International Spring School 2025 on climate and biodiversity

The second edition of this summer/spring school will focus in particular on representations, narratives and imaginaries of the abovementioned crises and of the socio-ecological transformations our societies require in order to face these challenges: How are they represented in our various academic disciplines, by different societal groups and between diverse countries and regions of the world? What kinds of utopias and dystopias are connected to them and how do they shape the ways our societies react to these crises (or not)? How are the transformations of climate, biodiversity and societies perceived,by whom,and how do these perceptions change over time, and with which consequences?

In short, we are especially (but not exclusively) interested in contributions on

• how representations/ narratives/ imaginaries of the climate and biodiversity crises and of the implied societal changes have evolved over time
• how these representations differ between disciplines (in the social sciences and humanities as well as in the natural sciences and engineering), social groups, countries and regions
• how these representations, narratives and imaginaries work to motivate or impede environmentalist action and socioeconomic and political changes seeking to resolve the crises