Events

Environment, Health, and Education: Hope in Times of Global Change

Since its inception, this conference has engaged more than one-hundred scientists from six continents as well as more than a thousand students and other young scholars from throughout the hemispheres to bring diversity to scientific areas, while unifying an interdisciplinary commitment to abandon archaic and siloed towers of thought.

Start: 15 Jan 2026 @ 9:00:am

Finish: 16 Jan 2026 @ 6:00:pm

Location: Online or Room 0.34 IBW Building, University of Cologne, Hertbert-Lewin Str. 2, 50931 Köln

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society - Prof. Dr. Franz Krause: Co-Creating Knowledge: Environmental Ethnographic Research on Climate Change with Indigenous Partners - Prof. Dr. Roman Bartosch & Tanya Gautam: Ecological Transformation Through Music and Literature: Transdisciplinary Research in the Project Eco-lit.

Start: 13 Jan 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 13 Jan 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: Conference Room, Seminar Building, University of Cologne

MESHscreens | More Than a Fish Kill | Public Film Screening with Podium Discussion

“More than a fish kill” is an inspiring short-form documentary (2024, Australia, 38 mins) exploring how artists, fisheries managers and First Nations custodians came together in the aftermath of devastating fish kills along the Barka (Darling River) in far western New South Wales. These unlikely collaborators undertook a remarkable journey, turning these devastating ecological disasters into catalysts for cultural healing and revival. More than a Fish Kill shares how art, science and ancient knowledges were interwoven in the spirit of care, revealing new possibilities for honouring our places and communities in this time of environmental change. Co-produced by the National Museum of Australia, the Cad Factory and Otis Filley Studios.

Start: 4 Dec 2025 @ 5:45:pm

Finish: 4 Dec 2025 @ 9:00:pm

Location: Turistarama (Mauritiussteinweg 102, 50676 Cologne)

HESCOR MESH Vision Forum Session - Politics of More-Than-Human Life and Earth System Science

This series of events, taking place on December 2 & December 9 & December 17, 2025 | 17:00 – 19:00, is co-organized by Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities (MESH) and the HESCOR research hub on the coupled evolution of human and Earth systems. The aim is to explore interdisciplinary avenues from within the humanities toward a “humanities-induced” Earth System Science (Simon and Thomas, 2022) – i.e., a perspective on the functioning of the planetary system that takes into account observations and insights from the humanities, including on the role of human agency and multispecies relations.

Start: 2 Dec 2025 @ 5:00:pm

Finish: 2 Dec 2025 @ 7:00:pm

Location: Auerbach Library, MESH, Köln

Celebrating World Futures Day session: Reworlding Planetary Governance: Youth Contributions to the Implementation of the UN Declaration of Future Generations.

Outcomes of UNESCO Futures Literacy Lab on Learning for Planetary Citizenship and Anticipatory Governance. Steven Hartman, Executive Director of BRIDGES, will be joined by Bridges Sustainability Science Coalition colleague Nsah Mala from the BRIDGES University of Cologne Hub, MARIA ANGELICA MEJIA, and students from our partners Learning Planet Institute to present the outcomes of our Futures Lab on anticipatory governance co-organized earlier this year.

Start: 2 Dec 2025 @ 4:00:pm

Finish: 2 Dec 2025 @ 5:30:pm

Location: UNESCO HQ, Paris. Room VII.

Upcoming and Past

Environment, Health, and Education: Hope in Times of Global Change

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society

MESHscreens | More Than a Fish Kill | Public Film Screening with Podium Discussion

HESCOR MESH Vision Forum Session - Politics of More-Than-Human Life and Earth System Science

Celebrating World Futures Day session: Reworlding Planetary Governance: Youth Contributions to the Implementation of the UN Declaration of Future Generations.