PolyCIVIS’ final conference
Between 2-5 June, Aix Marseille Université will host the final PolyCIVIS conference. The event will be an opportunity to further unpack the complexity of the contemporary world through discussions involving academics, civil society and policymakers.
Members of the PolyCIVIS network, academia, civil society and policymakers are waited at the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences humaines et sociales (MMSH) in Aix-en-Provence, France.
The conference will build on Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern’s view of the polycrisis, which states that
“there is no single vital problem, but many vital problems, and it is this complex inter-solidarity of problems, antagonisms, crises, uncontrolled processes, and the general crisis of the planet that constitutes the number one vital problem” (Morin and Kern, 1993, p. 74).
Given this perspective, the conference will identify concrete interdisciplinary and transnational ways for preparedness and resilience with a focus on the European and African contexts.
The objective of the conference is to facilitate deepened scientific exchanges with a Euro-African approach on the polycrisis, to showcase the results of the PolyCIVIS Project, and to reflect on the PolyCIVIS networks’ sustainability.
For more details, please see the description:
The programme of the conference includes dedicated times for scientific exchanges, policy discussions, working meetings, and a cultural agenda. You can check it out here:
- event held in English and French
- contact person: Sarah Hassnaoui
About PolyCIVIS
The PolyCIVIS network is committed to fostering discussions and exchanges between researchers from different disciplines and geographies, and policymakers from various fields to jointly advance crisis resilience.
For the last three years, the network has focussed on a Euro-African interpretation of polycrisis and applied its knowledge and experience in the fields of research, policymaking, teaching, and communication.