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Families in the 21st century have changed, making it necessary to rethink what has been "traditional" ways of sharing the custody of children.
Une réflexion sur l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant adaptée aux conditions de vie des enfants du XXIᵉ siècle est nécessaire pour remplacer les pratiques « classiques ».
A new map shows that more than 25% of all land outside Antarctica is held and managed by Indigenous peoples. This makes these communities vital allies in the global conservation effort.
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
Sustainable fisheries tick all the boxes. They can fill your belly and your wallet, and generate less CO2 than conventional agriculture. So why is some integral funding for marine fisheries falling?
It's not just the land and people that have been badly affected by hurricanes.
A new study finds that even in best-case scenarios, the fishing communities most hurt by climate change are on small island nations such as Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and the Maldives.
Development agencies should consider nature and culture when creating strategies to alleviate global poverty.
Scientific and technological innovations and economic policies promoting growth at all costs have created a consumption and production vortex on a collision course with the Earth system.
Rural America supported Trump. Rural Northern Europe seems to be favourable to far-right movements, fuelled by resentment and grievances the state and regulations cannot address.
Donald Trump is the latest example of populism's return to the global political landscape. Nine scholars from seven countries examine the link between populism and democracy.
We are witnessing the global rise of populism. Once seen as a fringe phenomenon from another era or only certain parts of the world, populism is a mainstay of politics today across the globe.
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård's indictment of Swedish culture rings uncomfortably true.
The rise of left-wing populism challenges those who flatly denounced right-wing populism as undemocratic. Populism can appear as a democratic force in some contexts and anti-democratic in others.
Last week, the 0.1% met at World Economic Forum annual gathering in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. While the official excuse to go there is to discuss and shape the global agenda – the theme dominating…
The so-called “internet of things” has been the talk of the technology world for years now. Consumer electronics firms are exploring ways of connecting all manner of personal and household objects to the…
Were you to wander around Las Vegas this week you’d be in for a surprise – the usual office-weary conference goers have been replaced by the sparkling spectacle of technology replete with Silicon Valley…
Religious aspects aside, for many people Christmas has been that unique time of the year when the demands of work finally disappear, if only for a brief period. We get a well-deserved break, time to indulge…
The end of the summer holidays mean office workers will be firmly back to the daily grind of attending meetings, sending emails, organising diaries and paperwork, and overtime. But after a number of cases…
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Stockholm University
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Lecturer, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University
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Researcher at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University, Stockholm University
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PhD candidate, Sustainability Science , Stockholm University
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Professor, Stockholm University
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Assistant Professor, Stockholm University
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Anthropocene analyst and communicator. Co-founder Future Earth Media Lab, Director of media (Stockholm Resilience Centre), Stockholm University
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Senior Advisor, Stockholm University
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Research Fellow, Stockholm University
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Researcher in resilience of social-ecological systems, Stockholm University
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Professor of Management & Organisation Studies, Stockholm University
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Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Stockholm University
