Call for applications, Ph.D. course: ‘The Political Ecology of Pandemics’ Date: 9 – 11 August, 2021 Venue: Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway Organised by: Centre for Development and the Environment, The Norwegian Political Ecology…
What are the causal links between changes in climate and in human societies? In a new paper in WIREs Climate Change, Charpentier Ljungqvist et al discuss human history and past climate variability…
Cambridge University Press, 2019 (Open Access) https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/811395DC3A8D82EAD39C45657B2FD1AD/9781108498692AR.pdf/Social_Sustainability__Past_and_Future.pdf?event-type=FTLA In his book, Sander van der Leeuw examines how the modern world has been caught in a socioeconomic dynamic that has generated the conundrum of…
“A year ago, ‘Widening Horizons’ was decided on as the motto of the 27th EAA Annual Meeting, as it combined the ‘sense of place’ of Kiel and its position in Europe, with…
Dana Lepofsky tells us about her IHOPE project Herring School and Clam Garden, the reality faced by local Pacific coastal communities, the past, the future, and much more in this IHOPE deep-dive…
Learn about the legacy, life and place in the world of Alexander von Humboldt , by Stephen T. Jackson, from the US Geological Survey, Southwest and South Central Climate Adaptation Centers, and…
UKCDR climate change webinar – save the date and presentation proposals The UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) is inviting proposals for presentations at their forthcoming webinar, Supporting the COP26 priorities through…
This working paper was produced in early 2020 to start a conversation about how academic historians can help to address the climate and biodiversity crises in their professional practice. Working paper on…
Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response, and Collapse Felix Riede and Payson Sheets have edited an important new volume on past calamities and what they may tell…
Climate change and the ecological destruction of Amazonia put in check the mankind’s future. It’s a worldwide tragedy. See the new book “The Future of Amazonia in Brazil; A Worldwide Tragedy”, published…