@adamwickberg
Director Centre of excellence for Anthropocene History at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. https://www.kth.se/anthropocenehistory Research on data and modelling of climate and environment in its social, political and historical dimensions
The article is part of a special issue on the “Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling” edited by @adamwickberg.bsky.social from @anthropocenekth.bsky.social and Tom Turnbull from @mpiwg.bsky.social
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How does earth system modelling limit what stories about planetary change can be told? And can the lens of the Plantationocene help us answer this question?
That’s what I am asking in a new paper in The Anthropocene Review
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New chapter on ocean digitalization and governance out in volume edited by Bernhard Siegert, alongside great essays by Jussi Parikka, Geoffrey Bowker, @ranjodhdhaliwal.com @jeffreykirkwood.bsky.social and others
meson.press/books/reckon...
if AI is so amazing, why can’t its supporters point to one real actual benefit to society it offers?
Happy to see this volume on environmental computation out where I contribute a chapter on ocean digitalization and governance, alongside great essays by Jussi Parikka, @ranjodhdhaliwal.com Geoffrey Bowker and others
meson.press/books/reckon...
what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
My new article "Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common" now published in Area Development and Policy (open access)!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When you see the cold numbers -- 8% cuts in emissions needed per year, every year, from now -- it's clear that even 2° is a fantasy
(Emissions only fell 5% during covid, when much of the world economy shut down)
Stockholm, join us on Thursday at the centre for Anthropocene history for a dissection and deep dive into the concept of crisis and its role in shapingh our response to climate and environment with @holgersen.bsky.social
We are hiring! Prospective PhD students in environmental history, history of science, history of technology and STS interested in the climate and environmental impacts of AI look here. Please share in your networks. #envhist #histsci #AI #anthropcoene
Our workshop Infrastructures In, Of, and For the Anthropocene has wrapped! Thanks to everyone who participated!
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We're now preparing for a second Autumn workshop, Futures Beyond Transition: Perspectives from the Energy Humanities shorturl.at/kO4EI
(Flamenco image: James Bridle)
Pollutting now and cleaning up later is not a viable strategy: Direct Air Capture (DAC) is hitting a hard reality check.
Costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change.
Our paper on the Argo program and how the ocean became understood through the lense of climate modelling is out now in Environment and Planning E! #envhist #histofsci 🌊
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”Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided ’at all costs’. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.”
I am thrilled to announce that I will be collaborating with Adam Wickberg and the brilliant group at KTH's Centre of Excellence for Anthropocene History this fall as a visiting scholar. So, if you are in proximity to Stockholm between September 1st and December 1st and want to hang out: HMU
Our paper on digital twins of the ocean is out now in this great special issue of New Media & Society, alongside contributions from Jussi Parikka, Rob Kitchin,Geoffrey Bowker among others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/8
#envhist #bluehumanities #envhum
Grattis till nytt spännande jobb Alexandra, låter som en plattform som behövs idag!
Slide projected on the wall below a painted ceiling. The slide shows a dark circle with the text « Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling, Ca’ Foscari, NICHE, Venice », with a red banner reading « Toward a radical Earth system science », an pink banner reading « WEDDING EDITION!! » and two flying seagulls (because, in Venice, the seagulls are well-fed and .assertive.)
On my way back from Venice where I had a great time at the Historical Epistemolgies of Planetary Modelling organised by Tom Turnbull & @adamwickberg.bsky.social, with an altogether great crew. Unfortunately, missed the wedding.
VENICE: Exciting event happening on Monday and Tuesday 23-24th of June: www.unive.it/data/33113/2...
3rd HEPM workshop with a great line up of speakers including @drewpendergrass.bsky.social @beatricecointe.bsky.social @edouardmorena.bsky.social @geoffmann.bsky.social @julianordblad.bsky.social
Great opportunity for prospective PhDs to join my colleague Henrik Ernstson at KTH and partly in Singapore to work on dredging
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
#envhum
Other articles from the same issue include Drew Pendergrass:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sverker Sörlin: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Christoph Rosol: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Forthcoming are Sabine Höhler. Aisha Kadiri and yours truly w Tom Turnbull
another article from our forthcoming special issue on Historical Epistemologies of planetary modeeling in Anthropocene review just dropped: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene
My friends and colleagues Tom Turnbull & Daniela Russ’ fantastic book Energy’s history reviewed in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#envhist #energysky
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Fin recension av två nya viktiga böcker som alla bör läsa av @lisarostlund.bsky.social och @alexandrauo.bsky.social
Here is my review of @wimcarton.bsky.social and Malm’s excellent book Overshoot in @criticalinquiry.bsky.social with a shout to @brettchristophers.bsky.social
@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhum #envhist #greensky #climatesky
Har tillsammans med @lisarostlund.bsky.social skrivit Att låta världen få veta - en handbok i klimatjournalistik. Vi har intervjuat forskare, mediechefer och journalister i hela världen och samlat grundkunskaper och perspektiv som alla journalister - och nyhetskonsumenter - behöver i den här tiden.
PhD position in the history of science, technology, and environment at the KTH in Stockholm, Sweden.
Deadline: 7 April.
#EnvHist #EnvHum
🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright
Congratulations Melina, looks like a great and timely project!