European Sustainability Science Conference 2026 – Registrations are open
Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology
In an era of polycrisis — radical climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, social inequalities, and geopolitical instability — at both planetary and local scales, the need to interrogate the role of technologies in shaping our shared future is urgent. The European Sustainability Science Conference, taking place at the University of Lausanne on 2-5 June 2026, aims to open a critical conversation on how we might transform technological systems toward sufficiency, equity, and resilience. Registrations are now open!
The European Sustainability Science Conference "Towards a just and habitable world: exploring the role of technology" invites researchers from across the natural and social sciences, engineering, and the humanities, as well as scholars and practitioners engaged in inter- and transdisciplinary research, to critically examine the role of technology in shaping sustainability.
The conference opens on the afternoon of June 2nd, with a dedicated opening forum "Research and higher education for just transformations in turbulent times". This forum offers an opportunity for the academic community to explore the interconnected pressures facing universities and research today — including threats to academic freedom, the spread of AI, the corporatization of higher education, and the fragmentation of international collaboration — and to share the diverse responses and resilience strategies emerging across our communities.
You can find the conference programme here.
Early bird deadline: 30 April 2026
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The conference is organised by University of Lausanne, Centre des Politiques de la Terre (Université Paris-Cité) and Future Earth Pathways Initiative. We are co-organizing the conference, amongst the other partners: CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), DKN (German Committee Future Earth), INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment) and IRD (French National Research Institute for Development).
