The Pathways Initiative
Reflecting on and promoting the co-development of pathways for more desirable futures 🌍 | An initiative of Future Earth
https://pathways.futureearth.org
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeApply for the Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change (ACSCC), which brings together early career researchers from all disciplines and non-academic stakeholders to work on projects related to climate change. Amsterdam - April 27 to May 1, 2026. More information: loom.ly/nJhA9ZU
- 🎙️Call for sessions: deadline extended to Feb 15th! - Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology Help shape the discussions around how we might transform technological systems towards sufficiency, equity, and resilience. 📅 Lausanne, 2-5 June 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3JgQZT6
- Reposted by The Pathways Initiative🌍✨ "Towards a Just and Habitable World: Exploring the Role of Technology". Upcoming conference at the University of Lausanne, 2–5 June 2026, for a deep dive into how tech can shape fairer, more sustainable futures. pathways.futureearth.org/sustainabili... #TechForGood #Sustainability #FutureOfTech
- 🎙️Call for sessions! Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology Submit your session proposal to help shape the discussions around how we might transform technological systems towards sufficiency, equity, and resilience. 📅 Lausanne, 2-5 June 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3JgQZT6
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeTwo weeks today! Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
- Working on sustainability science? The Pathways Deep Dive is exploring how political tensions & far-right narratives affect your work. Share your experience in this survey (6 mins) 👉 bit.ly/3ZJ96pK
- David Chavalarias montre comment les réseaux sociaux déforment la qualité du débat public. Pour plus d’informations sur le sujet, regardez notre blog et sa présentation lors des Rencontres 2025 : pathways.futureearth.org/publications...
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeWe're looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Horizon Europe project INSPIRI! Help co-create imaginative, stakeholder-driven visions for Europe's ocean and water systems. Learn more and apply by 31 August: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
- Comment combattre la perte de biodiversité au regard de nos manières de penser l’environnement ? Timothée Fouqueray aux Rencontres 2025 nous a inspiré une réflexion sur notre rapport à la nature ! À lire ici : pathways.futureearth.org/publications...
- Et si désinformer sur la crise climatique devenait un crime ? L’obstruction climatique était un thème central des nos Rencontres, avec une intervention de Christophe Bonneuil, historien au CNRS. 📖 Lisez notre blog et regardez son intervention : pathways.futureearth.org/publications...
- 🧠 🌪️ Retour sur les Rencontres des sciences de la durabilité (Nantes, juin 2025), aujourd’hui à la une du dernier numéro de La Vie de la recherche scientifique : "Quand les sciences sont attaquées : désinformation, dénigrement, obstruction, invisibilisation…" 📖 À lire ici : sncs.fr/portfolio/qu...
- 🌡️ 🔍 Canicule historique, déni climatique ? Notre nouveau billet relie cette problématique à l’intervention de Valérie Masson-Delmotte lors de nos Rencontres 2025. 👉 À lire ici pathways.futureearth.org/publications...
- Working on sustainability science? We're exploring how political tensions & far-right narratives affect your work. Share your experience in our survey (6 mins) 👉 bit.ly/3ZJ96pK
- What do green algae and feral pigs have in common ? If we ask Anna Tsing, the answer is obvious. They are both a testimony of the Anthropocene, the result of infrastructure escaping human control. Find out more here : pathways.futureearth.org/publications...
- Pathways Deep Dive: Ecological crises and political tensions! A new series of activities to raise awareness on their connections and explore counteractions. Learn more today ! bit.ly/3T9dryQ
- 🌳🐞🍄 Don't miss our next Pathways Forum happening tomorrow! In this Pathways Forum webinar, we seek to better understand Rights of Nature potential for transformation and the role of science in shaping it. Learn more about all the speakers and register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/futur...
- 🌳🐞🍄 Next Pathways Forum announcement! In this Pathways Forum webinar, we seek to better understand Rights of Nature potential for transformation and the role of science in shaping it. Learn more about the speakers and register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/futur...
