
IASC 2021 Conference: Commons in Space
The Commons in Space Conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners on topics from the satellites and space debris increasingly congesting orbital space, mining of celestial bodies, diverse perspectives on space as a global commons, protection of dark night sky, models for space law, and more.
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Upcoming Events

We Need Complexity Economics for a Global Future
Joffa Applegate
- Assistant Research Professor, Biosocial Complexity Initiative, ASU
Complex Adaptive Systems Science emerged four decades ago based on the recognition that complex systems in vastly different domains shared fundamental properties. This insight has triggered a productive research endeavor that is now at the core of all Global Futures related challenges
This talk, hosted by the new School...
Hiring Event: Science, Technology and Sustainability
Are you interested in pursuing a career that allows you to utilize your analytical skills to help enrich people's lives? Do you thrive on creating change through technology?
Jobs in science, technology and sustainability are fast-paced and constantly changing. Innovation is the name of the game in these industries, and being...

Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths
Angie Schmitt
- Founder and Principal, 3MPH Planning and Consulting
Angie Schmitt, long-time national editor at Streetsblog, is one of the country's best-known writers and experts on sustainable transportation. Her commentary has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and National Public Radio.
The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Victims...

Career Workshop: Tools of Negotiation

Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
Katie S. Martin
- Executive Director, Foodshare Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions
Katie Martin has over 20 years of experience developing and evaluating creative solutions to hunger and building collaborations with local and national anti-hunger organizations. Before joining Foodshare, Katie was an Assistant Professor and Director of the Public Health program at the University of Saint Joseph. She has a Ph.D...

IASC 2021 Conference: Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains, slashed tourism, and eliminated markets for fish and farmed-seafood products, exacerbating ongoing challenges and prompting diverse and often drastic reconfigurations in fisheries and seafood production.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons virtual conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners on the...

Yoga with the College of Global Futures
Grab your mat and water bottle, and meet us at SDFC Fields! Join the College of Global Futures for a relaxing outdoor yoga session at the Sun Devil Fitness Center fields! We'll meet at 5:15 for a 45-minute class with your peers. All CGF students are welcome to register! Attendees...

Career Workshop: Springboard Your Career in 2021

IASC 2021 Conference: Commoning the Anthropocene
The IASC 2021 Conference: Commoning the Anthropocene virtual conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners interested in the role that the exercise of common property systems to land use and other shared resources (commoning) will play in the Anthropocene.
Topics include: conceptualizing commons across multiple scales; commoning in...

Earth Day 2021: Reflections of an Environmentalist
Paul Hirt
- Environmental Historian
Join environmental historian and activist Paul Hirt as he takes a look back through the history of the environmental movement.
Hirt came to ASU in 2004 but has lived in Arizona for over 30 years. In both his professional and personal life, he promotes sustainable water management, renewable energy,...

IASC 2021 Conference: Conceptualizing the Urban Commons
The IASC 2021 Conference: Conceptualizing the Urban Commons aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss topics that include: conceptualizing the urban commons; new forms and trends in urban communing; interdisciplinary methods to study the urban commons; urban commons and the rights to the city; and the...

IASC 2021 Conference: Polycentric Governance
The IASC 2021 Conference: Polycentric Governance aims to bring together scholars and practitioners from various sectors, disciplines, and epistemological traditions to advance our understanding of how polycentric governance works in practice and share knowledge as a diverse research community.
Friday, March 19th is the deadline for submitting...

IASC 2021 Conference: Water Commons
The IASC 2021 Conference: Water Commons aims to bring together scholars and practitioners on the water commons broadly understood. Topics include climate-change impacts (flooding, storm surge, drought) involving all forms of water (ice sheets, glaciers, rivers & lakes, groundwater, clouds, effluent) and all types of water uses (irrigation,...