A new study by Elena Michele Bennett, Walter Reid, and colleagues invites a rethink of how global environmental assessments can better support action in a changing world. Reports such as those produced by the IPCC and IPBES play a vital role in bringing knowledge together. But as climate, biodiversity, and…
Researchers Laura Pereira, Matthew Ford Gibson, and colleagues are calling for a different kind of climate and biodiversity scenario work — one that better reflects the futures people are trying to bring into being. Many dominant scenarios still begin from assumptions that leave current systems largely intact. This article asks…
A new TIPC publication by Raúl Tabarés Gutiérrez and Alejandra Boni explores how social labs can help cultivate more responsible, participatory, and place-sensitive innovation ecosystems. The article looks at social labs as spaces where people can experiment together, learn across differences, and work with the social and ethical dimensions of…
Curtis Ogden is working with Gaia Education to offer a new installment of Energy Systems Science and Practice for Just and Sustainable Communities. The online course explores how energy moves through living systems, communities, organisations, and social change work. It invites participants to look beyond energy only as a technical…
The International Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Conference 2027 will take place in Évora, Portugal, from 31 May to 4 June 2027. Hosted by the University of Évora, ITD 2027 will bring together researchers, educators, practitioners, students, policymakers, and others working across inter- and transdisciplinary research and practice. The conference theme, Bridging…
Tuesday 14 July, 16:00 CEST In the next Practice Lab session, we will move from mapping AI-augmented workflows to making judgments about them. What would it realistically take to introduce these workflows into our work? What organisational trust and buy-in would be needed? What safeguards should be in place, and…
A new article by Deborah Santos Prado, Ella-Kari Muhl, and colleagues reflects on lessons from the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research project and what they may offer for the future of ocean sustainability science. The article brings together insights from IMBeR’s work on ocean systems under global change. It highlights the…
Oslo Metropolitan University is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Science-Policy Engagement and Climate Futures for a 3+ year ERC-funded position connected to the CAMELOT project. The role will focus on the relationship between climate futures, science-policy engagement, and the ways knowledge about possible futures informs action. It may be especially…
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, together with SDSN Türkiye and SDSN Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, is hosting a four-part webinar series ahead of COP31. From Science to Solutions: Mobilizing Knowledge, Partnerships and Action Ahead of COP31 explores how climate knowledge can be connected more directly with implementation,…
Applications are open for the 2027 Transformational Leadership for Sustainability programme in Oslo, Norway. Hosted by cCHANGE, the three-month learning-in-action programme is designed for leaders and practitioners who are working on sustainability transformations and want to strengthen their capacity to create meaningful change in their organisations, communities, and fields of…
On 2 July 2026, the Earth System Governance Project will host the online launch of Earth System Law: Governing Planetary Transformations in the Anthropocene, edited by Louis J. Kotzé. The edited volume brings together contributions from scholars working across environmental law, earth system governance, and sustainability transformations. It explores how…
17–20 September 2026 · Global Retreat Centre, Oxfordshire A Deep Dive for transformation researchers will take place at the Global Retreat Centre in Oxfordshire from 17–20 September 2026. The gathering is being developed by a dedicated group of transformation researchers who are shaping a research framework for an experiential and…