- 📅 Plus qu’un mois avant les Rencontres « Les savoirs dans la tourmente : sciences de la durabilité et tensions socio- et géopolitiques » à Nantes, 10-12 juin 2025 ! 📘 Découvrez le programme complet ici : bit.ly/41zc0hO 📝 Inscription gratuite mais obligatoire avant le 30 mai : bit.ly/3Gln4Hu
- Reposted by The Pathways Initiative🚨Early Bird for #TCESG25 extended to May 18! Register here: transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-regi... Look forward to: 🌍 Field trips & tours to Kruger National Park & local communities 🎨 Creative & Well-being Sessions & Empatheatre 📚 ECR Opportunities 👉 Discover more: mailchi.mp/transformati...
- Applications close TODAY! You still have some time left to apply to be a part of the 2025 cohort. If you are a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher and are interested in a more transformative research agenda, find more information about our School here: pathways.futureearth.org/pathways-aut...
- ⛰️ Apply now to the Pathways Autumn School 2025: "Towards Sustainable and Just Futures: Concepts, Challenges, and Practices" ⛰️ Taking place in the French Alps, the School will focus on a more transformative research agenda within sustainability science. pathways.futureearth.org/pathways-aut...
- Are Rights of Nature movements growing across the world? This map supports both the theoretical and practical grounding of Rights of Nature as a distinct, globally resonant movement: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👀 Stay tuned! This topic may be featured in our upcoming June Pathways Forum!
- Reposted by The Pathways Initiative🌿 A great opportunity for early-career researchers focused on transformative sustainability science. Apply by May 12th! ⬇️
- ⛰️ Apply now to the Pathways Autumn School 2025: "Towards Sustainable and Just Futures: Concepts, Challenges, and Practices" ⛰️ Taking place in the French Alps, the School will focus on a more transformative research agenda within sustainability science. pathways.futureearth.org/pathways-aut...
- 🐌 Upcoming events and opportunities 🐌 1. Postdoctoral fellow Just and Sustainable Transformations at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences: shorturl.at/EOYwm 2. Just GLOBE Project Conference: Multispecies engagements and the more-than-human lens in environmental politics: shorturl.at/ukrht
- 3. The Wellbeing Economy Forum This forum will dive deep into what it means to build economies rooted in wellbeing, equity, and sustainability: shorturl.at/XfYG1 4. Arts - Mondes en action, mondes en réflexion Cet appel à projets vise à encourager des approches innovantes: shorturl.at/yH7Wm
- 🎙️ Rencontres 2025 - “Les savoirs dans la tourmente : sciences de la durabilité et tensions socio- et géopolitiques” Les inscriptions pour nos Rencontres sont désormais ouvertes ! Inscription gratuite mais obligatoire. 📅 10-12 juin 2025, Nantes 🔗 bit.ly/3Gln4Hu
- Apply now to: Tell the Untold! an Environmental Writing Competition of the Rachel Carson Center. @carsoncenter.bsky.social 🌀Send your submissions by June 6 2025. Learn more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
- How do you imagine a sustainable and just future? How can our research contribute to a more transformative research agenda? Time is still left to apply for our Pathways Autumn School and be a part of the 2025 cohort! Find more information and the application link on our website: lnkd.in/eNcrevqq
- 🍄 It is the time to register for summer conferences! Here are 5 conferences we think you'll find interesting: 'Pathways to Planetary Wellbeing' 2nd International Congress of Ecological Humanities bit.ly/4cvHcCB 'Hope - Reclaiming the Future' Design and by Disaster 2025 Conference bit.ly/4ig151Q
- ‘Achieving Transformative Change for Biodiversity' Alternet Conference 2025 bit.ly/4jvGYxy 16th Annual International Sustainability Transitions - Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN) bit.ly/4lub8TD ISEE Degrowth 2025 bit.ly/44pWirb
- 🏔️ What is it like to spend a day at our Pathways Autumn School? 🏔️ Get a glimpse of the collective moments the 2024 cohort experienced by watching our short video: lnkd.in/g6EAz4q8 and don't forget applications are now open for our 2025 edition! pathways.futureearth.org/pathways-aut...
