Garry Peterson

Garry Peterson is a Professor at Stockholm Resilience Centre (collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics). As principal researcher and director of the Finance to Revive Biodiversity Programme, he focuses on social-ecological systems, scenario planning, and adaptive management through quantitative/qualitative methods and participatory approaches.

• Education: PhD in Zoology (University of Florida, 1999), BSc in Systems Design Engineering (University of Waterloo)
• Research Themes: Human-nature connections, resilience dynamics, future-oriented governance

His 2025 publications highlight coastal flood modeling in China, sustainable finance frameworks, and social-ecological scenario platforms. Scientific awards include Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field, 2020) and Ecological Society of America Innovation Awards (2019/2008). He supervises PhD candidates including Bianca Voicu and Liam Carpenter-Urquhart, and co-founded key databases like Regime Shifts Database (2008) and Seeds of the Good Anthropocene (2014).