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CenSES annual report 2015
International cooperation
NESS 2015 – Contested Natures – new strategies, ideas and dialogues?
The Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2015
was arranged 9-11 June in Trondheim. As climate change,
commodification of natural resources, land deprivation,
biodiversity loss, pollution and other issues pertaining to
nature and natural resources are making themselves felt and
seen in our daily life, the purpose of this conference was to
come together and find newways to deal with environmental
challenges and changes, that are yet to come.
The conference welcomed researchers from all social
sciences, humanities and other relevant fields to present their
latest research related to aspects and interactions of social,
cultural, and environmental changes.
The NESS 2015 conference was arranged in Trondheim as a
collaboration between Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU) and Centre for Rural Research.
The conference was considered a huge success with more
sessions proposed than the conference could take, and over
200 researchers from a great number of nations taking part.
All in all, 15 working groups were organized covering
topics from “Sustainable transitions: policy and practice»,
Sustainable consumption, practices and devices», «Emergent
technologies – Innovation in renewable energy» to «Energy
Systems andMarkets», all of whom led by CenSES researchers.
Talks from these key note speakers were some of the biggest
highlights from this years conference:
Mike Hulme, on “Climate Change: One, or Many?”, Marina
Fischer-Kowalski on “The Anthropocene: humans lock-in
with fossil fuels, and their lock-out”, Katrina M Brown on
“Taking animal-human (co)agency seriously in nature-society
conflicts” and Paul Robbins on “ProducingWildlife: Labor and
Nature in the Indian Anthropocene”.
Espen Moe introducing one of the key notes Marina Fischer-Kowalski
Questions from the audience.
The welcome reception was held at The Nidaros Cathedral with a mini organ
concert.
This was the 12th NESS Conference arranged since the starting point of the
conference in 1993.