Reflections from the conference
Aug 30, 2017
Reflections from the Monday morning session on “Economy, trade and resilience” One disastrously long vegetarian lunch queue later (who would have expected resilience scientists to be vegetarians right? :p), I find myself coming late into this session on...Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday parallel session on “Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes” I am honestly stoked for this session as I brought some heavy baggage (please do take that literally, I have a flight to...Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the closing plenary of the Resilience2017 conference One last time, a conference room somewhere in Stockholm, another capital on planet Earth, is the meeting point for young scholars, pioneering scientists, practitioners, and the generally curious....Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday morning session, “Protected area resilience & sustainability: the importance of spatial relationships in ecosystem service provision” On the last morning of the conference, I made my way through three national parks in South Africa....Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday parallel session on ” Inter- and transdisciplinarity in SES research” Day three into the conference began to feel like a routine. It gave a sense of belonging to a community as faces became more familiar and conversations...Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the Monday theme plenary session “Frontiers of SES research (Theories and Methods)” Marten Scheffer (pictured) from Wageningen University, Netherlands, has a way with words and pictures to convey a message that makes everyone grin and...Read more
Aug 28, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday Stewardship theme plenary III: “Governing complex systems for biosphere stewardship” Apparently, I’ve walked into the third talk in a series on governing complex adaptive systems. Oops, I have been shopping away in all the...Read more
Aug 27, 2017
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Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday parallel session on “AIMES 2.0: Reconsidering integrated socio-environmental modeling” Into this session, I come with no knowledge and less than zero expectations. It immediately becomes clear that this one is a big deal, I see...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from Tuesday the afternoon session “Power, Frames and Fortunes: Polycentricity Uncovered” This session focused on the role of power in polycentric governance. It was a popular session, with many people queuing to get in! Luckily there was tweeting from...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday morning session “Advancing the theory on transformations to sustainability” This session focused on theoretical questions of transformations to sustainability. Arguably, there is a key need to think through theories for explaining and...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday morning session “Teleconnections, globalisation and resilience” This session provided cutting-edge insight into thinking about “teleconnections” in global change and sustainability problems. The concept of teleconnections...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday afternoon theme plenary session “Connectivity theme plenary III: Teleconnected vulnerabilities and global systemic risks” This final theme plenary session explored the fascinating and path-breaking topic of teleconnections and global...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday morning session “Debating the big questions of adaptive governance in social-ecological systems” Can adaptive governance actually destabilize deeply-rooted power structures to unlock social-ecological traps? Leading our efforts to make...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday morning session “Inequality and the Biosphere: Exploring the Interactions between the Biosphere and Human Well-Being through the Lens of Inequality” Could fairer distribution of burdens in human well-being foster nature stewardship?...Read more
Aug 25, 2017
Reflections from the Wednesday morning session “Complexity Leadership Theory, Panarchy & Resilience: an embodiment workshop” Just when you thought you were catching up on the themes of Resilience 2017, Alan Bush (University of South Florida) slams...Read more
Aug 24, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday morning theme session “Novel methods for studying human behavior and its interrelations with the environment” Tuesday 9:10 Elke (another blogger of the Resilience conference 2017) and I rushed to the subway with eggs on the go...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from Monday parallel session “C1/C2 Transformative agency Part 1: Social-ecological transformations for sustainability” This session pitched several speed talks followed by breakout conversations. The topics all explored various aspects of agency-related...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday morning theme session “Identifying social and ecological drivers of regime shifts: Approaches and methods for understanding social-ecological system dynamicsm” Regime shifts is a concept that that may seem straight forward. And...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday open plenary session “Resilience science, creativity and art in turbulent times.” I’ll just throw this disclaimer out at the very beginning: there’s no way I can adequately do this plenary session justice given how visually...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday parallel session “At the cutting edge: translating resilience theory into practice to facilitate sustainability transformations” This conference is all about resilience, but how does one actually assess and measure...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday parallel session “Weaving Social Justice into Resilience Theory & Practice; Linking Local Cases and Global Levers to Propel Sustainable and Equitable Transformation” “Every person on Earth has the right to food, water and a...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday theme plenary session “C3: Approaches for fostering biosphere stewardship” Biosphere stewardship is about humans recognizing that they are part of and indeed dependent on the biosphere to maintain their own well-being. When...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from Tuesday theme plenary session “Where are transformations currently happening, and how can we study them through a resilience lens?” Just getting out of bed, I couldn’t get a better wake-up call than Karen O’Brien’s. Engaging directly in...Read more
Aug 23, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday parallel session “Indigenous knowledge and social-ecological innovation Social-ecological transformations for sustainability” I hold my breath as Melanie Goodchild takes the floor and greets us in her native language....Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday parallel session “Stewardship of gastronomic landscapes (gastronomic stewardship) – meet, greet and eat while exploring the future of food” Antipasto Line Gordon, the deputy director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) has...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Tuesday parallel session on “Ecosystem services and resilience – Multi-level governance and biosphere stewardship” Ecosystem goods and services can be generalized as the outputs of the environment that are either necessary for or benefit...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday theme plenary session “C3: Biosphere stewardship across scales and knowledge systems” One wouldn’t necessarily think there would be a riveting, packed discussion centered around bringing indigenous spirits to the center of western-centric...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the session “Frontiers of Ecosystem services research/Modelling Ecosystem Services: Approaches and methods for understanding social-ecological system dynamics” On Monday afternoon, I enter a packed room to listen to four short 3-minute ”speed”...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday Open Plenary with professors Carl Folke and Katrina Brown 978 eyes gaze at a stage that is a cozy Swedish living room. Unnoticeably to the audience, the sofa, table and armoire tell a first story of resilience. They are made from robust...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday contributed session “Using big data to understand marine social-ecological systems: challenges, opportunities, and frontiers” The word cloud below was generated by the audience as a response to, “what comes to mind when you hear...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday parallel session “Traps and Regime shifts: Approaches and methods for understanding social-ecological system dynamics” Rapid and unwanted changes in human and natural systems can be unexpected (surprise!) and have terrible consequences for...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday plenary session “(C4): Cross-scale dynamics and resilience” “One of the best parts of being a professor is being able to make shit up,” professor Lance Gunderson from Emory University, US, declared during his presentation to a...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday contributed session “Just green? How do we make green infrastructure become a tool for cross dimensional urban sustainability?” Urban sustainability goes far beyond green infrastructure. In fact, urban green infrastructure is a...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday session “Novel concepts, fields and methods: Approaches and methods for understanding social – ecological system dynamics” While the amount of knowledge and data on the interactions of biophysical and social factors is...Read more
Aug 22, 2017
Reflections from the Monday morning theme plenary session “Learning from the history of large-scale social innovations and transformations” The focal question of this session was basically: what can we learn from large-scale historical transformations, to...Read more
Aug 20, 2017
Former Stockholm Resilience Centre Master’s student Elke Markey reflects on the conference PhD & Early Career Day, taking place at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sunday 20 September 8h40: Running to the subway. I’m a conference newbie, and my assumption is...Read more
