Join us for the inaugural dialogue with leading SES researchers and practitioners in our flagship quarterly Dialogue SESsions series. For the first dialogue, we are honoured to have Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter and Katrina Brown reflect on where the SES field has emerged from, and what they see as some of the field’s new frontiers.
SocSES Dialogue SESsion: Inaugural dialogue
🗓️ Monday, 17 November 2025
đź•‘ 10 am Eastern / 16:00 CET / 17:00 CAT
đź“Ť Online (Zoom)
How to register for the event:
- Register to attend via the announcement on the SocSES Community Platform (login required)
- Register via the link in your invitation email (sent to all SocSES members)
More about the panellists:
Carl Folke
Carl Folke is recognised internationally as a leading scientist in research on social-ecological systems and resilience thinking with more than 35 years of experience in collaborating across disciplines. He is the co-founder, former Director of Science, and Chairman of the Board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and former director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Stephen R. Carpenter
Steve Carpenter is Emeritus Professor of Integrative Biology and former Director of the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is co-founder and co-Editor in Chief of Ecosystems, a member of the International Science Advisory Council for the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and served as co-chair of the Scenarios Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Katrina Brown
Kate Brown is a world-leading interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in environmental change, vulnerability and resilience, working at the interface of international development, environmental change and sustainability with scientists, arts and humanities scholars, and creative practitioners. Kate is Emerita Professor of Social Science at the University of Exeter, UK, and is currently Editor in Chief of the journal Ecology and Society.
SocSES Dialogue SESsions
Our quarterly Dialogue SESsions bring together leading SES researchers and practitioners to reflect on and discuss a particular topic related to SES research and practice. During each 1-hour fireside chat-style SESsion, each panellist provides their reflections on the dialogue’s topic, before a moderated discussion amongst the panellists, followed by questions and comments from the audience.
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