Stockholm University

About

Stockholm University, founded in 1878 (granted full university status in 1960), is one of Sweden’s premier institutions devoted to research and teaching. With around 33,000 students and 5,500 staff across four faculties—Humanities, Law, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences—it offers some 190 programmes and about 1,700 courses (including ~75 master’s programmes in English). The university’s mission is rooted in knowledge, enlightenment and truth‑seeking; its vision is to deliver teaching and research that are nationally outstanding and internationally prominent. Key research strengths include environmental sciences and sustainability (including marine and climate research), life sciences, social inequalities, and interdisciplinary human sciences. The Frescati campus features modern laboratories, extensive research infrastructure (field stations, observatories, etc.), as well as strong global partnerships—through networks like CIVIS, and collaborations with universities such as Helsinki and Tokyo—to foster mobility, research cooperation and societal impact.

Sustainability at Stockholm University

Stockholm University is firmly embedding sustainability into all its core activities: research, teaching and learning, campus culture and community engagement. It adopts the UN Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as guiding principles, and commits to becoming carbon‐neutral by 2040. Research is conducted across disciplines with an emphasis on inter‐ and transdisciplinary approaches that connect climate, environment, inequalities and resilience. In education, curricula are evolving to integrate sustainability themes broadly—ensuring that all students gain awareness and capacity for sustainable thinking. On campus and in the wider community, Stockholm University fosters a culture of collaboration, gender equality, environmental responsibility, and active partnerships with societal stakeholders to translate knowledge into positive, sustainable action.

The Stockholm Resilience Centre is an international research centre at Stockholm University, whose mission is to advance research for governance and management of social-ecological systems to secure ecosystem services for human well-being and resilience for long-term sustainability. It is recognised for its transdisciplinary research and focuses on 6 themes: global dynamics, landscapes, marine, regime shifts, stedwardship, urban. '

The Centre offers a full range of interdisciplinary courses on both Master's and PhD level while also offering independent courses.

It develops numerous projects in the sustainable development field. 

More information

Find more information below:

The Stockholm Resilience Centre website