Save the Date: Symposium “Socio-Ecological Transformation in Times of Regression” am 04. + 05.12.2025
Save the Date: Symposium “Socio-Ecological Transformation in Times of Regression”
December 4–5, 2025 | University of Kassel
We are pleased to invite you to the international symposium “Socio-Ecological Transformation in Times of Regression”, taking place on December 4 and 5, 2025, at the University of Kassel. The department of International Relations with a focus on Latin America organizes the symposium in cooperation with the Kassel Institute for Sustainability.
Amid intensifying ecological crises, geopolitical shifts, and democratic backsliding, the symposium brings together scholars and activists from across the globe to explore how emancipatory socio-ecological transformations can be pursued in regressive times.
Key topics include:
· Dynamics of regression – a time-diagnostic classification
· Shifting times: geopolitics of transformation
· Social movements: agency, strategies, and challenges
· Labour and labour struggles
· Alliances and linkages: resisting regression across sectors and regions
Confirmed participants include: Eva von Redecker, Micaela Cuesta, Nora Räthzel, Simon Schaupp, Mariana Walter, Liam Campling, Cristina Vega Solís, Rita Calvário, Jenny Simon, Etienne Schneider, Alina Brad, Ulrich Brand, and many more.
Please Save the date, further details including programme, venue and registration will follow and can also soon be found here.
We look forward to welcoming you in Kassel.
Best regards,