Navigating the Sustainability Transformation in the 21^st  century

On the occasion of Alexander von Humboldt’s 250^th birthday and in light of his famous Kosmos lectures, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is staging the KOSMOS Conference in Berlin from 28^th-30^th August 2019. Termed

‘Navigating the Sustainability Transformation in the 21^st Century’

this conference shall provide a landmark for today’s great challenges towards sustainability. A critical and constructive debate on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the focal point of the conference. Linking to Humboldt’s perspective on nature and humanity as web of interconnections, we target symbiosis between social, cultural, political, economical, philosophical, human, philological, engineering, natural, earth,  geo, and sustainability sciences to approach this challenge.

The KOSMOS Conference is intended as a platform to discuss the science of the sustainability transformation, and to interactively conceptualize a science-based framework in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Oral presentations and thematic discussions will take place in the the six topical sessions (expert forums) below:

• Publics and ethics of sustainabilty
• Democracy, governance, and societal conflicts in a globalized world
• Economies beyond unlimited growth
• Limited land - a local to global perspective
• Urban and rural: a necessary partnership
• Water and biosphere: preconditions of survival+
• Climate and climate change

Der oekom verlag ist Medienpartner der KOSMOS Konferenz und mit einem Büchertisch vor Ort.