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In the Anthropocene, humanity constitutes the major force in the evolution of life on Earth.

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LATEST NEWS

Stockholm Seminar

Feeding humanity, fuelling global economies and trade, reversing climate change. Are we asking to much of the ocean? Seminar with Ben Halpern 20 May.

Safe drinking water

New Beijer Institute project receives SEK 6 million grant from Formas to increase access to safe drinking water in South Asia.

Science and visual design

How can design help us turn good intentions into sustainable action? Question explored in exhibition by design students and researchers.

Nutrient bioavailability

Researchers argue that bioavailability, the amount of nutrients the body can absorb and use, should be included in environmental and human health targets.

Robot-assisted digitization

New research develops and validates a robot-assisted method to massively accelerate historical aerial photography digitization.

Vacancy: Research Assistant

Join us as a research assistant to help advance sustainability research on participation, wellbeing, and human-nature relationships.
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RESEARCH

Research Programmes

The Beijer Institute strives to create research frontiers at the interface of ecology, economics and related disciplines, in order to promote a deeper understanding of the interplay between ecological systems and social and economic development in relation to sustainability.

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Urban Social-Ecological Systems

Aquaculture and Sustainable Seafood

Behaviour, Economics and Nature

Governance, Technology and Complexity

NEW PUBLICATION

A politically determined carbon tax with targeted public good investments and individual voter investments to change their fossil-fuel reliance Gars, J., G. Engström, and T. Lindahl. 2026. Beijer Discussion Paper 286: A politically determined carbon tax with targeted public good investments and individual voter investments to change their fossil-fuel reliance. Beijer Discussion Paper Series.
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PEOPLE

Timon McPhearson
Timon McPhearson
Board member, Professor, New York University, USA
Johan Gars
Johan Gars
Researcher. PhD
Max Troell
Max Troell
Programme director, Associate professor
J. Marty Anderies
J. Marty Anderies
Programme director, Professor, Arizona State University, USA
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