IRES Newsletter: February 2026

News, Events and Updates

This talk explores the multiple meanings and effects of new nonhuman neighbours, and how to support more inclusive and transparent environmental decision-making.

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This talk explores the multiple meanings and effects of new nonhuman neighbours, and how to support more inclusive and transparent environmental decision-making.

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By integrating perspectives from positive psychology and public policy, this talk explores an approach to reimagine how societies can secure a high quality of life for everyone, beyond the limits of efficiency or consumption-driven paradigms.

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If I show you, a farmer, areas of your field that aren’t making, or are even losing money, would you do something about it?

Achieving a fast and just energy transition requires us to consider energy emissions, geographic context, and socioeconomic wellbeing together. Identifying municipal typologies (i.e. groups of municipalities with similar characteristics) could help policymakers target interventions more effectively.

Want to learn more? Join us for two talks by IRES grad students!

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Recent IRES Publications

Tsutiya Andrade, I., Wittman, H., May Rebollar, P. B., Tecchio, A., Turnes, V., & Cazella, A. A. Measuring the Maturity of the Basket of Territorial Goods and Services: Evidence from Southern Brazil. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 10, 1757272.

Emily Duncan, Sarah-Louise Ruder, Krishna Bahadur KC, Hannah Wittman, Evan Fraser,
The political economy of agricultural data governance: Farmer perspectives on trust in data sharing,
Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104076

Cornwall, C.E., Timmerman, O., Andersson, A. Donner, S. et al. Persistence of coral reef structures into the twenty-first century. Nat Rev Earth Environ. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00764-4

Eronen, E., Chiblow, S., Smiles, N. D., & Öberg, G. Reckoning with the ways in which the mechanistic worldview is embedded in chemicals management and how Indigenous Knowledge Systems might help account for the complexities of chemical risk. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Spacehttps://doi.org/10.1177/25148486251411653

Julie Fortin, Larissa Jarvis, Christian Levers, Navin Ramankutty and Verena Seufert. Global dataset on mean farm size reveals important subnational variability. Environmental Research: Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ae3e93

Arriagada Oyarzún E, Gajardo Bustamante P, Cona Seguel D, Carril Cares F, Urrea Maturana S, Leighton Naranjo A, Vásquez Ossa P, AMIPA, Asamblea de Mujeres Insulares por las Aguas. WATERS-AS-TERRITORIES: A feminist situated perspective to understand current hydrosocial struggles in Chiloé (and beyond). Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.:25148486251407461. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486251407461

Arriagada Oyarzún E. A Feminist Political Ecology on Women’s Environmental Activism from Latin America/Abya Yala. Latin American Perspectives.:0094582X251413512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X251413512

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