Pursuing Climate Justice in a Climate Crisis - at the Learning Planet Festival 2026
Join scholars and authors working at the intersection of story, justice, and science.
Location: Online: Zoom.
Join scholars and authors working at the intersection of story, justice, and science.
Location: Online: Zoom.
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.
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 - 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.
Location: Conference Room, Seminar Building, University of Cologne
“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.
Location: Turistarama (Mauritiussteinweg 102, 50676 Cologne)
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.
Location: Auerbach Library, MESH, Köln