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Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE)
CERE is an inter-disciplinary research center in the field of environmental and resource economics and management. The Centre, located in Umeå, unites Umeå University (UmU), and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Individually, they are leading Swedish academic institutions providing research strength on issues regarding the husbandry of our environment and natural resources. Together they strengthen the research field even further.
The main objectives are to:
- link research groups from different departments and the two universities (UmU, SLU)
- provide seminars and workshops within the field of environmental and resource economics and management
- constitute a platform for a creative and strong research environment within the field
- develop higher education in environmental and resource economics
Present strengths
During the last decades the Umeå Campus has developed into a national and international centre for research and education in the environmental and natural resource economics. The two universities based in Umeå, Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have a long tradition in producing environmental knowledge in all faculties, including the faculties of the humanities and social sciences, and in close cooperation with each other.
CERE's main strength comes from the following:
- The natural resource and environmental economics community in Umeå is one of the top research communities in Europe, with over a dozen economists dedicated to addressing questions of resource scarcity, genuine wealth, nonmarket valuation, incentive design, and conflict resolution.
- Regarding ecology and environmental sciences, Umeå campus hosts one of Europe's strongest research communities in ecology with altogether around 320 people distributed among six departments. This personnel includes 25 professors, around 100 doctors (postdoctoral fellows, guest researchers, assistant and associate professors), and 115 PhD students. Ecosystem science is a strong-hold.
- Social Sciences and Humanities (including SLU) hosts 15 professors, 40 doctors, and over 40 PhD students engaged in environmental and natural resource research; in addition, a larger number of additional scholars have methods and interests related to environmental and resource questions.
- Faculty of Forestry in SLU provides research toward developing the sustainable use of forests and all its resources for the benefit of human welfare through long term, large scale experimental studies on applied technical management of forestry.
Board of Directors
CERE's Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Centre's activities and reviewing the Strategic Plan. The Board includes professors from across the environmental science and economic disciplines in Umeå. The Board meets biannually to discuss the overall strategic vision and CERE's on-going activities.
The Board Members include:
Kenneth Backlund -University Lecturer, and Head of Dept. of Economics, Umeå University (Chairman)
Ove Nilsson - Professor, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU Umeå and Researcher, SweTree Technologies
Carina Keskitalo - University Lecturer, Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University
Hans Lundqvist - Professor, and Head of Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, SLU Umeå
Johan Fransson - Associate Professor, and Head of Dept. of Forest Resource Management, SLU Umeå
Bengt Kriström -Professor, and Head of Dept. of Forest Economics, SLU Umeå, and Research Director of CERE (Adjunct board member)
Runar Brännlund -Professor, Dept of Economics, Umeå University, and Deputy Research Director of CERE (Adjunct board member)
Göran Bostedt -Associate Professor, Dept of Forest Economics, SLU Umeå, and Scientific Secretary of CERE (Adjunct board member) |
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About CERE