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Urban Political Ecologies of Heat in Europe

Guest editors: Hug March (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Katie Meehan (King's College London).

Sayan Banerjee: learning is a process

Sayan Banerjee is a researcher exploring the more-than-human political ecology of human-wildlife interactions and biodiversity conservation in India. Apart from this, he is also interested in the governance of ICCAs and their interaction with market-based conservation, gender and environment interlinkages, and environmental history. He currently serves as board member of the Social Science Working Group and Asia region, both under the Society of Conservation Biology.

Sarah Anne Stevens: Living the Values of Political Ecology

I am a PhD candidate at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science who is
researching questions of contestation, power, and hegemony in global governance.
Specifically, my work empirically examines how processes of degrowth transformation
are introduced, contested, and co-opted in multistakeholder forest governance.

Oikos and Polis: what is left for Political Ecology as nature and politics collapse

Rebecca Borges (Universitat Pompeu Fabra/POLLEN Secretariat)

UPF Planetary Health in 50 Days (Barcelona)

In order to contribute to and advance the global conversations around planetary health and associated issues, the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center is organising a series of conferences that will take place in Barcelona, Spain, under the umbrella of “Planetary Health in 50 days”.

Special Feature in People and Nature: “Halfway through the UN Decade: taking stock of social-ecological restoration”

Call for Proposals: Taking stock of social-ecological restoration People and Nature is seeking proposals to the Special Feature “Halfway through the…

POLLEN 2026: Open for Panels

Get ready for Barcelona!

Eleonora: research as a journey

I am a researcher currently interested both in the environmental justice dimension of biodiversity conservation, and the challenges and opportunities posed by ecological transitions in Europe —critically examining dominant “greening” narratives to uncover both their transformative potential and their pitfalls. I am member of the Direction Board of the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas) and an honorary member of the ICCA Consortium.

Laila Vivas

I am a researcher from Barcelona, with special focus on environmental justice, ecofeminism and health imaginaries. I have been working and collaborating with the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center.