Events

Planetary Health and Wellbeing: UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hybrid Workshop on More-than-human Resilience

December 17–18, 2026 | UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hybrid Workshop - Hosted by the BRIDGES Cologne Hub - bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines and institutions, to foster a "knowledge-to-action" dialogue. By utilizing the BRIDGES framework, we aim to integrate humanities-driven and transdisciplinary perspectives (anthropology, geography, aesthetics, literary and cultural studies, history, foresight and futures thinking) to address entangled ecological and health challenges. Beyond academic exchange, the workshop seeks to translate its insights into concrete action, both on our own campus and as input into the BRIDGES policy toolkit developed in collaboration with UNESCO.

Start: 17 Dec 2026 @ 10:00:am

Finish: 18 Dec 2026 @ 6:30:pm

Location: Hybrid: Erich Auerbach Institute Library, MESH, Uni of Cologne & Online

Ryan Shea: A Quiet Revolution: The Work of The Nature Institute - MESH Grass Roots Lecture

Join MESH doctoral researcher Ryan Shea for an online presentation exploring the history, development, and ongoing work of The Nature Institute. The institute is a small, non-profit research and adult education organisation in upstate New York dedicated to a “delicate, yet rigorous, phenomenology of nature.”

Start: 12 Nov 2026 @ 4:45:pm

Finish: 12 Nov 2026 @ 6:15:pm

Location: Online

A Time of Great Consequence: Bridging Knowledge Systems for Collective Action in a Time of Planetary Transformation - COP31

This session introduces the recently published manifesto for bridging knowledge and action A Time of Great Consequence, highlighting its relevance to one of the defining challenges of our time: translating climate knowledge into effective, equitable and contextually grounded action. Following a rigorous process of international consultations in 2026 led by the BRIDGES Coalition in UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at ASU and the Club of Rome, the manifesto was launched during Social Transformations Week (28 Sept – 2 October) at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

Start: 12 Nov 2026 @ 11:00:am

Finish: 12 Nov 2026 @ 12:15:pm

Location: Cop 31, Global Futures Laboratory Pavilion Blue Zone, Antalya, Türkiye

No Limits to Hope conference

Join us online for the No Limits to Hope conference!

Start: 4 Nov 2026 @ 10:00:am

Finish: 6 Nov 2026 @ 8:00:pm

Location: Online Attendance

International Conference: Planetary Health in a Polycrisis Era

This conference brings together scholars, policymakers, civil society leaders, and community researchers from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Co-organised by Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI), Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Asian Studies and Faculty of Political Science, the Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA), and national partners, the event confronts the realities of a world grappling with extreme climate variability, biodiversity loss, resource constraints, and geopolitical instability.

Start: 30 Oct 2026 @ 10:00:am

Finish: 31 Oct 2026 @ 8:00:pm

Location: Chalermprakiat Building, 60th Anniversary (Chamchuri 10 Building), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Upcoming and Past

Planetary Health and Wellbeing: UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hybrid Workshop on More-than-human Resilience

Ryan Shea: A Quiet Revolution: The Work of The Nature Institute - MESH Grass Roots Lecture

A Time of Great Consequence: Bridging Knowledge Systems for Collective Action in a Time of Planetary Transformation - COP31

No Limits to Hope conference

International Conference: Planetary Health in a Polycrisis Era