Europe

A landfill compactor spreads mixed household waste on an open landfill.

Digging into the value of our household waste

Feature / What can a study on household waste in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) teach us about driving change across the wider Western Balkans?

13 October 2026 / About Behaviour and choice

Freshly harvested palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Luwu Timur, Indonesia.

Two-thirds of palm oil deforestation in Indonesia linked to domestic demand

Press release / New Trase data analysis highlights the need for stronger supply chain transparency as domestic demand grows and export data gaps widen.

13 October 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Sunset over green hills cocered by growing vine rows, Cricova, Moldova

Healthy land, reliable water: protecting Moldova’s farming future

Feature / SEI’s support on water reuse and farm-subsidy reform highlights what is at stake: rural livelihoods, food production and the natural resources people depend on.

12 October 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Innovation and Sanitation

Inclusive participation in Citizen Science projects (CS Co-labs discussion 2)

Past event / In this second CS Co-labs discussion session we explored broadening participation in citizen science projects and facilitated a group discussion.

08 October 2026

Boy sitting in front of a small electric fan in a school classroom.

An Atmosphere for Learning? (CHILI seminar)

Past event / Watch the fourth CHILI seminar where Smriti Safaya presented findings on educational, behavioural, and communication interventions to improve school air.

05 October 2026 / About Cities and Pollution

A woman crouches on the floor in front of a wall covered in colourful sticky notes. She is talking to a woman sitting on a chair and a toddler, both of whom have their back to the camera.

An evaluation of a parent-led citizen science project

Journal article / Quantitative measures combined with free-text boxes in surveys can provide rich insights into the impact of citizen science activities on participants.

2 October 2026 / About Participation

Demo Day Blekinge, Sweden September 2026

Hur kan vi dela data på ett säkert sätt i en orolig värld?

Feature / Hur kan civila och militära aktörer samverka i en orolig tid? SEI:s forskning bidrar med lösningar.

2 October 2026 / About Energy access and Innovation

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.

29 September 2026 / 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