Will Steffen was instrumental in the foundation of IHOPE. After his passing in January of 2023, Ambio, a journal on the interconnections between environment and society, has commemorated his work with an…
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We are excited to announce that IHOPE’s affiliate TerraNova has developed a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Integrated Landscape Analysis: Addressing the biodiversity and climate crises – which is now open…
Smart cities are often discussed as one of the options for how we may live our lives in a future, sustainable society. But what does higher interconnectivity, dependence on technology, and overall…
IHOPE Scientific Steering Committee Member Akinwumi Ogundiran has published the new article Classic Ilé-Ifẹ̀: A Consideration of Scale in the Archaeology of Early Yorùbá Urbanism, ad 1000–1400 in January of 2023 for the…
Joan Martinez-Alier is one of the leading world experts on environmental justice and has been awarded the 2023 Holberg Prize. He is professor emeritus at Technology Institute of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona…
There is a loss of control that humans face when dealing with the consequences of climate change. Accordingly, the upcoming Illusion of Control Conference problematizes this loss of control. The conference will…
What can the past tell us about about sustainability in food production, creating sustainable socioeconomic systems, and how it can help us deal with the impacts of climate change? Today we look…
Dr. Philip Slavin’s seminar “The Birth of the Black Death: Biology, Ecology and Climate in Tian Shan in the Early Fourteenth Century” considers the context around the beginning of the Plague in…
Do you want to learn how the past, present and future is connected to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all? The evolution of complexity and its relevance…
Dendrochronologist Andrea Seim will give a seminar in English on the topic “Historical forest cover and timber availability during the last millennium in central Europe: insights from tree rings and pollen”. As…