Summary of Speed Talks 28 September

1. Steven Lade steven.lade@su.se presented a new matrix method to map and understand interactions, a method he himself found very useful during his most recent work. Contact Steve for more details! 2. Beatrice Crona beatrice.crona@su.se provided an update on the Blue Food Assessment, its structure and work plan for the next 12 months or so. More on the assessment here: https://www.bluefood.earth/ 3. Henrik Österblom henrik.osterblom@su.se announced the end of the line for the Nereus Program, a 9-year collaboration between the SRC, Stanford, Princeton, Duke and several other academic institutions. More here: https://nereusprogram.org/ 4. Owen Gaffney (owen.gaffney@su.se) presented the launch of the Planetary Emergency Partnership which he has helped develop. More here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/28/world-leaders-pledge-to-halt-earth-destruction-un-summit 5. Schill Caroline caroline.schill@beijer.kva.se and Henriksson, Patrik patrik.henriksson@beijer.kva.se introduced the new Formas-funded project entitled “Achieving the sustainable development goals in an unequal world”. It was one of 11 project that received funding. More on this and other SRC-related projects that got funding can be found here: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2020-09-23-centre-receives-funding-boost-from-swedish-research-council-formas.html 6. Hanna Wetterstrand hanna.wetterstrand@su.se will host a "Time To Think" workshop 13th of October at 10-12.15 or 21st of October at 13-15.15. The Time To Think workhop will teach you how to set a Thinking Environment which is a space where people generate the finest independent thinking. We will go through and practice the 10 behaviours identified for creating a thinking environment. You will find it useful for all kinds of meetings professionally and privately. Interested? Drop Hanna an email. 7. Other announcements: - dont forget COVID-19 office regulations https://loop.stockholmresilience.su.se/corona-news/confirming-covid-guidelines-at-src-24-september-2020/ - A big thank you to Johan Gistorp johan.gistorp@su.se for his work as head of admin. Johan will soon leave and we wish him all the best! - We bombed Cibele Queiroz Cibele.Queiroz@su.se with some love today: https://youtu.be/h__WlbOJQjU