by Mark Swilling | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog
John van Breda from the Centre for Complex Systems in Transition and I have worked for ten years now to develop a unique approach to transdisciplinary research that is appropriate for our African context. As he brings his Phd to a close, all this work is now being...
by Mark Swilling | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog
Blake Robinson, who heads up SI Projects, recently presented our work on the resource requirements of future urbanization (REFURB) at the World Resources Forum in Cost Rica. Herewith his notes about the experience: From Blake Robinson: I was recently invited by UNEP...
by Mark Swilling | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in partnership with Metropolis (World Association of the Major Metropolises) have hosted a strategic discussion here in the old beautiful city of Barcelona to discuss the compilation of a position document for presentation at...
by Mark Swilling | Jul 3, 2016 | Blog
On Thursday 30th I delivered a lecture at the Centre for Agroecology Water and Resilience (CAWR) at the University of Coventry (UC). Talk was entitled Transdisciplinary Research for Transformation in an African Context. I was invited by Michel Pimbert, the DIrector...
by Mark Swilling | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
It is Monday 27 June 2016 and I’m on the early morning train from St. Pancras, London, to Sheffield. This is the first Monday after the momentous referendum result delivered the Brexit verdict. The radio in the taxi to the station broadcasts the slightly hysterical...
by Mark Swilling | Jun 25, 2016 | Blog
At the Gordon Research Conference in Vermont, with (from right) Heinz Schandl (Conference Chair, IRP member and employed by CSIRO in Australia), Janet Salem from UNEP (Bangkok and formerly IRP Secretariat) and Esther van der Voet (IRP member from The Netherlands)....
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