Celebratory news from the BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU. At the 2026 Humanities for the Environment (HFE) Distinguished Lecture, Professor Hsinya Huang, a Distinguished Professor of American and Comparative Literature at Taiwan’s National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), was honoured as the latest recipient of the Seres Puentes Award.
During 2026-2028, BRIDGES intends to launch four high-impact international co-production projects to position BRIDGES as a significant driver of policy-relevant knowledge creation through transdisciplinary and intercultural co-production.
The renaturalization of schoolyards is transforming traditional asphalt playgrounds into "living courtyards" to combat nature deficit disorder and climate change. By integrating vegetation and natural elements, cities like Paris and Barcelona are fostering environments that improve student well-being, promote gender equity in play, and serve as "co-teachers" for experiential learning. This piece, by Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, published by Educere Alliance, illustrates how successful transformation relies on deep public investment and participatory design that involves the entire school community.
The interdisciplinary research and development project EcoLit is inviting you to become part of their project’s final event, "Wondrous Relations: A Festival of Arts, Education and Ecology" from 7–9 September 2026 at the Orangerie Theater in Cologne, Germany.
The UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition is proud to announce the formal recognition of the initiative ‘Homeless Population in Governador Valadares/MG’ as an outstanding example of humanities-anchored, transdisciplinary sustainability science.
