Substantial new funding for research into sustainable food production
The IKEA Foundation granted SEK 30 million to continue our research into fairer, more sustainable food systems. Gullspång Invest and its subsidiary Gullspång Re:food contributed an additional SEK 5 million
IN 2021, the IKEA Foundation announced that it will provide the SRC with SEK 30 million of funding over a five-year period, to enable the centre to develop scientific insights that could help to transform global food systems and strengthen the resilience of our planet.
In addition, Gullspång Invest and its subsidiary Gullspång Re:food funded the establishment of a professorship in sustainability science, where the person appointed to this role – SRC deputy science director Beatrice Crona – will focus on research into sustainable food systems.
Crona will join SRC director Line Gordon, who was appointed as professor in sustainability science through the Curt Bergfors Foundation earlier in 2021. While both researchers will focus on sustainable food systems, Crona’s work will look specifically at aquatic food.
Significant efforts needed
The funding will help the SRC to establish a new research programme that will allow us to identify key actions, leverage points and actors in the transformation of food systems.
The research will show how gastronomy and culinary craft can inspire more diverse, resilient food systems, making them fairer for everyone involved.
Food systems need to change and substantial efforts to make this happen are currently being made in policy, business and civil society. We would consider it a great success if our research could inform such actions.
Henrik Österblom, SRC science director
Delighted to partner with the SRC
The IKEA Foundation is funded by the INGKA Foundation, which owns the INGKA Group of companies.
The foundation is independent from the retail side of business, focusing solely on creating a brighter future for those living on our planet through its charitable donations and grants.
Petra Hans, head of agricultural livelihoods at the IKEA Foundation, says:
“The IKEA Foundation is delighted to partner with the Stockholm Resilience Centre to develop a research and action agenda that could help to uncover the complex dynamics between people, the planet and our food systems. This will deliver solutions to make people and the planet more resilient.”