- 📣 ⏰ Encore 4 jours pour proposer une session aux Rencontres 2025 ! Un soutien financier est possible pour les intervenant·e·s non académiques, les doctorant·e·s et post-doctorant·e·s dans la limite du budget disponible. Date limite : 30 mars 2025 Pour plus d'infos: bit.ly/41zc0hO
- ⛰️ Apply now to the Pathways Autumn School 2025: "Towards Sustainable and Just Futures: Concepts, Challenges, and Practices" ⛰️ Taking place in the French Alps, the School will focus on a more transformative research agenda within sustainability science. pathways.futureearth.org/pathways-aut...
- Summer schools roundup 🌿 Here is a list of summer school opportunities that focus on interdisciplinary exchange: Justice in an Interlinked World: Revisiting Rural-Urban and South-North Relationships in Sustainability Transformations 📍September 9-11, in Dresden, Germany 🔗 bit.ly/4ilkPBq
- Developing transdisciplinary practice to tackle complex challenges 📍June 23-27, in Montpellier, France 🔗 bit.ly/3XsV36s Futuring for Sustainability 📍July 7-11, Utrecht, Netherlands 🔗 bit.ly/4ia8WyU Land Use & Ecosystem Change 📍August 4–13, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 🔗 bit.ly/4iocnBr
- 🗣️ Comment peut-on continuer à nous engager dans les savoirs critiques tout en confrontant l’emergence d’une ère qui certain appellent « post-vérité » ? Dans cette article, les auteurs examinent comment l’écologie politique peut faire face aux croissantes forces autoritaires 🔗 bit.ly/4icggt6
- Cette article vous parle et vous avez une idée pour 𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 « Les savoirs dans la tourmente : sciences de la durabilité et tensions socio- et géopolitiques » ? Notre appel à session est 𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭, n’hésitez pas à soumettre 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 💭 👉 bit.ly/3CssnTR
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativePlaisir d’être à Paris à la 20eme édition de l’Université de la Terre avec l’UNESCO, a coté de Thomas Brail, @brigittegothiere.bsky.social et @lenalazare.bsky.social . 14 mars, 18h30 à 20h00 « Faut-il être radical pour être entendu ? » Inscriptions : www.ut-inscription.com gnsafrance.org
- 🌟 Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer qu'Elodie Vercken et Timothée Fouqueray (@timfouqueray.bsky.social) seront parmi les intervenants de nos prochaines Rencontres “Les savoirs dans la tourmente : sciences de la durabilité et tensions socio- et géopolitiques” ! En savoir plus: bit.ly/41zc0hO
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeDu 1 au 3 juillet 2025, vous êtes libre ? Ça tombe bien, c'est le grand colloque des Atécopols sur "Réparer le futur ? " lieu:Sciences Po Toulouse appel à communication et infos à retrouver ici : atecopols2025.sciencesconf.org programme à venir !
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeDespite it all, a great day to discuss planetary sustainability in Berlin today, with Jakob Lundberg from @futureearth.bsky.social @pathwaysinitiative.bsky.social
- ⏰Happening tomorrow! German Committee of Future Earth - Sustainability Science Summit 2025 Join the Live Stream to some key sessions on how to advance sustainable development and foster a systemic perspective on sustainability science. 🗓️ 19-21 February 2025 🔗 More info: bit.ly/42XbtYp
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeHow can stories help to explore weirdness, crisis and possibilities? Read our latest newsletter round-up, including two great podcast interviews and an exciting event! futurenatures.substack.com/p/why-we-tel... #commoning #commons #crisis #ecologies #enclosures #zines #comics #storytelling
- 🌟 Did you miss yesterday's Pathways Forum on behavioral solutions for climate change mitigation and transitions to sustainable ways of life? 🌟 📹 You can watch the recording on our Youtube channel: bit.ly/4hzeeDF 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss our latest content!
- Thanks to all of you who joined our Forum and to Mariam Chammat (@skymc.bsky.social), Britt Titus, Kristian Steensen Nielsen (@kristiansn89.bsky.social) and Guillaume Dezecache for a lively and engaged discussion!
