Events

Webinar: The unitive science of a living universe

Join this exciting webinar hosted by The Fifth Element: Exploring how an emerging scientific perspective on interconnection, information and living systems could reshape the way we understand reality, and our place within it. What if the universe is not made up of separate parts, but is fundamentally relational, dynamic and alive? This webinar will explore the themes of The unitive science of a living universe, the second discussion paper in The Fifth Element series.

Start: 7 May 2026 @ 4:00:pm

Finish: 7 May 2026 @ 5:00:pm

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MESH Works: "Wondrous Relations: A Creative Writing Workshop Exploring Nature, Connection, Memory and Joy"

"Wondrous Relations: A Creative Writing Workshop Exploring Nature, Connection, Memory and Joy" - A weekly workshop starting on May 6th at Cafe Belgique, Cologne. This course is now fully subscribed. Everyone is, however, cordially invited to the public reading on June 3rd!

Start: 6 May 2026 @ 5:00:pm

Finish: 3 Jun 2026 @ 5:00:pm

Location: Cafe Belgique, Cologne (Brüsseler Platz 16, 50674 Cologne)

Green Shoots: Seminar Series

"Towards an Ethnography of Mediterranean Critical Zones: Sensing & Sense-Making of Socio-Environmental Injustice through Multidisciplinary Community-based Research and Interventions" In this seminar, Christoph Lange introduces the concept of Mediterranean Critical Zones (MCZ) as the underlying framework of his current postdoctoral research project. The project aims at developing a heuristic toolkit for integrating ethnography and environmental anthropology with environmental humanities, and Earth system approaches to socio-environmental change and interventions.

Start: 21 Apr 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 21 Apr 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: GSSC, room 3.03, University of Cologne

Work-in-Progress Seminar: Towards an Ethnography of Mediterranean Critical Zones | Sensing & Sense-Making of Socio-Environmental Injustice through Multidisciplinary Community-based Research and Interventions

In this seminar, Christoph Lange introduces the concept of Mediterranean Critical Zones (MCZ) as the underlying framework of his current postdoctoral research project. The project aims at developing a heuristic toolkit for integrating ethnography and environmental anthropology with environmental humanities, and Earth system approaches to socio-environmental change and interventions.

Start: 21 Apr 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 21 Apr 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: GSSC - Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, 3rd floor, 50931 Cologne

GSSC Seminar Series: Rethinking Nature’s Rights

UPDATE: THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 2026. MORE INFORMATION IN DUE COURSE. GSSC Seminar Series: Rethinking Nature’s Rights. Camila Bustos (Pace University, USA) 31 March 2026 - 12:00-13:00. At the University of Cologne. Laws are moving away from seeing nature as just a "resource" for humans and instead recognising it as a subject with its own legal rights. Recognising the rights of nature is powerful, but it requires a solid legal roadmap to truly protect our planet and its people. This edition of the GSSC Seminar Series with Camila Bustos digs into this in detail.

Start: 31 Mar 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 31 Mar 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: University of Cologne, GSSC Seminar room 3.03

Upcoming and Past

Webinar: The unitive science of a living universe

MESH Works: "Wondrous Relations: A Creative Writing Workshop Exploring Nature, Connection, Memory and Joy"

Green Shoots: Seminar Series

Work-in-Progress Seminar: Towards an Ethnography of Mediterranean Critical Zones | Sensing & Sense-Making of Socio-Environmental Injustice through Multidisciplinary Community-based Research and Interventions

GSSC Seminar Series: Rethinking Nature’s Rights