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UUniCORN is a platform for interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research on conflicting objectives related to sustainability transformations. The institute engages researchers from different disciplinary domains and non-academic stakeholders to move beyond siloed science by using transformative and co-created approaches.

Research within UUniCORN is organized into Research Programmes and Working Groups as presented below:

Research Programmes:

Technology and Society

Exploring goal conflicts that arise when new technology is introduced and old technology is faced out

Conservation and production

Focuses on the challenges and solutions of maintaining rich biodiversity while meeting human needs.

INNOFIN

This project addresses critical financing barriers that limit the implementation and scaling of nature-based solutions (NbS).

Public Attitudes and Acceptance

Navigating the need to implement ambitious climate actions and gaining public endorsement

Working Groups:

Sustainable drug use

One Health partnerships to tackle societal challenges around sustainable drug use

Promoting planetary health justice

Bringing critical perspectives on planetary health

Goal conflicts on antibiotic resistance

Conflicts between and within interventions focused on antibiotic resistance

Entrepreneurship and sustainability

Exploring goal conflicts associated with company growth

Forced evictions and urban transitions

Advancing knowledge on the dilemma of forced evictions in rapidly growing cities

Challenges of circular economy

The challenges of balancing economic resilience and environmental sustainability

Land use and access

Exploring the use and control of land between different interests and societal groups

Navigating affective polarization

Promoting mindfulness in political decision-making

Climate change prepardeness

Preparing for climate-related disruptions while balancing competing policy objectives