We research how land use change emerges from values, behaviours, feedbacks, and shocks and how these changes affect people and nature. Examples of our work include: Advancing socio-ecological systems understanding through multi-scale experiments and participatory research. Combining systems thinking, modelling, and foresight methods to capture variability, tipping points, extremes, and spill-over effects. Supporting strategies that deliver both climate mitigation (e.g. safeguarding carbon sinks) and climate adaptation (e.g. resilience to heat, drought, and fire). This article was published on Monday 15 June 2026
