Conferences
Our conferences are more than a place to share content, they are a transformative space and catalyzing force for research and practice.
“The experience of chairing the 2019 Transformation Conference was one of my career and life's most inspiring and beautiful moments. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity. Transformation is more needed than ever. The conference is a great opportunity to promote transformation in science and invite people from outside academia who face today's challenges.”
-Paulina Aldunce, Professor, University of Chile
Transformations Conference 2023
Sydney, Prague, Maine & Online - 12th to 14th July 2023
The 2023 Transformations Conference explored the role of partnerships in transformative practice. It looked for ways to build partnerships that were more effective, inclusive, and transformative.
TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR A
BETTER WORLD
Transformations Conference 2021
Online - 17th - 18th June 2021
In 2020 a tipping point may have been crossed on how societies worldwide deal with multiple overlapping crises. On an unprecedented scale we see groups and communities mobilizing to re-imagine and transform the pre-pandemic systems which led to current vulnerabilities, risks, and unsustainable practices. This challenging but also fertile moment calls for urgent knowledge synthesis able to enact positive tipping points and tipping interventions towards new regenerative development trajectories
ENABLING POSITIVE TIPPING POINTS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
Transformations Conference 2019
Santiago, Chile - October 15-19, 2019
The Transformation 2019 Conference provided a platform for reciprocal learning between developing and developed countries, and between researchers and practitioners. The conference was held for the first time outside of Europe, which increased the participation of practitioners and scientists from developing countries and expanded our understanding of the richness and diversity of transformation processes.
LEARNING FROM TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION AND THINKING
Transformations Conference 2017
Dundee, United Kingdom - August 30 - September 1, 2017
Bringing together an interdisciplinary delegation from around the world, Transformations 2017 aimed to address challenges around sustainability to enhance people’s well-being while also placing a focus on the Earth’s ecosystem.
TRANSFORMATIONS IN PRACTICE
Transformations Conference 2015
Stockholm, Sweden - October 5-7, 2015
Transformations 2015, held in Stockholm Oct 5-7 2015, focused on transformations towards sustainability: the challenge of solving problems in the Anthropocene and creating conditions for good lives for people, today and in the future, while strengthening Earth's life support system.
PEOPLE AND PLANET IN THE ANTROPOCENE
“A very engaging conference with high quality of research and presentations, innovative sessions, interactivity”
“It made me question a lot of things and confirm others.”
“The conference captured the spectrum of transformation research and brought together a solid collective in a positive and hopeful way.”
“great opportunities for exchange and real understanding. A very welcoming atmosphere to collaborate, with no hierarchies, a very open form of exchange, very positive and encouraging”
“a really enjoyable experience, which brought together so many of my expectations. The speakers were interesting across the program and there was a real diversity to the content, which was reflected in the community of attendees.”
“I very much appreciated the alternative formats for interaction. The opportunities for conversations were terrific, both at the sessions and at the social events.”
Transformation in a changing climate
Oslo, Norway - June 19-21, 2013
Hosted in 2013 by the University of Oslo in Norway. Its aim was to “bring together diverse perspectives on transformation, and to generate cutting-edge discussions on deliberate, ethical and sustainable transformation in response to the complex global challenges associated with climate change.” Through this conference, we saw how vital it was to bring together a community of researchers and practitioners to keep this vital dialogue going as the field of transformative theory and practice emerge.
