New talks series from the London Met Lab explores some of the biggest environmental challenges facing the world today.
Date: 10 November 2021
London Metropolitan University’s major civic engagement project, the London Met Lab, is set to deliver a series of virtual talks responding to some of the world’s biggest environmental challenges.
The talks will showcase the University’s environmental research to stimulate knowledge exchange and dialogue with public and practice audiences. This timely and important series will begin during the COP26 climate-change summit and continue its vital role of raising awareness of the environmental agenda into the new year.
Each talk will be hosted by a different London Met research centre, showing the breadth of research in this field: comprising the university-wide Finding Ecologies group, and the School of Art, Architecture and Design’s Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies (CUBE) and Centre for Creative Arts Culture and Engagement (Creature).
Each talk will be introduced by London Met Lab’s environment challenge lead, Sian Moxon and feature several short, engaging presentations by academic staff from these research centres, followed by a panel discussion and audience questions, chaired by senior research staff.
Topics will explore the climate and ecological emergency, with a particular focus on creating sustainable communities and the value of nature to society.
Talk 1: Urban Nature
Host: CUBE/Creature
Date/time: 5.30-7pm, Wednesday 15 December
Talk 2: Building Sustainable Communities
Host: CUBE/Creature
Date/time: 5.30-7pm, Wednesday 19 January
Talk 3: Between Animal/Tech/Human
Host: Finding Ecologies
Date/time: 5.30-7pm, Wednesday 16 February
