It was my first attendance of the EU-Spri conference. I have to admit, it first appeared on my radar last year only. EU-Spri stands for European Conferences on Policies for Research and Innovation and was founded in Paris in 2010. While the innovation space is not new to me, the policy space is. So I knew, attending the conference, I would learn many new things. Together with a great team at the Athena Institute at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, we submitted an abstract about

Unleash the power of microbiomes to save the planet! This is what I am currently working on. I successfully started to make kombucha. I also experimented with water kefir and natural fermentation. The latter two were not yet successful. But this is not what this blog is about. Although, it might merit a blog post as well. This blog is about the program I am now part of. The Holomicrobiome. I am a sustainability transformation researcher. I am still struggling with this label.

It was my second International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, and I think it was my third time in Lisbon. After my return,...

I think it is the fourth time I have attended the STS conference in Graz . As I found out, others have come here already for many more...

My Italian needed a refresher. I am very sorry for all the other languages out there, but I think Italian is the most beautiful language....

The Ecological Economics conference has long been on my bucket list. Finally, I managed to go there to present my work and connect to...

Modern socio-economic systems are unsustainable. That is illustrated by climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution, etc. Thus,...

My last blog post was about how to survive as a postdoc. In this blog post, I want to explain how I became the lead guest editor of a...

This blog is inspired by a recent survey I was invited to participate in, as well as my personal situation as a postdoctoral researcher...

In this post, I am reflecting on the book The Political Economy of Science edited by Rose and Rose (1976b). It is a longer post. Yet, it...

I was very happy when I got the news that I was accepted to participate in the Future Earth autumn school on: Sustainability science...

Finally, I made it. I submitted abstracts to the International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference before and the abstracts were...

The Transformations Conference 2023 was an interesting experience. I had the chance to gain many impressions and I won’t be able to...

They say, when you have lemons make lemonade. So I did. A little warning, it is going to be a long blog post… In another post, I...

The other day I followed a seminar about EXALT DIALOGUES - Debating Degrowth: Can Degrowth Provide an Alternative to Extractivism?...

In this blog, I am reflecting on some chapters of the book Ecocene Politics (Tănăsescu, 2022), as well as a lecture by Tănăsescu on parts...

I am currently looking at the roles of researchers in transition studies, and I am struggling with the positive depiction of researchers...

In my research, I regularly stumble upon the role of visions. But why are visions so important? Not that I will provide a scientific...

Somehow I became a lecturer of a course. I was thrown into the ice-cold water. As I explained to a friend, the students and I, we all...

I think it has been the first conference I traveled to by train. Sea change? As a kid, I was usually traveling by train, by car, or a...