Resilience!

Cool conference coming up, just in case you're interested in 'resilience thinking' and/or the south of France in May. I would definitely consider going, but I (and likely the rest of the 2nd years) will probably out doing fieldwork. Anyway, if anybody is really interested maybe something could be arranged for support, it is after all...in Montpellier ;)

http://www.resilience2014.org/

From their website:

"The aim of Resilience 2014 is to reinforce and explore the link between the resilience thinking and development issues. Although the concepts of Adaptation, Transformation and Development are central and common to several research communities, including Resilience, Ecological economics, and Farming systems, Territorial Development (among others), the opportunity to articulate their specific paradigms, concepts and methodologies are few. Complex problems require a diversity of approaches that can inform each other, generate a constructive debate and eventually lead to more suitable solutions. Besides, the diversity of viewpoints of the representatives from government, business and other major actors from various countries will add to the academic debate on the challenges facing societal development."