Fronitiers in Social Ecology & Sustainability Transformations

Online lecture series. Starting 05th of October

The series touches on several of the most pressing sustainability problems, from the transformation of global ecosystem degradation, bioeconomy strategies, agrarian extractivism, electronic waste, and will introduce students to various socio-ecological accounting and modelling approaches.

Students will as well be provided the opportunity to discuss with practitioners outside academia, to learn how academic knowledge can be transferred to other actors and contribute to the needed societal transformations towards sustainability.

The world is facing critical challenges, from climate change to the overuse of natural resources and the loss of natural habitats. Societies will need to undergo important transformations to become more sustainable. Leading these transformations requires a better understanding of nature-society interactions, as well as innovative ideas to apply scientific knowledge. This lecture series, offered by Verena Winiwarter and young scholars working at the Institute for Social Ecology (BOKU) and the Institute of Ecological Economics (WU), will reveal cutting edge results from the field of social ecology, and provide reflections and solutions on how this knowledge can contribute to a more sustainable society.

05.10.21
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
moderated by Nicolas Roux

12.10.21
SOCIAL ECOLOGY AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES
Verena Winiwarter

19.10.21
GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF BIOMASS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION
Nicolas Roux

27.10.21
World Cafe at BOKU
Sustainability Day

09.11.21
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ARE NOT
Manan Bhan

16.11.21
AGENT-BASED SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODELLING
Bastian Bertsch-Hörmann

23.11.21
THE EU BIOECONOMY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION
Benjamin Fleischmann

30.11.21
AGRARIAN EXTRACTIVISMIN LATIN AMERICA
Tamara Artacker

07.12.21
SOCIETAL EXERGY ACCOUNTING
Laura Felicio

14.12.21
SOCIETY-ENVIRONMENT FUTURES: ECOLOGICAL MACROECONOMICS AND POST-GROWTH
Jan Streeck

11.01.22
EWASTE: THE FORGOTTEN MATERIAL DIMENSION OF DIGITALIZATION
Nora Krenmayr

18.01.22
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE IN TRANSITION: A JOURNEY INTO THE OPEN SCIENCE MOVEMENT
Hanspeter Wieland

25.01.22
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE. BETWEEN RESEARCH AND ACTIVISM
moderated by Luzia Straßer

01.02.22
FINAL DISCUSSION AND Q&A
moderated by Nora Krenmayr

 

Zur Lehrveranstaltung:
https://online.boku.ac.at/BOKUonline/ee/ui/ca2/app/desktop/#/slc.tm.cp/student/courses/301132?$ctx=design=ca;lang=de

03.10.2021