About Cere

CERE was created by professors of economics Runar Brännlund and Bengt Kriström, who were located in Umeå on the same campus but at different universities – Umeå University and SLU. These universities are themselves leading in the field of environmental and resource economics and the professors thought it only natural that they ought to collaborate since it would be beneficial for everyone.  What this collaboration should look like was then discussed in detail and led to the establishment of CERE, the Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics in 2009. The CERE members are predominantly from the Unit of Economics at the Umeå Business School of Economics and Statistics, the Unit of Economic History, also at Umeå University, and the Department of Forest Economics at SLU. 

What we do

Annually CERE organizes several seminars with national and international researchers within the field as well as the environmental and resource economics conference held on the Island of Ulvön where young researcher can present to and discuss with prominent researchers within the field. The Centre is also engaged in education on all levels at both universities. Through the work of spreading knowledge within the field CERE hope to contribute to a state-of-the-art education where cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research lead to the design of transformational policy that addresses rapid and sustainable progress towards a sustainable society. 

Organisation

Our Management

The management runs the day-to-day business, sets the course and is exclusively composed by CERE personnel.

Research Director of CERE: Tommy Lundgren (Professor, Department of Forest Economics, SLU Umeå)

Deputy Research Director of CERE: Göran Bostedt (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, USBE, Umeå University and Guest Professor, Department of Forest Economics, SLU Umeå)

Scientific Secretaries of CERE: Hanna Lindström (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, USBE, Umeå University) and Adan L. Martinez-Cruz (Senior Lecturer, Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

Our Board of Directors

The Board of Directors oversees the Centre’s activities and review our Strategic Plan. It consists of researchers from across the environmental science and economic disciplines in Umeå. The Board meets every six-months to discuss the overall strategic vision and CERE’s on-going activities. The CERE management is present at all meetings.

Chairman: Sofia Lundberg (Dean at the Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University)

Ove Nilsson (Professor, Umeå Plant Science Centre and Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU Umeå)

Staffan Norin (Region chief forester and Deputy Director General, Swedish Forest Agency)

Jon Moen (Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University)

Göran Ståhl (Professor, Department of Forest Resource Management, SLU Umeå)

Camilla Widmark (Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Forest Economics, SLU Umeå)

Our Advisory Board for Strategic Issues

The Advisory Board provides invaluable knowledge, experience and advice from their respective industries and areas of expertise. Industries and areas very much relevant to CERE’s research. They visit us biannually.

Kerstin Hallsten (Chief Economist, The Swedish Association of Industrial Employers and Swedish Forest Industries Federation)

Jens Lundgren (Deputy Chief Economist, Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate)

Svante Mandell (Head of division Environmental Economics, National Institute of Economic Research)

Eva Samakovlis (from October 1st, 2022: Analysdirektör, Chef för analysavdelningen, Arbetsförmedlingen)

Jan Strömbergsson (Senior Analyst, Skellefteå Kraft AB)

Annual reports

2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011