Hannah Gosnell is a Professor of Geography in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. Her research explores the human dimensions of climate change and biodiversity conservation, regenerative agriculture, human animal relations, and transformations to sustainability. For more than a decade she has studied the…
FSG researchers Abigail Ridgway and Miya Cain began with a practical question: how can foundations best contribute to equitable systems change? Their new report, The Funder’s Palette, draws on more than 125 practitioner interviews and maps the different approaches funders can take through grants, staff capacity, relationships, influence, and organisational…
Founded in Belgrade in 1991, DAH Theatre Research Centre for Culture and Social Change is an independent theatre company working across contemporary theatre, dance, and visual arts. For more than three decades, DAH Theatre has explored how artistic practice can engage with social conflict, open spaces for dialogue, and contribute…
Geographer Anaïs Zimmer and an international team of researchers have examined how uncertainty could become a catalyst for collaboration and action in mountain regions rather than simply a barrier to decision-making. Drawing on 25 case studies across 18 countries and five continents, the team identifies five priorities for more resilient…
Ioan Fazey, Chino Bayoneta, Bill Sharpe, David Tyfield, and their collaborators have developed a new guide exploring what regenerative dynamics are, why they matter, and how people can recognise and support them in practice. Complementing the previously featured Tools for Regenerative Practice, the guide examines the concepts and patterns underlying…
Transformations 2027 | Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain The 8th Biennial Transformations Conference (TC27) will take place in Bilbao in October 2027. The move has been shaped by conversations across our community and by what this remarkable setting makes possible for the gathering. How are we practising transformation as the conditions…
Tim Daw and an interdisciplinary team of researchers are asking what role citizens’ assemblies and other deliberative minipublics might play in sustainability transformations. Their open-access article explores how bringing diverse groups of citizens together for informed and facilitated deliberation could support learning, public participation, political legitimacy, and more ambitious responses…
Drawing on several decades of experience in sustainability work, Matthew Polsky asks whether success and failure in sustainability transitions are really as separate as they are often assumed to be. In a two-part essay, he examines how false binaries, entrenched mindsets, organisational habits, and simplified ideas of progress can prevent…
Josie Chambers from Utrecht University recently invited the Transformations Community to share the next edition of Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges, a PhD course examining how research can contribute more directly to just and sustainable futures. Participants will be encouraged to question the assumptions underlying their own research and consider…
Community organisers across Europe are preparing a week of activities celebrating locally led approaches to a just and sustainable future. Coordinated by ECOLISE and its partners, the tenth European Day of Sustainable Communities will bring community leaders, policymakers, researchers, civil-society organisations, and citizens together through more than 70 local, regional,…
A new BIONEXT zine and collection of case studies explore how conflict, justice, participation, and power shape efforts to create nature-positive societies. Using the metaphor of a compost heap, the resources argue that conflict can create the conditions for transformation when it is acknowledged and worked with constructively. Avoiding conflict,…
Anthony Hodgson and the H3Uni team recently highlighted Tools for Regenerative Practice, a new open-access guide bringing together 30 frameworks, exercises, and methods for applying regenerative approaches in real-world settings. The guide supports practitioners in understanding regenerative dynamics, developing systemic strategies, navigating complex questions, reconnecting with nature, and engaging different…
