Wednesday, April 1st | 5.30–6.30pm | Online

‍Climate breakdown, geopolitical conflict, economic instability, food insecurity — today’s crises rarely occur in isolation. Increasingly, they form part of what scholars call the polycrisis: a set of interconnected challenges that amplify and reshape one another.
 
But why are these crises so deeply linked? And why do the solutions to global problems so often produce winners and losers?
 
Join us for an information session exploring the ideas behind our short course Power & the Polycrisis: Understanding the Drivers of Global Change at the LIS.
 
Drawing on political ecology, an interdisciplinary framework for understanding how power shapes environmental and social outcomes, the course examines how global crises emerge, who benefits from existing systems, and how more equitable responses might be designed.

During this session, you’ll:
 
Learn how the course approaches the connections between global crises
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Explore why responses to challenges like climate change, resource governance, and economic transitions are never purely technical
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Meet the course lead and hear how the four sessions are structured
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Have the opportunity to bring the polycrises you’re thinking about or working on — which will help shape the discussion during the course itself