BIOrdinary Art Exhibition, Stockholm, 18 May–18 June 2026 Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made their way to the vernissage of BIOrdinary's conference photo exhibition in Stockholm on the 28th of May to celebrate, and grieve, the research project coming to an end. With the help of our talented friend, Koshik Zaman, and his trained eye, we selected 25 images and additional objects that spoke to the theme of our conference, The Ordinary Anthropocene: Biodiversity in the ot

What happens when we stop a river’s flow? What happens when we intervene, interrupt and disturb its course, to harness its powers in the name of renewable energy? And is a dammed river still a river? Porjus hydropower plant, one of fifteen active hydropower plants placed along the Lule river. Together, they account for approximately 11 percent of the total Swedish electricity production. Photo: Nick Turner, Academic Film Lab These questions were in focus of the BIOrdinary Sum

BIOrdinary Summer School, Norrbotten, 15-19 June 2025 For two years in a row, the BIOrdinary team has organised a research summer school, bringing together people from different disciplines and career stages––from master’s students to senior researchers––to explore how biodiversity shifts are perceived, understood, and managed in ‘ordinary places’ as opposed to biodiversity-rich and secluded hotspots. Over the course of three to four days, we embark on field excursions, expe

BIOrdinary Summer School, Bohuslän, 16-19 June 2024 Every year, the BIOrdinary team organises a summer school, bringing together people from diverse academic and professional backgrounds to explore how biodiversity shifts are perceived and managed in ‘ordinary places’ — areas marked by habitation, trade and agriculture. This year’s summer school focused on vernacular understandings of marine biodiversity shifts on the West Coast of Sweden. To explore how various stakeholders

The appearance of Pacific Oysters on the West Coast of Sweden stirred feelings and raised sometimes contradictory biodiversity questions.

There are stark lines of enmity in the environment in Aotearoa, as conservation and pastoralism stand in contradistinciton to each other.

The Afterlives of the Suez Canal project hosted a 3-day workshop in Stockholm.

The BIOrdinary Summer School 2023 took place in Norberg in Bergslagen, Sweden, an area shaped by a history of mining.

Even if it is human actors that have enabled the mobility of tea, the tea plant has begun to move out of the plantation on its own accord.

Famed for their voracity, blue crabs are characterized as invasive aliens, rogue species, and a problem to be dealt with.

Finding a litter of playful baby minks under your summer cabin can be a delight to many, but the mink is also a stone-cold killer.

BIOrdinary expands our understanding of biodiversity by focusing on places marked by habitation, trade and agriculture. Essential to our needs for food, shelter and resources, these ordinary places currently fall outside global biodiversity agendas. We explore biodiversity dilemmas in five ordinary places that involve migrant species - tea plants, mosquitos, fish, oysters and mink. Researching the intertwined social and biological histories leading up to these dilemmas and lo