Climate Crisis and Affect: A network for climate humanities and social sciences in and around Iceland

Climate:

1) The planetary chemical and physical processes. 2) The environmental conditions in a given place. 3) The general cultural, political, and emotional mood in a particular time and place.

Crisis:

1) A difficult or dangerous period. 2) A time of disagreement, confusion, or suffering. 3) An unstable turning point for better or worse. 4) A time for crucial decisions and actions.

Affect:

1) (verb) To act on something or someone and thereby cause a change or an effect in something or someone. 2) (noun) An emotion, mood, behavior or reaction in a person or group of people.

Join the network!

This network is intended to promote cooperation between anyone in Iceland who work with the effects and affects of the climate crisis, but the focus is on humanities and social areas.

Lunch-time seminar: Why is it important to study climate philosophically?

Tuesday 25. March2025 12.00-13.00 in Árnagarður 101, University of Iceland. David Garcimartín from the at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, explores the philosophical significance of the concept of climate, emphasizing its historical, cultural, and imaginative dimensions.

Seminar for Staff at UI: Calculate your carbon footprint

What is a carbon footprint and why should we measure it? You will know all the answers to that question after attending this course. 11. Feb - 10:00 to 12:00. Location: Aðalbygging A-229.

Climate Emotions: Philosophical and Anthropological Perspectives

In this lunch seminar, researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of Iceland present their work on emotional responses to ecological crises from the perspective of philosophy and anthropology. Háskólatorg 101, 3. December, 12:00-13:00.

Arctic Climate Change Communication

This symposium brings together a diverse, international group of scholars, artists and activists who share a strong commitment to climate change communication in the Arctic. Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata 15, October 19th 2024