ACADEMIC COOPERATION SWEDEN-URUGUAY

Bella Vista, May 2nd 2017

1. About SARAS2

2. Scientific cooperation with Sweden, key institutions

and possible research topics

3. Specific alternatives of academic cooperation

Bella Vista, May 2nd 2017

The South American Institute for Resilience and

Sustainability Studies (SARAS2) is an emerging

transdisciplinary institute designed to generate critical insights

allowing South America to build sustainable futures. It seeks

integration across a broad range of knowledge using innovative

approaches and integrating social and natural sciences,

mathematics and arts.

The SARAS2 Institute is a joint initiative of Wageningen University

(Netherlands), University of the Republic - UdelaR (Uruguay),

Resilience Alliance (International network located in New York),

Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay) and Municipality of

Maldonado (Uruguay).

SARAS2 maintains permanent links with:

+ Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics (Sweden)

+ Stockholm Resilience Centre (Sweden)

+ University of Wisconsin (USA)

+ University of Arizona (USA)

+ University of Waterloo (Canada)

+ Catholic University of Chile - CASEB (Chile)

+ Universidad de Zurich (Suiza)

+ National Patagonian Centre - CONICET (Argentina)

+ Earth System Governance - University of Brasilia (Brazil)

+ Eastern Region University Centre - CURE

+ Sciences Faculty and Interdisciplinary Space; these last three institutions

are based in Uruguay and belong to UdelaR

SARAS2 counts on the institutional and financial support of the

Uruguayan State (Ministry of Education and Culture and Municipality

of Maldonado). It is a regional centre and draws on a strong

cooperation with the scientific community of Argentina, Brazil and

Chile, among others.

It has also established close links with cooperation and funding

agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Ibero-

American Programme for Science, Technology and Development

(CYTED), the Pew Research Center, and the Interdisciplinary Space

(UdelaR).

+ First building finished

+ Second infrastructure: design

project ready, searching the

economic support for the

executive project and the

construction

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1. About SARAS2

2. Scientific cooperation with Sweden, key institutions

and possible research topics

3. Specific alternatives of cooperation

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1. Approaches and methods for understanding social-

ecological system dynamics

2. Multilevel governance, connectivity and cross-scales

dynamics from the perspective of adaptive

management and adaptive governance

3. Key drivers for transformations of social-ecological

systems (bridge institutions, social learning, platforms

for interacting different knowledges, among others).

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1. + Stockholm Resilience Center: www.stockholmresilience.org

2. + Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics: www.beijer.kva.se

3. + Institute of Latin American Studies of Stockholm University:

www.lai.su.se

4. + The Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative, University of

Gothenburg: http://www.efdinitiative.org/

5. + Lund University. http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about/faculties-

departments-centres/institutes-and-research-centres.

Centre of Environmental and Climate Research, Centre for

Geographical Information System, Centre for Innovation, Research and

Competence in the Learning Economy, Centre of Risk Assessment and

Management, Centre of Sustainability Studies.

6. + The Nordic Art Association: http://www.nkfsweden.org/

1. About SARAS2

2. Scientific cooperation with Sweden, key institutions

and possible research topics

3. Specific alternatives of academic cooperation

Bella Vista, May 2nd 2017

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