A list of past sessions from October 2018 onwards 3 July 2025Imminence of Trees: Rhizomatic narrative encounters with indigenous and invasive socioecologies, water, food and livelihoods in Cape Town followed by summer socialGrace O'Donovan, University of Edinburgh 19 June 2025Exploring Power and Emotions in Human-Elephant co-existence in Kenya Maureen Kinyanjui, University of Edinburgh 15 May 2025What role can group farms play in supporting sustainable agricultural intensification in South Asia?Fraser Sugden, University of Birmingham and Bina Agarwal, University of Manchester27 March 2025Screening of documentary Our Blue World followed by a panel discussion including Water Witness International.EEDN and WSP. As spaces are limited, we ask you to register for this event using this link (places are available on a first-come-first-served basis).13 February 2025Art as collaborative practice: Socio-environmental learning with communitiesAna Cabrera PachecoCordula Marks VentersLaura Johnson16 January 2025Sustainability Dilemmas: governing landscapes and a changing polity in NepalAndrea Nightingale, University of Oslo14 Nov 2024Partnering with Mongolian herders to enhance forest resilience and productivity to deliver sustainable global, national and local benefitsPat Hardcastle and Andy Inglis17 Oct 2024Who stewards our forests?Arpitha Kodiveri26 Sept 2024Knowledge exchange between international development and Scottish climate, community and sustainability practiceECCI and EEDN joint event20 June 2024Adapting in Adversity, and EEDN summer social with food provided by Edinburgh Food SocialSarah Knight and Simon Mercer, Mercy Corps2 May 2024Just transformations: Grassroots Struggles for Alternative FuturesIokiñe Rodríguez, University of East Anglia21 March 2024Christianity and conservation agriculture in KenyaPeter Rowe, University of Edinburgh15 Feb 2024Urbanisation and Environmentalism in Malawian State Building: Turning Tensions into Synergies?Matt Lane, University of Edinburgh25 January 2024Regenerative forestry, what is it and is Scotland ready for it?Addendum in response to Q&A: Look to Ireland for how to move gently towards different silvicultural systems: Landmark Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) Scheme Announced - Pro Silva IrelandWillie McGhee, The Forest Policy Group14 December 2023 Nitrogen with a social sciences twistDr Annie Yang, University of Edinburgh30 November 2023 Restoring Peace with Nature - to coincide with 'Lost Species Day' https://www.lostspeciesday.orgJulian Caldecott12 October 2023 Supporting community-led conservation in Scotland International conservation organisation Fauna & Flora, and the community initiatives Edinburgh Shoreline and Restoration Forth will discuss their experiences in supporting and delivering community led conservation in Scotland, including supporting the Coastal Communities Network21 September 2023 'Cattle in the Community Forest': Documentary Film Screening & DiscussionJames Robinson24 August 2023 Why promoting a conservation ethos in Australia is a challengeDr Rochelle Steven, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University15 June 2023Presentation of a short film showcasing Clare and Sam's recent work with colleagues in Nepal: Collective Reflective Learning for Social Justice in Nepal’s Community-Based Natural Resource ManagementEEDN annual summer socialSam Staddon and Clare Barnes25 May 2023"What is 'coexistence'? Considering the case of Nepal's tigers and people"Bivishika Bhandari, WWF Nepal30 March 2023"Land for What? Land for Whom? Senses of Place and Conflict in the Scottish Highlands"Bonnie Vandesteeg12 January 2023"The health effects of air pollution: democratizing models and measurements to inform global policy decisions"Dr Sumil Thakrar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota1 December 2022"A clash between project desires and investor desires: Examples from the voluntary carbon market". Discussing the market trade-offs when it comes to scaling up the conservation or restoration projects around the world.Luke Howard, Plan Vivo 27 October 2022"What can Conservation and Agriculture take from Political Ecology?" We aligned with the POLLEN online workshop 'Political Ecology, Conservation & Agrarian Change'; watching some of the presentations and following with a panel discussionPanelists:Dr Shubbhi Sharma, feminist political ecologist, School of Social and Political SciencesDr Silvia Perez-Espona, conservation geneticist and Coordinator of Edinburgh Conservation Science)Dr Alfy Gathorne-Hardy, agricultural scientist, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems12 October 2022 "Gendered Surplus People, Food Security, and Maladaptation to Climate Change in Northern Ghana", a co-sponsored event between the Centre for African Studies, EEDN, and POLLEN (the Political Ecology Reading Group) Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong29 September2022PhD Sharing (...of passion, tips, connections, ideas, solidarity from across the network) Document One piece of advice to other PhD students and to yourself (180.43 KB / PDF) Anyone wanting to share their PhD-related experiences23 June 2022EEDN Summer Social catered for by Edinburgh Food Social, with delivery by Farr Out. 7 April 2022 Document 'Tipping points and deadline-aware climate emergency investments' (3.61 MB / PDF) You can click on the pdf link above for slides of the talk, or watch it here.Dr Julian Caldecott17 March 2022 Document 'Opening the ‘black box’ of international development projects: methods and opportunities for exploring project practices' (770.65 KB / PDF) Jack Covey, PhD candidate at University of Edinburgh27 January 2022 Document Water Witness on 'How to solve the global water crisis: five imperatives and the key questions we face' (6.26 MB / PDF) Gaia Marini and Nick Hepworth from Water Witness18 November 2021 Document Policy making: science or scientists-led? Exploration of the use of evidence in development and environment policy and practice (3.94 MB / PDF) Yvan Biot23 January 2020 Document Long-term engagement in Nepal's environmental governance (5.16 MB / PDF) Prof Andrea Nightingale,University of Oslo, Norway12 December 2019 Document Faith in the Forest: the enjoyments and challenges of working for an environmental Christian organisation (5.92 MB / PDF) Nicholas Warren, A Rocha14 November 2019 Document Pracademic: bridging the gap between science and practice for disaster management and climate change adaptation (6.33 MB / PDF) Kate Crowley, University of Edinburgh17 October 2019 Document When tree planting damages ecosystems (4.89 MB / PDF) Caroline Lehmann, University of Edinburgh4 April 2019Ecosystems and urban vulnerability: why is research evidence ignored in Asia and beyond? Jim Jarvie, Thismiafocus14 March 2019Technologies in natural resource governanceMargherita Scazza, University of Edinburgh28 February 2019 Learning lessons from projects, places & peopleClare Barnes, Gary Watmough, Sam Staddon, University of Edinburgh 13 December 2018Indigenous communitiesPeter Branney, a private consultant22 November 2018Involving business in conservation and developmentTillem Burlace, LTS International25 October 2018 Livelihoods and Rights-based approaches to natural resource management Peter O’Hara, Participatory Natural Resource Management This article was published on 2026-04-23
