Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

About SEI

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent, international research institute founded in 1989. Its mission is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing integrative knowledge that bridges science and policy in the field of environment and development. SEI was ranked as the top environment think tank in the world in the Global Go To Think Tank Report 2019 compiled by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.

SEI has about 300 employees working at research centres in seven countries around the world. SEI’s headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with other centres in Colombia (SEI Latin America), Estonia (SEI Tallinn), Kenya (SEI Africa), Thailand (SEI Asia), the UK (SEI York and SEI Oxford) and US (SEI US).