Lectures 2021

Green Roofs, Urban Waterways, and Higher Education

In this lecture, Dr. Timothy Carter gave a talk about how the many types of environmentally-relevant infrastructure in society play a key role in how systems function - physical, social, cultural, and others. By definition, however, these infrastructures are hidden and most people either ignore, or take for granted, the functions that they perform. With three different case studies at increasing scales, Dr. Carter described how these infrastructures can be used to accelerate change.

Between guns and soy: Jair Bolsonaro's authoritarianism in Brazil

At this lecture, Sabrina Fernandes (a sociologist and ecosocialist activist from Brazil) talked about the current situation in Brazil, which has undergone great political turmoil, from the coup against Dilma Rousseff to the wrongful conviction of Lula to the election of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro.

The lecture took place on 5 October 2021 and was hosted by Sustainability Science Centre and the Centre for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Copenhagen. Georg Walter, Director of CLAS was moderator of the lecture.

Emotional Responses to the Climate Crisis: Anxiety, Anger and Action

This webinar was about emotional responses to the climate crisis – why you may feel anxiety and anger, what to do with the emotions and how to turn them into action. 

It was a dialogue between a political scientist, a social and community psychologist and a natural scientist. The speakers were: Lars Tønder, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Zoe Leviston, College of Health & Medicine, Australian National University and Katherine Richardson, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen. 

The webinar took place on 31 May 2021 and was hosted by the Sustainability Science Centre, as a part of the Sustainability Lecture Series, and the Globe Institute, as a part of their Sustainability Initiative. The recording of the webinar can be found at their youtube channel.