Publications

A group of little duplo people figurines have been lined up on a shelf. Most of the line is in soft focus; in the centre one smiling figure has been positioned with their hand raised, and is facing another, who is also smiling. Other toy figures in soft focus can be seen smiling too.

“The way enthusiasm builds”: frame amplification and emotional reinforcement in participatory policymaking

Journal article / By observing participatory policymaking activities, researchers found that frames and emotions are mutually co-constitutive.

21 July 2025 / About Participation

A group of people review post-in notes stuck to a large glass window. Their emotions vary, from smiles, to concentration.

Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: potential for leveraging transformative change

Journal article / The authors set out four key leverage points for change, and show where citizen science can strengthen plural valuation at each stage.

29 September 2026 / About Participation

A group of teenage students stand on a pebble beach facing a faciliator. He is giving them instructions.

Environmental citizen science in schools: impacts on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour

Journal article / Providing students with hands-on nature-based citizen science education can lead to greater frequency and range of pro-environmental behaviours.

25 September 2026 / About Participation

Lone cattle roam dry, degraded areas cleared for pastures from the Amazon rainforest.

Beyond the “supply chain” framing: cattle ranching as a vanishing mediator of deforestation and dispossession in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon

Journal article / This research explores how cattle ranching shapes the transition from forest frontiers to large-scale agriculture in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon.

24 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

A realty sign stands outside condominiums damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida

Existing evidence on the impact of climate risk on real estate valuations: a systematic map

Journal article / This research maps evidence on how physical and transition climate risks affect real estate valuations, drawing on 130 academic and grey literature sources.

22 September 2026 / About Disaster risk, Finance and Land use

A skidder extracts a logged tree from the Jari region, in northern Pará, illustrating within-forest disturbance caused by selective logging.

Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration

Journal article / This research compares the biodiversity, carbon and cost-effectiveness of forest protection, disturbance avoidance and restoration in the Brazilian Amazon.

18 September 2026 / About Finance and Forests

Women from Majhora Village, in the Mahottari District of Nepal, make themselves warm during the evening. There was not any sun for one week in the village due to the winter fog. During the winter fog people burn agriculture byproducts more and more to keep them warm. The more they burn the more black carbon is produced, prolonging the fog and increasing its impact on the people of the Terai region during the winter season.

Estimating the vulnerability contribution to 1990–2019 changes in the health burden of ambient air pollution: a global modelling study

Journal article / This research examines how changes in population vulnerability and exposure to air pollutants affect global air pollution-related mortality trends.

15 September 2026 / About Pollution

Amazonian woman rows Rio Negro river in rain

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Journal article / This research examines how climate extremes are changing across Amazonia, identifying patterns in temperature and water deficit across seasons and locations.

10 September 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Forests

Modern timber-clad residential building with rows of balconies and a tree in the foreground

Unravelling the drivers of European urban and rural carbon footprints over time

Journal article / This article maps consumer carbon footprints by urban density in Europe, revealing what drives the changes.

4 September 2026 / About Cities and Sustainable lifestyles

Man working on a small vineyard with his tablet

Digitalization in Swedish agroecological contexts: understanding technology adoption using social practice theory

Journal article / The study explores how Swedish agroecological farmers adopt and perceive digital technologies and what shapes their use.

3 September 2026 / About Food and agriculture

Aerial view of green rice fields and rural road at sunset in Thailand

Evolving pathways of departure and return in rural Thailand

Journal article / A 40-year village study in Thailand shows how migration, return and circulation shape the country’s ongoing agrarian transition.

3 September 2026 / About Behaviour and choice

National policy coherence counts for reducing inequality in global climate and development agendas

Journal article / The study examines how policy coherence in national climate and development policymaking affects inequality and different groups in society.

2 September 2026 / About Climate policy

High angle shot of a diverse employees gathered in the office brainstorming while discussing new ideas for their new project. Multiracial coworkers gather in boardroom developing ideas at briefing.

No need to wait for reporting − examining learning from results-based management practices in development cooperation

Journal article / This study examines how results-based management practices shape organizational learning in international development cooperation.

2 September 2026

Addressing charging poverty as a barrier to equitable transport decarbonization

Journal article / The study defines “charging poverty” and proposes a framework to assess unequal access to reliable, affordable and inclusive electric vehicle charging.

1 September 2026 / About Energy access, Renewables and Transport

Highway crossing the countryside of Uruguay, view of the windmill fields and logging truck with eucalyptus logs.

Neglected SDGs as gaps in sustainability policy? The case of bioeconomy agendas in South America

Journal article / An assessment of bioeconomy policies in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay reveals neglected SDGs and gaps linked to power relations, interests and policy processes.

31 August 2026 / About Bioeconomy