The STRN and NEST PhD-Network jointly invite PhD students and junior researchers to a School on “Methodologies and Methods for Sustainability Transitions Research”. The school will be hosted by Dr. Lea Fünschilling and team at Lund University, Sweden, September 28 – October 2, 2020. The school provides an overview of […]
We are grateful to announce the call for submissions for the International Sustainability Transitions conference 2020 in Vienna. The conference will take place from the 18-21 August 2020 (ist2020.at). Please find the call for submissions here. It is hosted by the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Vienna University of […]
The Call for Abstracts for the 5th NEST conference due to take place in Zurich at EAWAG with support of ETH Zurich has brought yet another increase in submissions: in total we have received 130 submitted abstracts! This is an increase of about 10% in comparison to last year. This […]
Joint International Resilience conference Interconnected: Resilience innovations for Sustainable Development Goals 24, 25 and 26 November, 2020 | TU Delft, The Netherlands 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering and the Future Resilient Systems programme of Singapore-ETH Centre invite you to submit a proposal for a session to be held at the […]
COVID-19 The 5th NEST conference will not take place as planned. However, since we have invested so much of our time and enthusiasm in this event, we are assessing a way to organize a fully digitalized NEST conference. We are confident to be able to inform you about the feasibility of […]
The 5th NEST conference will take place on the 7th and 8th of May in Zürich, Switzerland. Surging right before the deadline, submissions to participate in the 5th NEST conference have surpassed the organizers’ expectations. In total, about 100 submissions were sent from all corners of the World, from North America to South Africa, East Asia […]
Accelerating sustainability transitions Building visions, unlocking pathways, navigating conflicts Over the past few decades the damage being done to global ecosystems by established development trajectories has become increasingly evident. In many sectors and regions sustainability transitions are gathering pace as new technologies, business models and social practices begin to transform […]
STRN works to improve scientific understanding of sustainability transitions through a program of networking, research coordination and synthesis activities organized around eight research themes. Our research agenda (updated in 2019) specifies the research and policy challenges that the network is currently engaged with. Download journal version at EIST / Sciencedirect. […]
Jochen Markard (ETH-Zürich) was elected as the new chairman of the STRN network. His term started as of the 1. of January. Jochen follows Frank Geels (Manchester University). Lea Fünfschilling from Lund University was elected as a new board member. Check out: Jochen’s website Jochen’s twitter Lea’s website […]
The Call for Abstracts for the 4th NEST conference due to take place in Lisbon at Universidade Nova de Lisboa has brought yet another increase in submissions: in total we have received 119 submitted abstracts! This is three times more applications than last year. This can be seen as […]
