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Research Centre Stockholm

About the Research Centre

The Department of Political Science at Stockholm University include research areas such as global environmental politics, EU and multilateral diplomacy for sustainable development and climate policy, democratic legitimacy and effectiveness global environmental governance, geopolitics of sustainable development, comparative environmental policy and natural resource management. The Department houses the research group on Environmental Politics, Policy and Learning (EPPLE). EPPLE is part of Stockholm University initiative Environmental Research in the Human Science Area including faculties of law, humanities and social science. The Bolin Centre for Climate Change and the Stockholm Resilience Centre are other key research centres. Stockholm University is a world leading university that ranks 33 in the interdisciplinary field of environmental science/studies across the human and natural science academic areas. More info: https://www.su.se/department-of-political-science/

Recent publications

Transition Imaginaries: Contested Temporalities, Affective Politics, and Decolonial Technology

'Transition Imaginaries', by Benoit Dillet and Sophia Hatzisavvidou, offers a nuanced exploration of the ways transition politics unfolds, and a novel…

Earth System Governance – Volume 27

The twenty-seventh volume of Earth System Governance is out now.  The Earth System Governance is an open-access journal for all…

Special Issue: Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research

Environmental governance research has expanded rapidly in recent years in response to mounting sustainability challenges. At the same time, concerns…

Special Issue: Is Goal-setting an Effective Strategy for Global Sustainability Governance?

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals…