Founded 1 January 2007 | ||
Similar Stockholms universitet, Karolinska Institute, SP Sveriges Tekniska, Beijerinsti, Meteorol institution | ||
Stockholm resilience centre in brief
The Stockholm Resilience Centre is an international research centre at Stockholm University that focuses on the resilience of social-ecological systems.
Contents
- Stockholm resilience centre in brief
- Study resilience thinking at stockholm resilience centre
- Social ecological resilience
- References
The centre is a transdisciplinary initiative between Stockholm University and the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It also offers a Masters programmes on social-ecological resilience and has its own PhD Research school.
Research at the Stockholm Resilience Centre is transdisciplinary but organized within the following areas:
Study resilience thinking at stockholm resilience centre
Social-ecological resilience
Social-ecological resilience is defined as the capacity of a system to cope with perturbations such as climate change or economic shocks and to rebuild and continue to develop itself. Loss of ecosystem resilience can lead to the consequent loss of valuable ecosystem services, which in turn may lead to rapid and dramatic transitions or shifts in for instance people, ecosystems, knowledge systems, or whole cultures.
The resilience approach is closely linked to the aspect of change, be it gradual or sudden. When change is gradual, things move forward in a more continuous and predictable way. When change is sudden, it is simultaneously disorganizing and turbulent, something which is reflected in for instance climate impacts. There is evidence (what evidence?) that periods of abrupt change are likely to increase in frequency and magnitude which in turn challenges the adaptive capacity of societies.