Political Ecology Forum at NMBU

08/08/2023

In Ukraine, small-scale family farmers are fighting a war in parallel to feeding their nation. In this episode of the podcast of the Political Ecology Forum at NMBU, Natalia Mamonova guides us through the struggle for food sovereignty in Ukraine in the midst of armed conflict.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fyR7ukLWvCE2jVSjySuiO?si=VdMZmpTETn2wr6CGYlYulg

Listen to this episode from Political Ecology Forum on Spotify. Natalia Mamonova is a rural (political) sociologist with over 10 years of research experience in rural politics, agrarian transformation, social movements, food sovereignty, and right-wing populism in post-socialist Europe. Natali...

15/11/2022

Don't miss Poul Wisborg's contribution to the ongoing debate // 'Tuition fee for non-European students in Norway: Unfair and a threat to education quality' https://politicalecology.space/tuition-fee-norway/

21/10/2022

Listen to "Political Ecology: A breath of fresh air in academia by Alexander Dunlap" a podcast of Political Ecology Forum at NMBU ⚓

In this interview, Carmen Beatriz M. Mapis interviews Alexander Dunlap who reflects on the links between Political Ecology, green solutions, decoloniality and anarchism. Foto: Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/snordq/8224007187/in/photolist-4B6Y9m-4B6Y9s-4B6Y9u-4B2QC8-4B2QCa-4B2LtB-4B2LtD-4B2QCe-...

21/10/2022

Following a debate between Degrowth and Political Ecology, Erik Gómez-Baggethun critiques the critique to limits in the journal Political Geography.

https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629822000361

Tor A. Benjaminsen

Political GeographyVolume 98, October 2022, 102622ViewpointPolitical ecological correctness and the problem of limitsAuthor links open overlay panelErikGomez-BaggethunabShow moreShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102622Get rights and contentUnder a Creative Commons licenseOpen accessPrev...

21/10/2022

Don't miss Dara Sands' examination of 'historical drivers of change which disrupted a long history of human-wolf coexistence in Ireland' in the journal Conservation and Society.

Tor A. Benjaminsen

Conservat Soc, Official publication of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

08/09/2022

Political Ecology Forum at NMBU held the PhD course 'Political Ecology of Scarcity, Limits and Degrowth'. Great lecturers, ethusiastic students and interesting discussions took place in Aas from 7-10 June 2022.

Read here an account of the course.

https://politicalecology.space/account-eds423/

30/08/2021

There are still some spots to physically attend the presentation of a special issue of Landscape Research Journal in a seminar (+ lunch) at Vitenparken in honour and memory of Eirin Hongslo. Register here: https://politicalecology.space/seminar-making

23/06/2021

If you missed the presentation of Tor A. Benjaminsen and Hanne Svarstad's new book, you can watch it here and enjoy an exciting discussion with Anwesha Dutta, Mariel Aguilar-Støen and Ben Neimark, chaired by Melanie Sommerville
https://youtu.be/zRVWIR_iixM

21/06/2021

You can enjoy the recorded session of a thought provoking discussion on Bram Buscher's 's The Truth About Nature. Environmentalism in the Era of Post-Truth Politics and Platform Capitalism. Tor A. Benjaminsen Melanie Sommerville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXaU-73sVw

14/06/2021