Conference theme:
The theme of the 15th IST conference is ‘Sustainability transitions and nature’. Sustainability transition research investigates social and technical change processes in solving environmental problems including possible social injustices, tensions, and dilemmas associated with these. The focus on the ‘social’ and the ‘technical’ often externalize the natural world treating it instead as part of the ‘landscape’ of transitions. Nature—broadly understood as the biophysical environment—thus remains an often overlooked but important dimension in the STRN research agenda.
The point of departure for sustainability transitions research is that existing production-consumption systems are environmentally unsustainable and need to transform. As such sustainability transitions therefore aim to preserve the natural environment in its current Holocene state. This simplistic understanding of the relationships between sustainability transitions and nature is increasingly becoming inadequate for understanding transition dynamics.
Initial observations on this changing relationships between sustainability transitions and nature are far from exhaustive but they are sufficient to call for more attention to the general theme. The 15th edition of IST therefore seeks to direct attention to the novel complexities, paradoxes and opportunities related to the diverse relationships between sustainability transitions and nature.
Registration and conference fee:
Please see updated information on the conference website.
Programme:
- Early Career Researcher Welcome day: 16th of June 2024
- Main conference: 17th to 19th of June 2024
- Early Career Researcher Paper Development Workshop: 20th of June 2024
The full programme will be available on the conference website closer to the conference.
Organization committee
Taran Thune, University of Oslo
Allan Dahl Andersen, University of Oslo
Kejia Yang, University of Oslo
Amir Mirzadeh Phirouzabadi, University of Oslo
Hilde Nykamp, University of Oslo
Markus Bugge, University of Oslo
Tuukka Mäkitie, Sintef Digital
Markus Steen, Sintef Digital
Lars Coenen, Western Norway University of Applied Science
Tomas Skjølsvold, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Gisle Solbu, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Contact
More information can be found on the STRN website.
Please direct any queries to istconference2024@tik.uio.no