A creative (and large-scale) proposition for destabilisation, discontinuation and deliberate decline 🤔

Sustainability research is rarely sustainable, neither for the planet nor for academics, argues a new paper. What is needed now is a rethink of current norms and practices, according to the authors. Read more: buff.ly/3MGQ7Fu

Op 22 nov kiezen we voor een toekomstbestendig en eerlijk land. Of niet. Wetenschappers schenken klare wijn: de komende jaren zijn bepalend voor een leefbare aarde. Vraag het KNMI, IPCC. NOS legt ook mooi uit waarom. Doe het juiste: Kies klimaat. nos.nl/collectie/1396…

Last year I stayed at an Airbnb in A'dam owned by a young Dutch guy. He was accommodating enough but also curt. Placed off angle so that it's not obvious, there was a Thierry Baudet's portrait on a coffee table. It was jarring, surprising and discomforting. Same feelings now x5.

Tune in my interview with Lukas Fuchs, the recent winner of the best paper award of the 2023 Luhmann Conference, on arguments against and for the role of state in governance of transitions. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

As a winter holiday special episode, I interviewed ChatGPT on some of the pressing transition dilemmas as identified in the 2019 STRN research agenda paper 😀🎄 The result is not _entirely_ silly! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

Tune in my interview with Chloé Taillandier and Marc Dijk and explore the intriguing concept of 'de-transition' as a return to a prior system state. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

"degrees in Behavioural and Social Sciences ... are popular with [international students], followed by programs in Law and Governance. These fields offer far less promising career prospects." You had to rub it in 🥲 cursor.tue.nl/en/news/2024/f…

New episode of Transitions Visions! This one is with Natascha van Bommel from TUeTIS on dilemmas of just and urgent transitions. We discuss her research on whether just transitions can be fast, who can afford not to feel the urgency of transitions and more. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

Kind request for fellow Lowlands dwellers: if you happen on any info about an available apartment to rent in #Utrecht, pls let me know 🏡

New episode of Transitions Visions! In this one, I speak with Ivo Wakounig about his volunteering work for the World Energy Council and a bit about his switch from theoretical cosmology to transition studies. Bookmark now! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

📢New episode! This one might be particularly interesting for transitions NEST. Is 'switching to industry' a possibility for transitions PhDs? What does it take and who is it for? Join my chat with Hade Dorst about her experiences working at TNO. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

New episode of Transitions Visions! Join my talk with @HiskeArts from #FossielVrij NL on their recent law suit against the European Union, as well as on systems change, building coalitions from within and just transitions. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

📢 A new Transition Vision! 🧊 How sustainability could be taught in universities? How should AI be embraced? And where do students' values come from anyway?? Tune in our conversation with philosopher of science Vlasta Sikimic podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

📢 A new Transitions Vision! 🧊 Leaving academia to pursue an own entrepreneurial project? Klara Strecker shares her experiences, as well as motivation for this career transition. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tvisi…

Assistant professors with tenure tracks, it's cool that you can now officially be addressed "Professors" and all, but could you chill with the Veni applications and leave some room for us postdoc peasants? :D

📢 A new Transitions Vision! 🧊 What does conceptual disruption do and what can *we* do about it? I chat with my good friend philosopher Guido Löhr about these questions, as well as the politics of joint action, publishing strategies, and sex robots. open.spotify.com/episode/1jP0fL…

📢 A new transitions vision! 🧊 How do communities experience impacts on cultural heritage posed by climate change and colonial legacies? Check out my talk with Abbie Yunita of Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. open.spotify.com/episode/6seudk…