Anthropocenes

Newcastle University Anthropocenes Research Group aims to analyse and design sustainable transdisciplinary responses to intensifying global change. We seek to achieve this through what we consider the 'Newcastle Approach', an interactive approach to the study of the Anthropocenes which aims to expand Anthropocenes Research to the arts and humanities.

Workshop: Research and Scholarship in the Climate Crisis

Wednesday 6 November, 2-4pm Armstrong Building 2.49

Following our first workshop where we reflected on teaching and learning ‘at twilight’, we invite all colleagues to join us for a second workshop on research and scholarship in the Anthropocene to think through the challenges, ethics and obligations of academic research in an era of climate emergency. What is the purpose of university research in these times? Who should we be speaking to, whose ideas are we foregrounding, and how should academic knowledge be deployed? How might our scholarship speak to practice, and how might our data be used to inform more just environmental approaches and policies? Are the current ways in which we organise knowledge production - precariously, competitively, ever-more quickly - helpful toward meaningful climate responses?

To register your interest, please email us:

Dr Audrey Verma (audrey.verma@ncl.ac.uk)

Dr Angelos Theocharis (angelos.theocharis@newcastle.ac.uk)

Dr Scott Ashley (scott.ashley@newcastle.ac.uk)

You can sign up to the Anthropocenes Research Group mailing list by emailing the FRG inbox: facultyresearchgroups@newcastle.ac.uk

Anthropocene Box Background, Open Pit Mine demonstrating human change

The Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is a proposed concept to outline a geological epoch marking significant human interaction and intervention upon the natural world. The anthropogenic change of Earth systems, in particular the biosphere and atmosphere, forms the biggest global challenge for human societies in the 21st century. It can only be addressed in a concerted political effort through scientific research, socio-economic transformation, and a philosophical rethinking of our cultural habits.

What we do

‌The work we do guided by the Newcastle Approach as part of NUHRI.

Developing a transdisciplinary response to the 'Anthropocene'.

Who we Are

‌Meet the Steering Group behind our research.

Events

Join us and partners in upcoming events relating to the Anthropocene. Or browse our archive of past events.

Anthropocene Network

Our research and outreach initiative with colleagues at Leicester, Exeter, Bloomington, and Copenhagen. As part of this joint initiative we have produced a series of blogs and a glossary outlining key concepts regarding a humanities driven approach to the Anthropocene.

Blog

Blogs written by members of the Anthropocene Research Group, members of our network and students who are keen to engage with Anthropocene research.

Glossary

Short and accessible summaries of the aforementioned key concepts produced from our humanities driven approach to the Anthropocene.

Anthropocene Postgraduate Community

Discover the work of our two postgraduate students and events and opportunities for postgraduates held by Newcastle University Anthropocene Research Group.