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeThe Centre's one-year Postgraduate Diploma Programme helps students from disadvantaged countries gain the knowledge and study skills they need to pursue PhD degrees anywhere in the world. @scnat.ch www.ictp.it/news/2024/12...
- 🌟 Have you registered for our next Pathways Forum happening this Thursday? Join us for a lively discussion on "Sustainable Choices Through a Behavioral Insights Lens: Challenges, Ethics, and Opportunities" 🗓 Thursday 13 February 3pm - 5pm CET 📍 online 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hhrexa
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeNew podcast episode! @pbresnihan.bsky.social talks to us about resisting harmful digital infrastructures in Ireland, and the neglected histories of environmental and anti-colonial movements futurenatures.org/podcast-unea...
- Reposted by The Pathways Initiative🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people? Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍 🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪 Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
- What have we been reading lately at The Pathways Initiative? This month we found ourselves reaching for: 📚 Little Elle in Slumberland - part of a series of comics from Future Natures bit.ly/3EEHjPh
- 📗 A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations bit.ly/4jRb5jZ 📘 Exploring the personal sphere of transformative change in researchers and stakeholders working on nature bit.ly/3WSNupr
- 📙 Intertwined people–nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change bit.ly/4jGsQ5w 📕 Tackling Inter- and Transdisciplinary Challenges: A New Research Approach for the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research bit.ly/3EsLgGW
- 🎙️Appel à session | Rencontres 2025 - “Les savoirs dans la tourmente : sciences de la durabilité et tensions socio- et géopolitiques” Envoyez dès maintenant votre proposition de session pour nos Rencontres! 📅10-12 juin 2025, Nantes 🔗Pour plus d’infos : bit.ly/3CssnTR
- Reposted by The Pathways InitiativeGlobal inequalities hinder climate action (good paper from Susan Ann Samuel, Leeds) theconversation.com/how-global-i...
- 🏔️ New Blog Post: Reflections on the 2024 Pathways Autumn School Our latest blog post dives into this week of learning and exchanges, filled with interdisciplinary workshops, spirited debates, and meaningful connections with like-minded researchers. Read the blog here! 👉 hhttps://bit.ly/4hk0Hzk
- 🚨 Pathways Forum: "Sustainable Choices Through a Behavioral Insights Lens: Challenges, Ethics, and Opportunities" Join us for our next webinar on behavioral solutions for climate change mitigation and transitions to sustainable ways of life. 🗓 13/02, 3pm - 5pm CET 📍 online 🔗 bit.ly/4hhrexa
- 🐝 The Pathways Initiative Annual Report 2024 This annual report offers an overview of our efforts and sets the stage for the opportunities that await ahead. Thanks to everyone who has participated in our activities, advised us and helped us improve! To read our report: bit.ly/4h3oZgS
- 💡 Happy 2025 from the Pathways team! Starting off the year with a round-up of opportunities we hope will be of interest to you: 1️⃣ Call for abstracts: "Political Ecologies of Southeastern Europe: Legacies, Transformations, and Futures" bit.ly/4j04DqJ
- 2️⃣ Call for abstracts: “Green Colonialism and Green Sacrifice: Critical Perspectives on the Politics of Green Transitions". bit.ly/40ppZX6
- 3️⃣ 🇫🇷 Evénément FRB: Scénarios territoriaux et trajectoires de transitions : préparez le terrain ! bit.ly/3Pstq9e 4️⃣ Call for proposals: "Navigating Sustainability Transformations towards Justice and Equity", Transformations Community and Earth System Governance Project Conference bit.ly/3PpdEMe
- ⛰️ Pathways Autumn School keynotes recordings are now available! We are happy to share with you that our keynote presentations from this year's Autumn School are now available to watch. 🎥 Watch here on our Youtube channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- ⏱️ You’re still on time to apply for our Pathways Communication Grant! Submit an application for your idea on how to communicate scientific findings of place-based research on pathways for sustainability. Learn more and apply: pathways.futureearth.org/communicatio... Deadline: 22 December 2024
