Rafael Lembi

the scandinavian analogous of hanging out with capybaras nearby!

📣 Upcoming short course 📣

We are excited to offer the "Resilience science and climate change" short course with the Resilience Alliance.

🎓 Masters & PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
🗓️ 27-31 October 2025
📍 Online
📋 Apply by 5 September 2025

ℹ️ Learn more: tinyurl.com/2p9mbkax

New paper in Geographica Helvetica 🚨 I reflect on the (im)possibilities of doing slow scholarship in neoliberal academia as an early-career scholar & how precarity limits collaboration. I outline *collective* strategies to address this & invite further discussion gh.copernicus.org/articles/80/...

Are you an early career researcher or professional looking to connect with others studying social-ecological systems? Join us next Thursday for a fun, casual, tree-themed gathering socses.org/early-career...

🎉 Reminder of upcoming launch event for early-career professionals 🎉

Join a collaborative session to co-create this exciting space for early-career professionals within SocSES.

🗓️ Tuesday, 10 June 2025
⌚ 08:00 CAT/CEST (UTC+2) / 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/5n6fs96j

It's an honour to be part of the authorship team for this new paper introducing @socses.bsky.social to the world! Being part of the team kickstarting the early career hub has felt so rewarding, especially meeting so many others around the world working on linked social-ecological research

Ecology & Society: Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research Underpinned by systemic thinking, social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as a critical field for addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene, marked by a cross-scale focus, inter- and ...

Welcome home!
Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research
doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

a paper introducing socses.org

"Its publication marks a watershed moment in the evolution of the field of social-ecological systems." – Katrina Brown, Patricia Balvanera, and Craig R. Allen, Editors-in-Chief, Ecology and Society

🎉 New paper: Introducing SocSES – Why SocSES, and why now? 🎉

Read the open-access paper in Ecology and Society here 🔗 tinyurl.com/22zhetsc and visit the SocSES webpage that accompanies the paper here 🔗 tinyurl.com/35zuaamk

Join us this Thursday June 5 at 2pm (CET) for a webinar on Regeneration – An Emerging Paradigm for Social-Ecological Systems. Please follow the following link to register tinyurl.com/4sj9fe5x

Join a series of virtual, regional consultations bringing together senior leaders, policymakers, and resilience experts!

🌍 Africa – Thur 22 May | 14:00–16:00 SAST
🌎 Latin America – Tue 27 May | 11:00–13:00 EST
🌏 Asia – Wed 28 May | 14:00–16:00 IST

🔗 Learn more: www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-...

This might be a special issue to consider! Lovely editors and a great topic: Methodological advances for locally led climate change adaptation. See more here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Behind the scenes at Serving Up Science

Honored to be nominated for an Emmy for PBS’s Serving Up Science - a series funded by the NSF.

As public media & fed agencies are under attack, the recognition demonstrates the value of investing in #science, education & storytelling. Please support the institutions that make it possible.

Global Society Marks New Era in Research After years of research and global collaboration, Professor Elena Bennett and her international colleagues have created the Society for Social Ecological Systems (SocSES), marking a new era in social…

Prof. Elena Bennett with global colleagues has launched the Society for Social Ecological Systems (SocSES). The society ushers in a new era for SES global research and will foster global collaboration.
Congrats to everyone involved on this exciting step.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...

I feel like I was there to see history in the making! how awesome!

what an amazing team!

From UNESCO sites in 3 countries, Katja Malmborg, Caroline Seiferth & I propose place-based identities and senses of belonging as potential deep leverage points for transformative action-oriented research for sustainability. Check out our new paper: shorturl.at/b5rF9

So cool to see SES researchers calling in from around the world for today's official launch of the @socses.bsky.social Early Career Hub! 🥳

SocSES Thematic Stream Resilience Modelling and Theory thematic stream online kick-off event: Join our online kick-off event to learn more and to participate in our regular events! Thursday, May 1, 2025 6pm Central Time (US) / 9am Australian Eastern Time Tuesday, May 6, 2025 9am Central Time (US) / 4pm Central Africa/European Time

Join us for the launch of the Resilience Modelling and Theory thematic stream to get involved!

