Despite the concerted efforts of the scientific community and politicians to contain greenhouse gas emissions, the CO2 level in the atmosphere continues to increase monotonically. This raises the question whether the … Read More
[11 mar 2022] Webinar: “Rebirth of the Renaissance”: 11 Years after Fukushima, Nuclear Energy at the Crossroads
A recording of this speaker series webinar, held 11 March 2022, 15:00 – 16:00 (CET) // 9:00 – 10:00 (EST), is made available at the end of this post. On … Read More
Confronting Uncomfortable Knowledge Podcast with SAPEA
Mario Giampietro and Roger Strand are Uncomfortable Knowledge Hub board members—check out their recent podcast, details below. Catch Mario and Roger’s “hot off the press” podcast with Science Advice for … Read More
[14 apr 2021] Webinar: Altered States: Cartesian and Ricardian dreams
A recording of this invited speaker webinar, held 14 April 2021, 17:00 – 18:30 (CET) // 11:00 – 12:30 (EST), is made available at the end of this post. This … Read More
Altered States: Cartesian and Ricardian dreams
In this post, Erik Reinert and Andrea Saltelli discuss the role the “Cartesian and Ricardian dreams” play in the modern crisis of science and economics. Erik is a guru of … Read More
[23 feb 2021] Webinar: Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong
A recording of this invited speaker webinar, held 23 February 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 (CET) // 10:00 – 11:30 (EST), is made available at the end of this post. Most … Read More
Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong
The economy is approaching near-term collapse, not peak oil. The result is quite different. Gail Tverberg is an actuary working on finite world issues such as the depletion of oil … Read More
Welcome to Uncomfortable Knowledge
Jerry Ravetz, together with Silvio Funtowicz, is one of the fathers of Post-Normal Science. He has collaborated for many years at the University of Oxford with Steve Rayner (pictured above), who … Read More
[15 dec 2020] Inaugural webinar: Institutionalised Uncomfortable Knowledge: benefit or cost?
Panel discussion webinar, 15 December 2020, 21:00 – 22:00 (CET) Uncomfortable Knowledge is the metaphoric realisation of Orwell’s Memory Hole whereby destabilising, heterodox or embarrassing knowledge is suppressed by default … Read More