Hotdogs, Harald Bluetooth and the Politics of Energy Transition: Reflections from a week in Denmark
Stephanie Borchardt recently spent four days, from 24 to 27 August 2026, in Odense, Denmark, for the COM-PRES workshop hosted by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
VIEW POSTJournal of Peasant Studies International Writeshop on Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-activism
Katrina Lehmann-Grube recently had the privilege to attend the 8th Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) International Writeshop on Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-activism.
VIEW POSTReflections from POLLEN 2026 in Barcelona, Spain
Stephanie Borchardt recently returned from the seventh Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference, held from 29 June to 3 July 2026 in Barcelona.
VIEW POSTCelebrating our 2026 graduates
We celebrate four outstanding MA students whose research journeys have led them not only to graduation but also to providing meaningful insights into some of South Africa’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
VIEW POSTGreen Hydrogen South–South Dialogue from Below Windhoek, Namibia | 3 March 2026
Stephanie Borchardt attended and presented at the Green Hydrogen South–South Dialogue from Below in Windhoek, Namibia.
VIEW POSTTowards an Integrated Drylands Research Agenda: Insights from the 2026 Stellenbosch Workshop
A collaborative Drylands Workshop convened researchers and institutional partners to reflect on the growing need for genuinely interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research that speaks to South Africa’s drylands.
VIEW POSTWhere has all the water gone? Reflections on a visit to the Groot Karoo drylands
In a recent article published in the "Daily Maverick," Professor Steven Robins provides a sobering reflection on the deteriorating water crisis in the Groot Karoo.
VIEW POSTCall for Papers: “Infrastructure as Matter and Theory” (Special Issue)
Call for Papers: Abstracts due Friday 30 January 2026.
VIEW POSTCall for Papers: “Energy, Communication, Environment: Nature and Culture in Times of Socio-Ecological Crisis”
New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy (4th Quarter issue, December 2026).
VIEW POSTExtractive legacies, local struggles, and the pursuit of social justice: Green energy development in South Africa’s semi-arid Northern Cape
Please see the latest publication by our postdoctoral fellow, Dr Stephanie Borchardt.
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