Navigating Complexity: Human –Environmental Solutions for a Challenging Future
The XXIII Conference of the Society for Human Ecology happened in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 7 to 10, 2018. This was the third time that the SHE conference has been organized in Europe and it was truly a pleasure that it happened in Lisbon.
It was an honour for us to organize the conference and welcome people from 36 different countries. The atmosphere was truthfully international with the presence of experts from science, education, practitioners, business and politics from so many countries who utilize, or are interested in, interdisciplinary and ecological approaches.
The conference was an opportunity to create moments for sharing knowledge and experiences and networking, renewing old friendships, starting new ones and forging new collaborations.
The venue of the Conference, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities offers a master programme in Human Ecology since 1992 and a doctoral programme since 2010. This international Conference was an opportunity to rethink the work already done and to project the future in a context of a network which is growing each day, spreading from Asia, to Africa, to the Americas and to Europe. It was also a unique opportunity for the students to meet and get to know face to face professors and researchers that they are only familiar with from the papers they read.
In our opinion this was the right time to reflect on a number of questions. How can we secure lasting and sustainable growth? What challenges are we going to face ahead of us? How can we organize ourselves to discuss and find solutions? Who should be involved to implement them?
Like is said in the short video prepared by the students to the conference “Open seas call for lighthouses; open minds are the place for good ideas make their nests.”
In that sense, the Conference provided a unique opportunity to present scientific papers, for the discussion and exchange of knowledge among researchers with diverse sensitivities, backgrounds and nationalities. The diversity of topics that were addressed both in the symposium and in the contributed papers, is an enriching feature, complemented and extended by the keynote speakers lectures.
We had an excellent range of speakers, symposia, round-tables and individual presentations plus two discussion forums, one among the Human Ecology Associations and the other one dedicated to PhD students.
The Proceedings do not reflect the number and diversity of papers presented during the 3 days’ conference as sending the final version was optional. Yet they are a good representation of the diversity of subjects, methodologies and visions of the papers presented during the conference. (Click here to get access to Conference Proceedings)
Our efforts have been to organize a good program and also ensure that all feel at home. We hope to have succeeded in this aim and to see you all in the 2020 SHE conference that is being organized by our colleagues from Brazil.
Iva Pires
President Elected of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE)
The XXIII Conference of the Society for Human Ecology happened in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 7 to 10, 2018. This was the third time that the SHE conference has been organized in Europe and it was truly a pleasure that it happened in Lisbon.
It was an honour for us to organize the conference and welcome people from 36 different countries. The atmosphere was truthfully international with the presence of experts from science, education, practitioners, business and politics from so many countries who utilize, or are interested in, interdisciplinary and ecological approaches.
The conference was an opportunity to create moments for sharing knowledge and experiences and networking, renewing old friendships, starting new ones and forging new collaborations.
The venue of the Conference, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities offers a master programme in Human Ecology since 1992 and a doctoral programme since 2010. This international Conference was an opportunity to rethink the work already done and to project the future in a context of a network which is growing each day, spreading from Asia, to Africa, to the Americas and to Europe. It was also a unique opportunity for the students to meet and get to know face to face professors and researchers that they are only familiar with from the papers they read.
In our opinion this was the right time to reflect on a number of questions. How can we secure lasting and sustainable growth? What challenges are we going to face ahead of us? How can we organize ourselves to discuss and find solutions? Who should be involved to implement them?
Like is said in the short video prepared by the students to the conference “Open seas call for lighthouses; open minds are the place for good ideas make their nests.”
In that sense, the Conference provided a unique opportunity to present scientific papers, for the discussion and exchange of knowledge among researchers with diverse sensitivities, backgrounds and nationalities. The diversity of topics that were addressed both in the symposium and in the contributed papers, is an enriching feature, complemented and extended by the keynote speakers lectures.
We had an excellent range of speakers, symposia, round-tables and individual presentations plus two discussion forums, one among the Human Ecology Associations and the other one dedicated to PhD students.
The Proceedings do not reflect the number and diversity of papers presented during the 3 days’ conference as sending the final version was optional. Yet they are a good representation of the diversity of subjects, methodologies and visions of the papers presented during the conference. (Click here to get access to Conference Proceedings)
Our efforts have been to organize a good program and also ensure that all feel at home. We hope to have succeeded in this aim and to see you all in the 2020 SHE conference that is being organized by our colleagues from Brazil.
Iva Pires
President Elected of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE)
JOURNALS
The communications presented at the XXIII International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology may be published in several journals, on top of the publication in the Congress proceedings. Thus, interested authors should submit their manuscripts, even if they are revised versions of the work presented at the Conference. The texts must be formatted according to the publication standards of each journal. The decision of acceptance will follow the common standards, being based on independent external evaluation (peer-reviewing).
The communications presented at the XXIII International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology may be published in several journals, on top of the publication in the Congress proceedings. Thus, interested authors should submit their manuscripts, even if they are revised versions of the work presented at the Conference. The texts must be formatted according to the publication standards of each journal. The decision of acceptance will follow the common standards, being based on independent external evaluation (peer-reviewing).
Launched in January 2018, Nature Sustainability (EISSN 2398-9629) is an online-only monthly journal publishing the best research about sustainability from the natural and social sciences, as well as from the fields of engineering and policy. All editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors.
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Human Ecology Review (ISSN 1074-4827) is a refereed journal published twice a year by the Society for Human Ecology. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed research and theory on the interaction between humans and the environment and other links between culture and nature (Research in Human Ecology), essays and applications relevant to human ecology (Human Ecology Forum), book reviews (Contemporary Human Ecology), and relevant commentary, announcements, and awards (Human Ecology Bulletin).
Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050; CODEN: SUSTDE) is an international, cross-disciplinary, scholarly and open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings.
Sustainability will offer 20% discount of the article processing charge (APC) to the authors who wish to submit their conference papers to the journal (only applies if the article is accepted for publication). The organization of a Special Issue is also under discussion. |
Ecologias Humanas (ISBN: 2447-3170) is the jornal of the Sociedade Brasileira de Ecologia Humana.
Ecologias Humanas will organize a special issue with papers presented at the Conference. |
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