CfP workshop on urban responses to climate change

Can we Experiment ourselves out of the Crisis? Scope, Limits and Blind Spots of Urban, Experimental Responses to Climate Change Call for Papers | International Research Workshop | 18-19 November, 2021 Deadline: April 15, 2021 Institute for Social Change and Sustainability (IGN)Vienna University of Economics and BusinessDepartment of Socioeconomics Convenors: Margaret Haderer, Hauke Dannemann, Ingolfur […]

Pond inlet inuit testifying about the impact of iron mining, february 6

Message from Norman Cohen re: testimony at Pond Inlet Inuit on Saturday February 6th This Saturday, one day before 120 million viewers will watch the Super Bowl live from Tampa, another live television event will unfold in Pond Inlet in the Canadian arctic that maybe a few thousand people worldwide will be lucky enough to […]

corporate mapping project summer institute may 2021; apply by february 28, 2021

Join us for the Corporate Mapping Project’s third summer institute, offered by the University of Victoria Department of Sociology.  Space is limited — please RSVP by 28 February to secure your spot. The course is open to graduate students in social science disciplines at any Canadian university (for students at universities participating in the Western Deans Agreement, […]

the journal environmental politics calls for proposals for special issues

Call for Proposals: Special Issue and Symposia, 2022 Deadline: 31 January 2021 Dear Colleagues, The editorial team at Environmental Politics invites proposals for a full Special Issue (SI) or a shorter Symposium on a well-focused topic of particular interest to the journal’s readership. Although proposals were accepted on a rolling basis in the past, we are transitioning […]

Biomimicry: Design inspired by nature

Nov. 18 at Noonhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/biomimicry-design-inspired-by-nature-tickets-128055562635?aff=fyi The lecture will be followed by a live Q&A moderated by Carlos Fiorentino, lecturer in design studies at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University. Biomimicry teaches us how to become an integral part of the natural world: acknowledging the strength and resilience of the living systems that support us, and […]

walden bello november 24th

 Post-Neoliberalism or Neoliberalism’s Second Act? Date/Time: Tuesday November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom Title: Post-Neoliberalism or Neoliberalism’s Second Act? Abstract: Will the aftermath of the pandemic witness another round of neoliberalism, offer bigger opportunities for left politics, or be another step in the rise of the far-right? An academic/activist from the global South […]