GSSC Commoning Dialogues: Sharing, Commoning and Autonomy
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
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
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”
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
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 […]
MESH Hybrid Public Roundtable Discussion | A Covenant for the Earth: An Introduction to Islam and Ecology
MESH Hybrid Public Roundtable Discussion | A Covenant for the Earth: An Introduction to Islam and Ecology December 03, 2024 | 6.00 – 8.00 pm International House – Kringsweg 6, 50931 Cologne Click here for registration & Zoom link. Co-hosted by the Cologne International Forum and the University of Cologne’s research hub for Multidisciplinary Environmental […]
Workshop: Co-producing Knowledge with a First Nation – Reflections on Research With the Gwich’in of Canada’s North
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
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
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
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 […]