Conference theme:
The theme of the 15th IST conference is ‘Sustainability transitions and nature’. Sustainability transition research investigates social and technical change processes in solving environmental problems including possible social injustices, tensions, and dilemmas associated with these. The focus on the ‘social’ and the ‘technical’ often externalize the natural world treating it instead as part of the ‘landscape’ of transitions. Nature—broadly understood as the biophysical environment—thus remains an often overlooked but important dimension in the STRN research agenda.
The point of departure for sustainability transitions research is that existing production-consumption systems are environmentally unsustainable and need to transform. As such sustainability transitions therefore aim to preserve the natural environment in its current Holocene state. This simplistic understanding of the relationships between sustainability transitions and nature is increasingly becoming inadequate for understanding transition dynamics.
Initial observations on this changing relationships between sustainability transitions and nature are far from exhaustive but they are sufficient to call for more attention to the general theme. The 15th edition of IST therefore seeks to direct attention to the novel complexities, paradoxes and opportunities related to the diverse relationships between sustainability transitions and nature.
More information can be found on the conference website.
Programme:
- Early Career Researcher Welcome day: 16th of June 2024
- Main conference: 17th to 19th of June 2024
- Early Career Researcher Paper Development Workshop: 20th of June 2024
The full programme is available on the conference website for registered participants.
Registration:
The conference is only open to registered participants and is now fully booked.
Digital participation:
Two of the plenary sessions will be streamed online.
Plenary session 1: Opening and keynote
Monday, 17th June 2024 (09:00 - 10:30)
Opening of the 15th International Sustainability Transitions Conference
Keynote speech by Dr. Per Olsson, Associate Professor and Deputy Scientific Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre:
“Navigating social-ecological system transformations in times of turbulence and backlash”
Plenary session 2: Keynote session
Tuesday, 18th June 2024 (13:30 - 14:30)
Keynote speech by Dr. Anabel Marin, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex:
“Civic Power in Just Transitions: Blocking Change or Protecting Nature for Future Advancement?”
Contact
More information can be found on the STRN website.
Please direct any queries to istconference2024@tik.uio.no