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In Common explores the connections between humans, their environment and each other through stories told by scholars and practitioners. In-depth interviews and methods webinars explore interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work on commons governance, conservation and development, social-ecological resilience, and sustainability.
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Jun 23, 2019
Jun 23, 2019
1 hr 11 min
Sonya Graci is an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson, University in Toronto, Ontario. She is also the Director of the Hospitality and Tourism Research Institute. Sonya has worked on numerous projects around the world related to sustainable tourism development and has focused her attention on community capacity building in Honduras, Indonesia, Canada, Fiji and China. She has a keen interest in working with Aboriginal communities in developing sustainable forms of tourism. She also has a passion for increasing sustainability in marine environments and has focused much of her research on sustainable tourism development in island states. Sonya is the author of two books and several journal articles and industry publications.
https://accommodatinggreen.com/
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=GVQ1fy8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Jun 4, 2019
Jun 4, 2019
1 hr 7 min
Stefan has a conversation with David Abson. Dave holds a Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Assessment at Leuphana University in Germany. Dave explains the path that led him to academia, and then we discuss his understanding of sustainability premised on justice. The concept of land sparing vs land sharing is discussed as well as the ecosystem services concept, including its operationalization and dimensions of governance. Dave also explains the leverage points concept, and its usefulness for sustainability science research. We touch on numerous other topics including open access publishing and how he thinks about interdisciplinarity.
Dave's University page
Dave's Google Scholar page
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=gyyNJWMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019
1 hr 3 min
Jeremy Caradonna has a PhD in the history of scientific, environmental, and political thought, and teaches Environmental Studies and Human Dimensions of Climate Change at the University of Victoria. He is also the author of 'Sustainability: A history' published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
In the podcast, we discuss Jeremy's background as a historian and how it has shaped his thinking about sustainability. We go over the content of his book, and then he explains his thoughts about changing academia, and his career path, to be more impactful in the age increasing social and environmental change.
https://www.jeremycaradonna.com/
May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019
1 hr 9 min
Henrik is the Dean of the Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University in Germany, where he also holds a professorship in Quantitative Methods in Sustainability Science.
Topics include meditation, philosophy, value of literature reviews, and organizing his working group.
Henrik's Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=RmW1avAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Apr 14, 2019
Apr 14, 2019
1 hr 1 min
Stefan and Michael have a conversation with Dr. Emma McKinley about her research career and the Marine Social Science (MarSocSci) Network.
Emma is a Research Fellow at Cardiff University and co-founder of the Marine Social Science Network.
Apr 14, 2019
Apr 14, 2019
1 hr 4 min
Stefan Partelow introduces the podcast and then interviews Michael Cox about his academic career. Stefan and Michael discuss why they are starting the podcast.