Discussion : Science & Activism - Universities in academic activism and advocacy

Thousands of universities have made climate emergency declarations; however the higher education sector is not rising to the collective challenge with the urgency commensurate with scientific warnings. In this session of our series "Science and activism" we will discuss how universities could catalyse climate action, basing ourselves on this paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/…

Perhaps you're a scientist and you're interested by the intersection between science and activism, or perhaps you're thinking of becoming an activist, or maybe you're even already an activist and you want to share your experiences? Whatever your motivation, you are more than welcome to join us for a friendly and undoubtedly exciting discussion about the topic.

We will be using the fishbowl discussion method for this event as it lessens the distinction between speakers and the audience. You can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conve…

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