An invitation to reframe our relationship with the vegetal realm. Conceived and curated by studio d-o-t-s, Plant Fever is an invitation to look at plants with renewed curiosity and discover their hidden potential. Highlighting the work of contemporary thinkers and practitioners, the project wishes to act as a catalyst for new design scenarios that favour more profound relationships between humans and the vegetal realm.

https://plantfever.com/

Doctoral Candidate Positions (4 years) Volkswagen Foundation “Freigeist” Research Group

The Volkswagen Foundation “Freigeist” Research Group “Learning ‘Nature’: A Cross-Cultural Ethnography of Children’s Relationships to the Non-Human World” invites applications for two funded doctoral positions (salary group TV-L 13, 65%, 4 years, additional funds for field research available). Deadline is 15 May 2022.

https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jobs/phd_positions_learning_nature/index.html

You can find the programme draft here:

https://eseh2022.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/conference-programme/

Now available on our "Publications" section: Henriques, S.T. (2011) Energy Transitions, economic growth and structural change: Portugal in a long-run comparative perspective, Phd Thesis, Lund: Lund University" by Sofia Teives Henriques

Modern economic growth previously implied a shift in the quantities and quality of energy, from renewable energy sources towards fossil fuels and electricity. This shift brought stress to the environment with climate change being one of its most serious consequences. Another shift from fossil fuels to low carbon energy now seems to be an essential pre-condition for a sustainable future. The changes in the energy system that accompany economic growth are normally referred to as energy transitions. This thesis aims to analyze, in an international comparative context, Portugal’s energy transitions in the period 1856-2006. The analysis will contribute to two strands of debate: one in economic history, on the role that energy plays in boosting industrialization, and the other in environmental history, on the environmental consequences of long-run economic growth.

Modern economic growth previously implied a shift in the quantities and quality of energy, from renewable energy sources towards fossil fuels and electricity. This shift brought stress to the environment with climate change being one of its most serious consequences. Another shift from fossil fuels to low carbon energy now seems to be an essential pre-condition for a sustainable future. The changes in the energy system that accompany economic growth are normally referred to as energy transitions. This thesis aims to analyze, in an international comparative context, Portugal’s energy transitions in the period 1856-2006. The analysis will contribute to two strands of debate: one in economic history, on the role that energy plays in boosting industrialization, and the other in environmental history, on the environmental consequences of long-run economic growth.