Event led by AESC member, Anne Pasek: research creation exercizes

MAR 12. SPORE Gathering: Anti-Systemic Methods + Creative ResearchThursday, March 12, 2-5 PM @ Intermedia Research Studio (Tory 1-063). The next SPORE meeting will focus on workshopping some research-creation exercises w/ Dr. Anne Pasek. Please find more details in the attached poster or learn more online here >>>

Special issue of mediatopes journal on “oil and media, oil as media”

See the special issue of the open access journal MediaTopes on the topic of “Oil and Media, Oil as Media,” available here:  https://mediatropes.com/index.php/MediatropesThe Table of Contents:Editorial Introduction | Oil and Media, Oil as Media: Mediating Petrocultures Then and Now, Jordan Kinder, Lucie Stepanik, i-xviInscribing Interiority and Ideology: Representing the Visually Elusive in the American Petroleum Institute’s Cold […]

austrian universities sign pledge supporting climate action

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200123085623244 Universities in Austria have pledged their support of the Fridays for Future movement calling for the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and global climate justice, according to a manifesto adopted by the uniko conference of Austrian university heads. In the manifesto, institutions stress their role as pioneers and mentors who, on the basis […]

lund university creates graduate program on the sustainable development goals

‘Rector Torbjörn von Schantz, on his blog page, said: “I am really proud of the Agenda 2030 concept and that we have managed to fund these PhD positions from the surplus of externally funded research projects and that all faculties are participating. This is the first research school in Sweden within Agenda 2030. “I am […]

britain’s top universities divesting from fossil fuels

Almost all of Britain’s top universities have committed to selling their shares in fossil fuel companies after pressure from eco-conscious students who have occupied buildings and carried out hunger strikes, writes Eleanor Busby for the Independent. Twenty-one of the elite 24 Russell Group universities, which are traditionally the most selective in the country, have pledged to […]

austrian universities pledge support for climate action and call for implementation of the paris climate accord

Universities in Austria have pledged their support of the Fridays for Future movement calling for the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and global climate justice, according to a manifesto adopted by the uniko conference of Austrian university heads. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200123085623244