From 18–22 May 2026, more than 650 researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students gathered in Prague for the 6th European Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership 🔗 (ESP Europe 2026), hosted by the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe 🔗) in collaboration with the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) and partner institutions. ... Continue Reading →
Living Data 2025: More Data, Better Standards – But Also Better Decisions?
The Living Data 2025 conference took place this October in Bogotá, Colombia – a fitting location, as the country boasts the second highest biodiversity in the world. For the first time ever, over a thousand people working with biodiversity data gathered in one place: scientists, museum curators, software developers, infrastructure experts, and even private sector... Continue Reading →
Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Beyond
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Univerzita Komenského (Comenius University) in Bratislava, Slovakia to take part in the 33rd conference for the European Early Childhood Education and Research Association (EECERA). For some followers of this blog, this might seem like a slight deviation from the issues and fields we normally explore in our Human Dimensions Department. However,... Continue Reading →
Transformative experiences: reflections from two interventions in Leeds & York, UK.
Thanks to the wonderful work of and support from the Transformers COST Action (🔗), I recently had the opportunity to participate in two consecutive events, both focused on transformative change for sustainability. Both allowed me to broaden my experience, my views, the community with which I interact and work, and finally to broaden the way I... Continue Reading →
2025 Alternet Conference: Contribution to achieving transformative change for biodiversity
The 2025 Alternet conference took place in the beautiful city of Aveiro, Portugal from 13-16 May, bringing together researchers, experts and decision makers with a common goal of realising transformation for sustainability. This year’s theme dubbed, “Achieving Transformative Change for Biodiversity” sought to explore the root causes of biodiversity decline and how to drive fundamental... Continue Reading →
Pátá evropská konference o ekosystémových službách
Ve dnech 18.-22. listopadu 2024 se v nizozemském Wageningenu uskutečnila pátá evropská konference Partnerství pro ekosystémové služby (ESP) s podtitulem „Ecosystem Services: One Planet, One Health“. Téma konference odkazovalo na otázku, jak může koncept ekosystémových služeb řešit výzvy spojené s naplňováním globální vize „Jedno zdraví“ a zároveň přispět k transformativním řešením pro udržitelnost. Téma zdůraznilo vzájemnou závislost... Continue Reading →











