How can we better connect citizens, policy and energy systems in the transition to sustainable neighbourhoods? Over the past four years, the NWO research project ALIGN4energy has brought together researchers and practitioners to explore this question. On the 24th of September, the project will host a general assembly to discuss findings and meet researchers and professionals working on these challenges. See our website for more information.

What does it mean to do environmental humanities with or through the arts? This online event brings together researchers and practitioners working at this intersection. When: Wednesday 13 May 2026, 14:15-15:30 Where: Online (click on online for a link to the Zoom)as well as atThe Greenhouse Center for Environmental HumanitiesUniversity…

On Tuesday, 10 March 2026, Dr. Anne Pasek will deliver a lunch lecture at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, discussing two approaches to computing in the Global North—one focused on energy efficiency in the tech sector and the other on alternative methods like degrowth computing. The event is free and open to…

Image: Jacobus Pelgrom, De gasfabriek van de Amsterdamsche Pijp-gaz Compagnie aan de Schans, 1840 – 1850. Amsterdam. Depot Amsterdam Museum. Please be welcome at the second lunch lecture of our lunch lecture series to learn more about the spatial dimension of the urban transition from coal to gas in the…

EHC and ASI invite you to the Transitions Workshop on November 1st! The keynote lecture will be given by Derk Loorbach, followed by paper presentations by young researchers along the themes of perceptions, policy, and practice of transitions. Registration via the link this post! NOTE changed location: Internationaal Instituut voor…

The Environmental Humanities Center and Amsterdam Sustainability Institute are organising a graduate conference on the 1st of November. This is a call for presentation abstracts on the topic of transitions. Submission deadline: 1st of July.