GSSC Commoning Dialogues: Sharing, Commoning and Autonomy

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GSSC Commoning Dialogues: Sharing, Commoning and Autonomy Sharing, Commoning and Autonomy A Dialogue between Anna Tsing (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Thomas Widlok (Research Initiative “Sharing a Planet in Peril” (SAPP), University of Cologne). 28 April 2025  16:00 – 17:30 (CEST) Online Event This commoning dialogue explores the dynamic interplay between commoning, sharing, and […]

Workshop: More than Research

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More than Research Workshop27-29 March 2025 The workshop “More than Research” will co-create a manual for students and researchers of all levels and disciplines searching for practical strategies on how to apply their academic knowledge to struggles of injustice, inequality, and crisis. Although „more than research” offers some theoretical mediations on the responsibility of academically educated […]

Workshop: Human-Carnivore Co-Adaptation – Exploring Changing Behaviours, Perceptions and (Research) Practices

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Workshop: Human-Carnivore Co-Adaptation – Exploring Changing Behaviours, Perceptions and (Research) Practices Human-Carnivore Co-Adaptation – Exploring Changing Behaviours, Perceptions and (Research) Practices Man-eaters, pests, rivals, demanded trophies, spiritual beings or iconic and keystone species – carnivores are ambiguous animals that have always met controversial perceptions. The fear of living close to carnivores has significantly influenced human […]

Sandra Kurfürst Hosts Seminar on Urban Biodiversity During “Cologne Kids’ University”

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Sandra Kurfürst Hosts Seminar on Urban Biodiversity During “Cologne Kids’ University” “Cologne Kids’ University” offers free workshops and lectures for children in grades 3 to 6, making university and science accessible and engaging. As a part of the curriculum, “Sharing a Planet in Peril” (SAPP) member Sandra Kurfürst will host a seminar on Urban Biodiversity. […]

José Augusto Pádua Joins Seminar on “Regionalizing the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Conversation between the Global South and North” at University of Bielefeld

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José Augusto Pádua Joins Seminar on “Regionalizing the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Conversation between the Global South and North” at University of Bielefeld “Sharing a Planet in Peril” (SAPP) member José Augusto Pádua from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro will join a seminar on “Regionalizing the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Conversation between the Global South […]

Workshop: Co-producing Knowledge with a First Nation – Reflections on Research With the Gwich’in of Canada’s North

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Co-producing Knowledge with a First Nation: Reflections on Research with the Gwich’in of Canada’s North Attempts to enable symmetrical forms of knowledge production that minimize epistemological as well as other hierarchies between researchers and research participants take many forms. In Canada and elsewhere, Indigenous groups have established institutions for managing research activities in their territories […]

Call for Abstracts: Elephant Modernities – Thinking Along Blurry Lines Between Humans, Elephants and Technologies

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Workshop: Elephant Modernities – Thinking Along Blurry Lines Between Humans, Elephants and Technologies This two-day workshop is dedicated to the topic of elephant modernities and invites experts to discuss and explore the lifeworlds of African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) in the Anthropocene. The concept of “elephant modernity,” coined by “Sharing a Planet in Peril” (SAPP) member […]

EUniWell MESH BRIDGES Autumn Academy for Planetary Wellbeing

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EUniWell MESH BRIDGES Autumn Academy for Planetary Wellbeing A Graduate School on Multispecies Conviviality (MESHWell) Cologne | October 14–19, 2024 At a time of global biodiversity loss, climate disruption, and environmental degradation, wellbeing cannot be restricted to humans but needs to be seen as well through a planetary perspective and as a matter of multispecies conviviality. […]

Book Launch: Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya

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Book Launch: Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya The volume “Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya“, edited by “Sharing a Planet in Peril” (SAPP) member Michael Bollig, Gerda Kuiper and Eric Kioko was published recently: Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is singular in its diversity. Major processes […]

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Noah Kahindi

Global South Studies Center (GSSC)
Classen-Kappelmann-Straße 24
50931 Cologne, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)221 47076657

E-mail: noah.kahindi@uni-koeln.de