College of Arts & Humanities

Communicating Sustainabilities 2024

ARC Public | College of Arts & Humanities | School of Culture & Creative Arts | School of Modern Languages & Cultures | School of Critical Studies | The Dear Green Bothy | School of Law
Date: Thursday 27 June 2024 - Friday 28 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Category: Conferences, Academic events
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/communicating-sustainabilities/cs-forum/#justtransitionsincoastalandmaritimecommunities,overtourism%26localcommunities,sustainablethreads%3Abridgingtheory%2Cpractice%2Candresearchinfashionsustainability

Communicating Sustainabilities is an intersectoral and international network of academics, practitioners, activists and professionals working together to understand what ‘sustainability’ means to different groups and to promote dialogue across difference. We recognise that there are multiple understandings of ‘sustainability’ and that we cannot plan for environmental, social, cultural or financial sustainability individually, without reference to the interconnections between them.

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June 27, 9am-5pm

Just Transitions in Coastal and Maritime Communities

The topic of Just Transitions in Coastal and Maritime Communities will focus on the role of community consultation and involvement in (i) developing legislation; and (ii) managing adaptation once legislation is in place.  We will finish the day with a Roundtable event and discussions about how to further collaborative research and how this research may contribute to government policy in this area. 

Breaking Communication Barriers in Sustainability

The ‘Breaking the communication barrier in sustainability’ day identifies communication barriers that we face in our work on sustainability. Across three sessions, participants identify a problem they face, and we identify potential research-based solutions. The aim is to develop collaborative projects between stakeholders and academics which can analyse communicative barriers and formulate better communicative strategies. We invite practitioners to take part in a day-long session on practice-based research to work with academics in setting an agenda for collaborative research projects.

June 28, 9am-5pm

Sustainable Threads: Bridging Theory, Practice, and Research in Fashion Sustainability

This forum will develop the central themes of sustainability, interconnectedness, and collaboration in the fashion industry woven throughout the keynote event, roundtable discussion, and final session involving PhD students and Early Career Researchers. It will emphasise the importance of fostering dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collective action across academia, industry, and the broader community to drive positive change in the fashion industry towards a more sustainable future.

Overtourism & Local Communities

'Overtourism & Local Communities', co-organised by Guillem Colom-Montero (Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow) and Toni Marzal (Law, University of Glasgow), brings together academics, community activists, writers and speakers from the public sector to reflect on the impact of overtourism on local communities, with a focus on the perspectives of residents from overcrowded destinations. 

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