Researchers at the University of Iceland and Brunel University in London recently received a grant from The British Academy to research the role and attitude of Icelandic families regarding climate action. The project is called Centring Families in Iceland’s Just Transition. Friday the 27th of June, members of the research team will present their project in conversation with the ongoing research project Climate Crisis and Affect: An Investigation of Embodied Emotions and Behaviours Regarding Climate Change in Iceland. Everyone is welcome.

The Nordic House, 2.-4. May, 2025: Other-Grounds Film Festival is a multicultural, collaborative initiative exploring what it means to be human on Earth—and how we can build responsible, connected relationships with nature and each other. In the face of today’s overlapping crises—environmental, social, and ideological—we seek new ways to perceive, imagine, and relate to the world. Bringing together films, conversations, and diverse perspectives, the festival highlights knowledge systems that have often been silenced. It amplifies voices fighting for sustainability, the rights of nature, and a more-than-human future.

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.

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.