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Register for the 2026 Bath Conference |
Registration for the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance is open. Early‑bird rates are available until 15 May. We encourage you to register as soon as possible and to consult the preliminary conference programme using the links below. For all early career researchers, the Early Career Day programme is now available. | International Panel on Earth System Governance |
In 2026, the Earth System Governance Project launched a major new initiative: the International Panel on Earth System Governance (IPESG). IPESG is a new science-based institution to conduct large-scale, systematic assessments of the state of research on earth system governance, bringing together hundreds of scholars from around the world. An open call for participation will be issued in May 2026 through the Earth System Governance Project. The panel is chaired by Prof. Frank Biermann and managed by Max van Deursen at the University of Utrecht. Learn more → | A message from the Taskforce on Climate Governance | The Taskforce on Climate Governance is being relaunched this year. To kick-start the process, a session at the Meeting Day during the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance will explore ‘Climate Governance in 2030’. Global climate governance has entered a fraught era – the ESG community must re-evaluate contexts that have changed since the 2015 Paris Agreement and seek opportunities to maintain a green transition. We will conduct a deliberative future-scanning exercise to scope (i) contexts and issues that will shape global climate governance in an era of heightened geopolitical tensions, and (ii) avenues through which the scholarship and activism of the Earth System Governance community can respond. We aim towards a 2027-2028 journal Special Issue on emerging challenges and opportunities for climate governance. We invite you to save the date (11 September) and join the taskforce → From the Climate Governance Taskforce conveners, Valeria Zambianchi, Milena Niesen, Kennedy Mbeva and Sean Low
| Report from the webinar 'How is the Global South positioned within the ESG network?'. The event stimulated debate about power dynamics, epistem-ological challenges, and structural inequalities in global research, particularly regarding the production of knowledge.
Read the full report →
| | | Welcome to newly appointed coordinator Dr. Annie Young Song and co-coordinator Navam Niles of the Asia and Pacific Working Group. They introduce themselves and outline their hopes and priorities moving forward in a news piece on our website.
Get to the new coordinators →
| | | ESG Speaker Series: Successfully Implementing Landscape Governance in Practice |
The International Office, hosted at Uppsala University, Sweden, is pleased to announce the relaunch of the ESG Speaker Series. The webinar 'How can Landscape Governance be Successfully Implemented in Practice?' marks the first event since the series resumed and brings together researchers from Uppsala University, ESG members, and international scholars. Looking ahead, we aim to broaden participation and actively involve the community in shaping future conversations. Tune in on 7 May, 13:15-14:00 (UTC+2)
Discover the program and register → | Research Fellow Publications | - Adler, R. (2026). Financing Climate Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Brown, A.R., Gerlak, A.K., Modak, S., Zuniga-Teran, A. and Gilson, G. (2026). Democracy in practice: a global systematic review of democracy and water governance research. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.
- Brown, A.R., Zuniga-Teran, A. and Gerlak, A.K. (2026). Water for Fire: Framing Water Governance Debates During the 2025 Los Angeles Fires. Environmental Communication.
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Cortés Zea, C. and Pradier Goeting, V. (2026). The Future of Development Cooperation: a post-ODA World? Review. Humanitarian Aid on the Move.
- Du Toit, L. (2025). Artificial intelligence, the earth system, and the law. Law, Innovation and Technology.
- Iyabano A., Feintrenie, L. (2026). Technical and economic performance of smallholder farmers and artisanal crude oil processors of the palm oil sector in the Sanaga-Maritime region, Cameroon. Cahiers Agricultures.
- Loera Alonso, A.R.J., Gerlak, A.K. and Smith, G. (2026). Minute 330 of the US–Mexico Water Treaty: A Testament to Transboundary Cooperation Amidst Drought in the Colorado River Basin. Water.
- Logg-Scarvell, J. and Patterson, J. (2026). Tenuous (in)stability? Mixed policy feedback and its effects on climate policy in Australia and Canada. Policy Sciences.
- Pascaris, A.S., Swanson, T., Seay-Fleming, C., Gerlak, A.K., McCall, J., Barron-Gafford, G.A. and Macknick, J. (2025). Exploring the effects of policy on stakeholder adoption and deployment of agrivoltaics: A case study of Massachusetts. Energy Policy.
- Zuniga-Teran, A.A., Brown, A.R., Ferrell, K., Lemons, S.G., Burton, C.A., Kokroko, K.J., Crosson, C. and Gerlak, A.K. (2026). Characterizing Public Engagement for Green Infrastructure Planning. Land.
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- PhD scholarship 'Understanding policy changes and applying anticipatory design to improve governance for sustainable forest-risk commodities', University of Bath, UK.
- Postdoctoral researcher in Organizational Change and Climate Adaptation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Postdoctoral researcher 'Climplexity: Climate Policy Integration - A Complexity Trap?', University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
- Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment, University of East Anglia, UK.
- PhD course 'Global Environmental Governance Today – Actors, Institutions, Complexity', Lund University, Sweden.
- Request for proposals for seed grants on climate obstruction, Climate Change Social Science Network.
- Early bird registration for the '
Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology' conference, Future Earth, Pathways Initiative, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
| | Dr. Sarpong Hammond Antwi, Dundalk Institute of Technology | | | | Dr. Stephen Axon, Bournemouth University | | | | Dr. Shahana Bilalova, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | | | | Nadeesha Chandrasena, Urban Inventors Pty Ltd | | | | Dr. Caroline Fassina, Santos Technological Park | | |
Jannatul Ferdos, Hamdard University
| | | | Dr. Ana Elisa Lambert, University of Manchester | | | | Dr. Hind Azidane, Ibn Tofail University | | | | Dr. Mulako Kabisa, University of the Witwatersrand | | |
Dr. Darren Rabinowitz, Columbia University
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Nivedita S, National University of Singapore
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