PERC 2025 Seminar Series
2025 marks ten years of Massey’s Political Ecology Research Centre! We are celebrating the occasion by holding a seminar series based on the theme of ‘Environmental Futures’.
Across a diverse range of speakers, we will be reflecting on the developments and conversations that have followed on from PERC events and looking toward the future.
Starting on Wednesday 6 August, we are holding fortnightly seminars with a diverse range of speakers, including:
Weds 6 August – Prof Mike Joy (Victoria University) on Environmental Self-Delusions
Weds 20 August – Prof Christine Parker (University of Melbourne) and Dr Sy Taffel (Massey University) on AI and the environment
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Weds 3 September – Prof Bram Büscher (Wagenigen University) on Unsettled Conservation
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Weds 1 October – Prof Glenn Banks (Massey University) on extraction
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Weds 15 October – Prof Trisia Farrelly (Cawthron Institute, Massey University) on plastics
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Weds 29 October – Lisa Vonk (Massey University) on care
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Weds 10 December – Dr Blanch Verlie (Univeristy of Sydney) and Dr Alice Beban (Massey University) on emotional political ecology
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