Whether it's climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technology, we don't know what the future holds. But how can we navigate uncertainty? Check out the book now! Polity Institute of Development Studies

INLAND is a unique intiative that combines pastoralism, agroecology, art and learning around a site in northern Spain. In our latest podcast episode, Fernando Garcia Dory from INLAND talks to Anoushka Zoob about shepherd schools, culture and commoning. futurenatures.org/podcast-shephe…

Commoning and the possibilities of rural futures A podcast episode and new article ask how rural futures are being opened up in Spain, England, South Africa and beyond. Read our latest newsletter now: futurenatures.substack.com/p/commoning-an…

#Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa. Our comic and photo story, published in May 2023, explored how Nigeria responded to mpox, and what other countries could learn from the challenges. futurenatures.org/comic-mpox-in-…

The far-right riots in the UK have led to calls for more police powers and surveillance. But that may make many communities, minority groups and legitimate acts of protest less safe. New piece by Andrea Brock, @anthropogo & Pat Huff theconversation.com/why-we-dont-ne…

In the face of far-right violence, our new piece in The Conversation argues that enhanced policing powers won't make us safer, but building solidarity, care & accountability in our communities will. theconversation.com/why-we-dont-ne… via The Conversation Andrea Brock Institute of Development Studies

Keeping our communities safe in the long-term requires confronting some hard truths, argues IDS researcher Amber Huff Amber Huff, Andrea Brock and Patrick Huff writing in The Conversation following the #UKRiots👇 theconversation.pulse.ly/leteejmcfh

Epidemics are about society as much as they are about biology, as the resources here show. Understanding social attitudes, infrastructure, financial resources, mobility, prevention, different forms of care, and uncertainties, is vital.

On 18 September we welcome Tobias Haller of @Anthropology_UniBern to discuss ‘mega-infrastructure’ projects and the drama of the grabbed commons. Institute of Development Studies, 13.00, all welcome futurenatures.org/calendar/disen…

"The first PHEIC [emergency] was only declared once mpox spread beyond Africa and to high-income settings... there is an uncomfortable reality that certain lives are persistently valued more than others in prioritising matters for global health response." ids.ac.uk/opinions/a-new…

Read our latest newsletter: 🐑 sheep, art & community in Spain ✊ how do ideas about commoning affect agrarian reform movements? 🌊 how to navigate uncertainty futurenatures.substack.com/p/commoning-an… #commoning #commons

18 Sept at Institute of Development Studies Tobias Haller @Anthropology_UniBern on 'Mega-Infrastructure Projects' and the drama of the grabbed commons ids.ac.uk/events/disench…

Rural is a doing word For the Future Natures podcast I visited Fernando, a shepherd/artist based in a Spanish mountain village to talk agroecological shepherd schools, neoliberal capitalism, land, cheese, and challenging identitarian politics in the countryside Inland – Campo Adentro