Opportunity 1️⃣:
🗓️ May 1, 2025
⏰ 6pm Central (US) / 9am Eastern (Australia)
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4ve7zd

Opportunity 2️⃣:
🗓️ May 6, 2025
⏰ 9am Central (US) / 4pm Central (Africa/Europe)
🔗 tinyurl.com/a2v28ysp

Welcome to the Early Career (EC) Hub of SocSES! The Early Career Hub (EC Hub) of SocSES is a dynamic, inclusive space for Early Career Professionals (ECPs) in Social-Ecological Systems research and practice. This Hub offers ECPs opportunities for collaboration and connection within a global community that is dedicated to fostering inter/transdisciplinary approaches to address novel and interconnected challenges that we are facing in the Anthropocene.

🌏🌱 The SocSES Early-Career Hub is launching next week!

🗓️ Tuesday, 29 April 2025
⌚ 6pm CAT / 12pm EDT
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/SocSES-EC-Hu...

Join us for a collaborative session to co-create this new community.

ℹ️ Learn more about the Early-Career Hub here: tinyurl.com/SocSES-EC-Hub

myself and other dear friends from SocSES will be facilitating this event! all early career people are welcomed to attend 😁

The aim of the Society for Social-Ecological Systems is to advance and support social-ecological systems-based research, practice and action towards a just and sustainable future, by providing an intellectual home, community and identity for social-ecological systems researchers, practitioners, research institutes and networks.

🌍✨ SocSES is dedicated to advancing and supporting social-ecological systems research, practice, and action. Our goal is to provide a “home” for researchers and practitioners in the rapidly growing SES field. #SocialEcologicalSystems #Sustainability #Research

YouTube video by Empathy for Sustainability [ EP4 | EN | Meet the Team ] What benefits do you see from this work for you?

EMPATHY– a true driving force for a future that is not only more sustainable but also more loving and caring! This is the core of the #EmpathyforSustainability Project that I am proudly part of! Learn more about our research works in these newly released video vignettes:

youtu.be/tD-v44ls5qQ?...

Artificial intelligence, digital social networks, and climate emotions - npj Climate Action npj Climate Action - Artificial intelligence, digital social networks, and climate emotions

💡How do #AI and #socialnetworks shape our #ClimateEmotions change and our willingness to act?

Our new paper in nature led by @vgalaz.bsky.social explores the emotional dynamics of AI, digital networks, and climate action, highlighting key research gaps 🌍

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We are still recruiting a PhD student for this awesome position on Pacific salmon collaborating with Heiltsuk First Nation, the Wild Salmon Center, and Hakai Institute.

If interested, let me know if you have any questions.

📣 JOB ALERT
PostDoc (3+3 years) and PhD (3 years) in Cultural Geography/Society-Environment Research in the new Society-Environment Research Group at @fau.de
Deadline: 28 March 2025.

More info here:
www.geographie.nat.fau.de/job-offer-po...
Do get in touch with any questions!

Look who’s there already! 😁 (I’m also currently watching the Biosphere Futures webinar!)

such a cool paper! great seeing you here Jasmine 🙂

so cool to see our 2024 publication in the account of @esandpeople.bsky.social ! using a participatory approach, we developed a qualitative model and future scenarios for nature’s contributions to people at the periurban region of Campinas, a metropolis in Brazil!

Chagga women´s connections with nature: fostering relationality through arts-based methods Relational approaches in research are now recognised as a potential pathway to fostering transformations in sustainability research. Drawing on insights from Chagga women at Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanz...

Our new paper shows how arts-based methods can uncover human-nature connections 🎨

At Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Chagga women connect with nature through cooking, agriculture, emotions and shared values 🏔️

You can read more here: doi.org/10.1080/2639...

@esandpeople.bsky.social

My group at @anufennerschool.bsky.social has made a website about our research! We've called ourselves Resilient Human And Planetary Systems (RHAPS). Check out our website www.rhaps.earth for details of our research on resilience, Earth systems, social-ecological systems and more!