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Futures of Sustainability
Humanities Centre for
Advanced Studies
Futures of Sustainability

Photo: Macario Lacbawan

All events and conferences

The Centre organises a wide range of events – from public lectures, seminars and workshops to more interactive artistic formats with our fellows, writers and artists-in-residence, the Centre's postdoctoral and doctoral researchers, and our colleagues at University of Hamburg.

The Kolleg-Forum is our regular discussion format during the semester, usually taking place on Wednesdays at 10.30 at Gorch Fock Wall 3, door bell sign "Nachhaltigkeit", room 1021. No registration needed. 

  • Special Public Event: Keynote and Panel Discussion, 09 October 2025, 18:00-20:00

    "Climate Turbulence, Justice, and Democratic Experimentation"
    Keynote by David Schlosberg (The University of Sydney)
    Panel Discussion with Fatim Selina Diaby (Berlin), Kübra Gümüşay (Hamburg), Christine Winter (University of Otago), Christine Hentschel (Moderation, Futures of Sustainability)
    Please register here. 

  • Kolleg-Forum: 16 July 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Jan Wilkens (University of Hamburg): "The Dark Sides of Climate Justice: Contesting Just Transitions in a Warming World"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 09 July 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Laura Affolter (Futures of Sustainability): "Justice Struggles at Ecuador’s Mining Frontier: Transformative Constitutionalism, Democratic Politics, and the Rights of Nature in Action“

  • Kolleg-Forum: 02 July 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Anita Engels (University of Hamburg): "What to do about climate change: From realistic assessments to non-dystopian suggestions?”

  • Kolleg-Forum: 25 June 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Philipp Jacobi (Futures of Sustainability): "Degrowth in the backpack of a more-than-human ethnographer – Some theoretical reflections"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 18 June 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Svjetlana Nedimović (Organizer and Activist, Sarajevo):
    "Green Future, Grey Present? United Balkans Resistance and Work against Energy Transition"

  • Closed Workshop: 16/17 June 2025

    "Activism, Academia, and Alliances in Shrinking Democratic and Ecological Spaces" 

  • KlimaCampus Colloquium: 12 June 2025, 15:15 – 16:15 (welcome coffee at 14:45)

    Prof. Dr. Dana R. Fisher (American University, Washington DC): "Saving Ourselves in Times of Crisis"
    Chairs: Prof. Dr. Simone Rödder (University of Hamburg) and Prof. Dr. Stefan C. Aykut (Futures of Sustainability)
    In cooperation with KlimaCampus Hamburg
    Venue: The KlimaCampus Colloquium takes place in room 022/023 at Bundesstr. 53

  • Kolleg-Forum: 11 June 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Carl Cassegard (University of Gothenburg): "Critical Theory in Catastrophic Times"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 04 June 2025, 16:00 – 18:00 (in German)

    Ulrich Brand (University of Vienna): Book Presentation (in German) “Kapitalismus am Limit”, more here
    Comments: Sarah Lenz (Paderborn University), Kohei Saito (University of Tokyo)
    Chair: Frank Adloff (Futures of Sustainability)

  • Kolleg-Forum: 21 May 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Frank Adloff (Futures of Sustainability) and Frédéric Vandenberghe (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IFCS-UFRJ)): "Prospects of Convivialism and Commensalism"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 14 May 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Juneseo Hwang (Futures of Sustainability): “Uneasy Questions in the Politics of Rights of Nature”

  • Kolleg-Forum: 07 May 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Benno Fladvad (University of Hamburg): "Unraveling the colonialities of climate change and action"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 30 April 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Michael Schnegg and Julian Jasper Sommerschuh (University of Hamburg): "How to be hopeful about climate change"
    Comment by Macario Lacbawan (Futures of Sustainability) 

  • Kolleg-Forum: 23 April 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Ulrich Brand (University of Vienna): "International competitiveness as major obstacle for social-ecological transformations"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 16 April 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Peter Niesen (University of Hamburg and Collegium Lyon): "Political Sufficiency for Animals"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 09 April 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Eva von Redecker (Philosopher, Brandenburg countryside): "Isolated Liberty. On the ecological indifference of liberal freedom"

  • Closed Workshop: 17 -18 March 2025

    "Degrowth, Planung, Transformation"
    Workshop in cooperation with The New Institute, Hamburg
    Organizers: Alex Demirović, Kohei Saito, and Ulich Brand
    More information here

  • Book presentation: 29 January, 18:00 - 20:00 (in German)

    With Apéro at 17:30h
    Book presentation “Triggerpunkte. Konsens und Konflikt in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft” 
    With author Linus Westheuser (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
    Comments: Katharina Zimmermann (University of Hamburg), Anna Fünfgeld (University of Hamburg)
    Chair: Stefan C. Aykut (“Futures of Sustainability”, University of Hamburg)
    Registration at zukuenfte.der.nachhaltigkeit"AT"uni-hamburg.de  is desired (if possible with details of the institution), but spontaneous participation without prior registration is also possible.
    Venue: Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability"/ DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit", Gorch-Fock-Wall 3 (door bell sign "Nachhaltigkeit"), 20354 Hamburg, room 1021

  • CANCELED: Kolleg-Forum: 22 January 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Eva von Redecker (Philosopher, Brandenburg countryside): "Isolated Liberty. On the ecological indifference of liberal freedom"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 15 January 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Chris Müller (Macquarie University, Sydney): "Anaesthetic Violence: Technology, Affect and the Politics of Ease"

  • Kolleg-Forum: 8 January 2025, 10:30 – 12:00

    Caglar Yigitogullari (actor/performance artist/dancer, Hamburg):"Critical Zone": Performance, Work-in-Progress & Conversation [Performancewerkstatt & Gespräch]
    With a comment by Sophie Witt (University of Hamburg)