Recorded webinar “Human and non-human animals in the jungle, the river, culture and climate change” This webianr was held on July 25th, 2018 and was delivered by Francisco Bustamante Professor of Literary Theory at Instituto de Profesores Artigas -Teachers Training Institute- and Latin-American Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of [...]

SARAS 2018 Eighth Public Conference held in Montevideo On December 5, 2018, SARAS Institute held the eighth edition of the series of public conferences with the event entitled "Ecosystem services: knowledge development and decision-making". The event was attended by national and international researchers, as well as representatives from various institutions and [...]

Webinar: “Language’s trap: when our words mean something else” Online seminar delivered by Prof. Andrea Casals, as part of the Environmental Humanities series, a topic promoted by SARAS Institute for Latin America after the conference “Environmental Humanities for the 21st Century”. During her presentation, Casals will approach the idea of the [...]

Recorded Webinar "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that will be." This webianr was held on June 13 and was delivered by Marten Scheffer, Chair of SARAS Institute Advisory Board - Wageningen University. The presentation was entitled "Today I'm gonna think something I have never [...]

Collective creativity and resilience: outcomes of the Green June 2018 activity Last June 29th SARAS Institute hosted the Talk/Workshop: “Untangling resilience: Between memory and oblivion” at its Headquarters in Bella Vista. The activity was joined by a variety of people coming from the coastal area between Montevideo and Piriápolis and included neighbours, [...]

Webinar "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that will be." The webinar will be delivered by Marten Scheffer, Chair of SARAS Institute Advisory Board - Wageningen University. The presentation will be entitled "Today I'm gonna think something I have never thought before. I wonder what that [...]

Open class: Fundamentals of socioecological systems (SES) management and stewardship As part of Module 4 of SARAS postgraduate course: “Social-ecological Systems: Structure, Dynamics and Management”. The class will be delivered on this occasion by two guest lecturers, Patricia Balvanera and José Paruelo. The presentation offered by Patricia Balvanera will be entitled [...]

Webinar: “Human and non-human animals in the jungle, the river, culture and climate change.” Webinar on Ecocritical Literature and Environmental Humanities Wednesday, July 25th 2:00 pm (GTM-3) Rationale This is the second webinar on Environmental Humanities, the topic of SARAS latest public conference: “Environmental Humanities for the 21st [...]

SARAS takes part in Uruguay’s UNESCO Chairs annual meeting Last June 6th, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, the UNESCO Chairs of Uruguay gathered in their annual meeting to present the lines of work of all chairs currently available in the country. On behalf of [...]

Future Earth establishes collaborative linkages with SARAS Last April 26th, SARAS Institute welcomed the visit of Owen Gaffney (Director, International media and strategy- Stockholm Resilience Centre and Anthropocene analyst and strategic communications - Future Earth) and Alistair Scrutton (Global Communications Director - Future Earth). The close linkages that SARAS maintains with [...]