Joan Martínez Alier to deliver keynote address at SENSE Symposium 2026

Emeritus Professor Joan Martínez Alier from ICTA-UAB will be the keynote speaker at the SENSE Symposium in Amsterdam, addressing environmental justice and critical pathways for reimagining global sustainability.

Keynote Address on Reimagining Sustainability. Connecting Systems, Challenges and Future Pathways

By Joan Martínez Alier, Emeritus Professor from ICTA-UAB

• Date: Wednesday, November 25th 2026
• Time: 9:30 - 10:45 h
• Location: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment, SENSE, is organising a one-day interactive symposium aimed at PhD researchers and early-career academics. The event explores global sustainability challenges through a nexus perspective, addressing the complex interrelations among environmental, social, economic, technological, and governance systems with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and the future Agenda.

The symposium opens in the morning with a keynote address by Emeritus Professor Joan Martínez Alier, senior researcher at the ICTA-UAB. Martínez Alier, recipient of the Balzan Prize and the Holberg Prize, and co-founder of the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, EJAtlas, will contribute fundamental insights from political ecology and environmental justice to rethink current ecological transformations.

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