Join us on Wednesday afternoon in a webinar where we share lessons learned from developing decision support tools for unlocking inclusive wildlife economies African Wildlife Economy Institute Centre for Sustainability Transitions HELICS Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation

Climate expert, Prof Guy Midgley, will be the guest presenter at our next colloquium, and will present on "Climate change: 1.5ºC threshold and the implications of overshoot scenarios". Join us tomorrow at 1pm, in-person or online on Microsoft Teams at shorturl.at/hjFZ2.

I really enjoyed presenting our HELICS work on digital data and methods to study human-nature interactions as part of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions Colloquium Series. And what a beautiful campus Stellenbosch University!! Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki linkedin.com/posts/centre-f…

The Centre for Sustainability Transitions and our senior researcher, Dr Hayley Clements, had the privilege of hosting researchers from the Morally Contested Conservation group based at University of Oxford. Building partnerships around how conservation is seen & how people & nature coexist was high on the agenda

Don’t miss out on hearing what our co-director, Prof Mark Swilling, will be speaking about at the Perspectives on Sustainability Transitions lecture hosted by Publics Indian Institute for Human Settlements, with Maarten  Hajer & Aromar Revi.

South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy this year. High on the agenda is the ongoing energy crisis. The Centre for Sustainability Transitions's co-director, Prof Mark Swilling, reflects on the country's electricity crisis 30 years after South Africa's first democratic election. shorturl.at/mzMO6

Join us for the next PECS Collaborative Working Group Webinar with Maike Hamann: Enhancing resilience and equity: Insights from the Southern African Resilience Academy (May 2, 8:00 AM Arizona time zone). Register in advance for this meeting: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… (JH) Centre for Sustainability Transitions

A huge thank you to Centre for Sustainability Transitions for this donation to Krotoa Cares, showing once again that we are a caring community Stellenbosch University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (SU)

Tune into Carte Blanche tomorrow evening, where I’ll be weighing in on SAs revised biodiversity economy strategy African Wildlife Economy Institute Centre for Sustainability Transitions HELICS Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation

Abstract deadline for the Southern African Resilience Academy's Knowledge Exchange has been extended to 7 June 2024. Share your knowledge on the theme of "Connecting research, policy and practice for social-ecological resilience". Info can be found at lnkd.in/drgiFZzP

It's the final day to submit your abstracts to the Southern African Resilience Academy's Knowledge Exchange. Theme of the Exchange: "Connecting research, policy and practice for social-ecological resilience". Visit saraknowledge.co.za for info.

Centre for Sustainability Transitions PhD candidate and junior researcher, Alboricah Rathupetsane, recently published an op ed, "Time to open the floodgates on infrastructure development", in @EngNews. If you're keen to find out about Alboricah's thoughts on the topic, visit shorturl.at/NgruP.

The Centre for Sustainability Transitions has a bursary available for a motivated PhD candidate, starting in 2025. If you're interested in exploring "Pathways to transformative scenarios in multi-functional conservation landscapes in southern Africa", please apply. www0.sun.ac.za/cst/event/phd-…

Interested in SA's Just Energy Transition? Academics, postgrad students & researchers join us for a networking event on Socio-Economic Dynamics of Large-Scale Renewables in South Africa’s Just Energy Transition. Register at shorturl.at/XKNVb.

The Centre for Sustainability Transitions Centre for Sustainability Transitions and the Trilateral Chair hosted a workshop on the water-food-energy nexus! It is inspiring to see researchers working together and developing ideas for a sustainable future. #Sustainability #Innovation #Collaboration

Coming to the PECS-3 Pathways to Sustainability conference in Montreal? Join us for a Social-Ecological Systems Methods Mingle side event!. Share your methods-related experiences, learn from others and find your methods support group. Register at lnkd.in/d59jaT3V.

Want to find out more about why you should apply for our PGDip in Sustainable Development? We're hosting an online info session on Wednesday 21 August 2024, at 12:30pm. Register for the session at forms.office.com/r/rb2QSEa0TJ.

If you're interested in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, you might be interested in this case study: "Exploring a Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus Approach to Governance: A Case Study of the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa." read more at mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/1…

Submit a proposal for a working group in the Southern African Resilience Academy: an exciting opportunity to form new partnerships, build skills & generate policy-and practice relevant knowledge. Support for meeting & comms. Due 31 October, more info at: globalresiliencepartnership.org/sara2024/

The Centre for Sustainability Transitions is on the lookout to fill three researcher positions based at our office at Stellenbosch University. Find out more by visiting our website at www0.sun.ac.za/cst/announceme…. Applications close on 11 October 2024.