
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18.06.2019Svenska banker investerar i skövlingen av Amazonas
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02.06.2019Scientists Should Disclose Origin in Marine Gene Patents
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13.05.2019Ecosperity Conversations with Temasek Holdings
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06.05.2019Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Global Economic Dynamics and Biosphere Program
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06.05.2019Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Global Economic Dynamics and Biosphere Program
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23.04.2019Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Fellowship to link financial investments to sources of aerosols in South Asia
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11.04.2019A diagnostic framework for equitable mariculture
A diagnostic framework for equitable mariculture development in the Western Indian Ocean.
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21.03.2019How the Finance Community Engages with Natural Capital
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21.03.2019Dialogue on International Day of Forests
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21.03.2019GEDB Annual Report for 2018
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21.03.2019GEDB Annual Report for 2018
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05.03.2019New course on 'Behavioural Envrionmental Economics'
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15.01.2019Svensk lansering av EAT Lancet-rapporten
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15.01.2019Svensk lansering av EAT Lancet-rapporten
Fredag 18 januari 2019, följ lanseringen via livesändning
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04.01.2019Research Assistant Position at GEDB
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21.11.2018Financial dimensions of climate 'wild cards'
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14.11.2018Planetary boundaries for antibiotic and pesticide resistance
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08.11.2018The role of 'Financial Giants' in climate stability
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08.11.2018Svenskt aktieägande i industrier som påverkar global klimatstabilitet
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17.10.2018Financial leadership for climate stability
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12.09.2018Report launch: Sleeping financial giants?
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14.08.2018Environmental effects of tax havens
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18.06.2018Cities miss out on climate fund investments
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07.06.2018Who owns ocean biodiversity?
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07.05.2018Massive open online course: Transforming Development
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04.04.2018Trump's disregard for climate change no surprise
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03.04.2018GEDB Annual Report for 2017
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27.12.2017Seminar video: The Global Ocean and the Future of Humanity
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20.12.2017China’s role in the global seafood future
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19.12.2017Building capacity to limit antibiotic resistance
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29.11.2017Sustainability, health and the role of the food industry
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14.11.2017Towards a pro-microbial state of mind
New science and popular science articles on the role of microbes for human health, the development and dangers of microbial resistance and how...
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13.11.2017Art: The People Behind The Financial System
The People Behind The Financial System is an artwork by They Are Here comprised of informal encounters between 20 individuals working in the...
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08.11.2017The Global Ocean and the Future of Humanity
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30.10.2017Eight ways to rewire food systems
A rethink on how we produce our food
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16.10.2017GEDB director new SIGHT Fellow for Global Health
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25.09.2017Sea food companies act for sustainability
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19.09.2017Governance challenges with automated trading
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12.06.2017Species are more diverse than we think
A diversity of fish species with different shapes and swimming skills is key to the resilience of coral reefs.
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12.06.2017Financial market effects on the Earth system - kick-off for new project.
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04.04.2017GEDB Annual Report for 2016
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02.02.2017New collaboration to tackle antibiotic resistance
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30.01.2017The value of pragmatism in natural resource management
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26.01.2017Shocks to fish production
New study looks at how shocks like political change, natural disasters, diseases and overfishing have affected capture fisheries and aquaculture...
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17.01.2017Seafood business commits to sustainability efforts
Science and seafood-industry dialogue further ocean stewardship
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05.12.2016Policy briefs on Ecosystem Based Management
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02.12.2016Grant to study how financial flows affect ecosystems and climate
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29.11.2016Video: Carlos Nobre on the fate of the Amazon
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03.11.2016Guiding coral reef futures
How much more fishing, nutrient pollution and climate change can the world’s coral reefs endure?
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10.10.2016Grant to investigate supply chain strategies for sustainable fisheries
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22.09.2016What influences demand for eco-labelled seafood?
Why consumers must become more familiarised with labels in order to boost consumption of responsible seafood produce.
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08.09.2016How to tackle antibiotic resistance
Researchers call for stronger coordinated action against overuse of antibiotics
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06.09.2016Sustainability screening to combat illegal fishing
Investors can help finance sustainable seafood by demanding transparency on fishing companies’ product ranges.
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13.07.2016Cooperation in coupled natural-human systems: its emergence and importance
GEDB researcher James Watson speaks at ECMTB 2016 conference at University of Nottingham 13 July at 11.00 am.
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25.05.2016So can Sweden take the lead for sustainable seafood
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12.05.2016Insurance, finance and the biosphere
Summary of seminar 6 April, 2016.
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12.05.2016SERE seminar: Heterogeneous altruism and long-run discounting
Speaker: Antony Millner. Thursday 12 May 2016.
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27.04.2016Post-Doc position: Economics and Sustainability
Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Global Economic Dynamics and Environmental Sustainability. Closing date 31 May 2016.
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20.04.2016SERE seminar: Temperature and Human Performance
With Xiaojia Bao, Xiamen University, China. 20 April.
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19.04.2016The road ahead after COP21
Beatrice Crona talked at a seminar on climate, sustainability and transformation. Click to read summary (in Swedish).
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04.04.2016Stockholm environmental and resource economics (SERE) seminar series
New research on topics related to the environment and natural resources
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30.03.2016PhD position in Sustainability Science
Within the project “Putting Financial Systems to Work for Sustainability. Closing date 30 April.
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22.03.2016SERE seminar: The environmental and health impacts of transboundary air pollution
With Nicole S. Ngo, University of Oregon
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15.03.2016Workshop: land-use change and local food security
GEDB researcher Eny Buchary organised workshop in Indonesia as part of Indonesia – Sweden Excellence Seminar held 14 – 17 March 2016 in Yogyakarta,...
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29.02.2016Putting financial systems to work
A SEK 30 million grant for new research program.
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23.02.2016SERE seminar: The social cost of carbon with economic and climate risks
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28.01.2016Seminar: Up the Ante on Bioeconomic Submodels of Marine Foodwebs
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26.01.2016Syndromes of change for small-scale fisheries
How international seafood trade impacts small-scale fisheries
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15.12.2015Seminar: Natural capital accounting in the Anthropocene
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10.12.2015Funding to fight drug and pesticide resistance
A new GEDB project aims to solve the challenge posed by drug and pesticide resistance by understanding the social and ecological conditions that...
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01.12.2015GEDB Progress Report 2013-2015
Read about GEDB research and activities in the Progress Report covering May 2013 to August 2015
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12.11.2015Sciences and Humanities visualised
GEDB research featured in photo calendar.
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12.10.2015Marine resource exploitation can be contagious
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28.09.2015The Internet of the Seas
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28.09.2015Financial markets and ecological change
The hidden ecological effects of algorithmic trade and new financial instruments