Panel on Planetary Thinking

Join us for the Planetary Agency & Politics Workshop “Soil Translations: How to Read Soil in the So-Called Anthropocene” with Sophie von Redecker. 24.10.2025 | Gladbacher Hof, Villmar. Explore how soils shape planetary life through discussion & guided tour. www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties...

Meet Stefan Pedersen—political theorist exploring biospheric politics as a path to planetary democracy. His work reimagines governance that centers the Earth System while respecting local autonomy 🌐🌱 #PlanetaryThinking #BiosphericPolitics #PlanetaryDemocracy

Meet Prof. Milja Kurki—chair of Int’l Politics at Aberystwyth. In Giessen, she develops her book on planetary multispecies politics, reimagining democracy as shaped by humans & nonhumans alike 🌱💫 #PlanetaryThinking #PlanetaryDemocracy #MoreThanHuman

Meet Prof. Eva Meijer—philosopher, artist & author of Multispecies Assemblies. This winter in Giessen, Eva explores how animals, plants, seas & mountains can be political actors in multispecies democracy. 🌿🌊 #PlanetaryThinking #MoreThanHuman #Democracy

Meet Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings—artist-researcher, author & glacier rights activist. This winter in Giessen, they’ll create a Glacial Vocabulary exploring how we communicate w/ glaciers. ❄️📚 #PlanetaryThinking #RightsOfNature #MoreThanHuman

YouTube video by Panel on Planetary Thinking Meet the Fellows: Sophie von Redecker (2025)

We’re excited to share our interview with Sophie von Redecker (JLU Giessen) on her project “Planetary Agency Within the Human – An Un/learning Through Peasant Knowledges.” 🌾✨ Full interview: youtu.be/sK7AMqBjFYA

Planetary Lecture Series #8 "Engaging Human Aspirations..." We are excited to share the keynote lecture:"Engaging Human Aspirations to Motivate Progress Towards a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together" by Prof...

Check out the inspiring keynote with Prof. Erle Ellis "Engaging Human Aspirations.."
He introduced the Nature-Relationship Index — a bold new metric for the 2026 UNDP HDR 🌍 Link here: shorturl.at/Ipfmr
#PlanetaryThinking

🌍 Prof. Erle Ellis introduces the Nature Relationship Index—a new global metric for the 2026 UNDP Human Development Report. Rethinking how we measure progress with the planet in mind.
🔗 shorturl.at/3iHM5
#PlanetaryFutures #UNDP #Sustainability

📣 Doctoral candidate @JLUGiessen? Join our Junior Scholar Colloquium (18–20 Nov 2025, Schloss Rauischholzhausen) to present your research, connect across disciplines, and help shape a planetary research praxis 🌍More info via: shorturl.at/eHZ0N
📅 Apply by 1 Aug 2025

Can people and nature thrive together?
Join Prof. Erle Ellis for his keynote:
“Engaging Human Aspirations to Motivate Progress Towards a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together”
June 26, 12–2 PM CET
Details: shorturl.at/YLRG7
#HumanDevelopmentReport

🌊 Exhibition Opening (June 24, 1-3pm):
Have you ever heard a river speak? Meet the Lahn River Avatar, an AI-powered interactive sculpture created by our fellows Danilo Olivaz and Ingvild Syntropia. More via: www.jlu-giessen.de/LahnAvatar
#giessen #PlanetaryAgency #AI #jlugiessen #mittelhessen

***MEET DANILO OLIVAZ*** We’re excited to share our latest episode of Meet the Fellows — featuring a warm and thought-provoking conversation with Danilo Olivaz, artist, engineer, and...

Our latest Meet the Fellows features Danilo Olivaz — artist, engineer & river-listener 🌿
Listen to how he’s merging tech & nature in his AI-driven Lahn River Avatar with @ingvild_syntropia.
🔗 shorturl.at/t8ckZ
#PlanetaryThinking #EcoArt

YouTube video by Panel on Planetary Thinking Meet the Fellow: Ingvild Syntropia (2025)

New interview with @ingvild_syntropia in our Meet the Fellow series! Ingvild Syntropia talks about her AI-powered sculpture with Danilo Olivaz — giving voice to the Lahn River 🌊🤖
Don’t miss it!
📅 Exhibit: June 24 @ Lahnfenster Giessen
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqaA...

#PlanetaryThinking #AIArt

Glad to support the “Desert Pavements” project 🌍 led by Prof. Dr. Markus Fuchs — part of Planetary Futures Vol. III! Investigating how dryland landscapes shape Earth + climate systems. Fieldwork’s underway in Namibia!
#PlanetaryThinking #DesertPavements #EarthSystems #JLU

Meet Planetary Fellow Sophie von Redecker:
PhD candidate in Organic Agricultural Sciences at JLU Gießen, Sophie’s research applies decolonial perspectives while interweaving Critical Agrarian-, More-than-Human Studies & the Environmental Humanities.
More here: tinyurl.com/mrxvv4t6

Meet Planetary Fellow Erle Ellis:
Professor of Geography at UMBC and a global leader in understanding human-planet relations.
The author of Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2018) will take the lead in a collaborative publication project.
More here: tinyurl.com/mrxvv4t6

Meet Planetary Fellow Danilo Olivaz:
A weaver of people, ideas, and creative flows!
Danilo explores complexity science as a freelancer while embracing life as a father, neo-ruralist, and decentralization enthusiast.
More here: tinyurl.com/mrxvv4t6

We’re thrilled to introduce our Planetary Scholars & Artists in Residence for the Summer 2025!

Blending artistic and scientific methods, they will explore the topics of “Planetary Agency” and “Planetary Politics”

Visit our website to meet our brilliant residents: www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties...