Welcome to
MESH
Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities
MESH is a research hub addressing the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of global environmental change, together with its associated ecological, climate and health crises. Bringing the historical, philosophical, literary, linguistic and cultural anthropological expertise of the humanities into conversation with the natural and social sciences, MESH fosters research and knowledge exchange across three main areas of enquiry: decolonial cultural ecologies; multispecies conviviality; and disaster preparedness (for further information, see About).
Events
16Jun
4th UoC Sustainability Forum
Sharing a Planet – Sustainability Transitions and Environmental Justice
23Jun
M. Portera (Florence) & C. Schwegler (Cologne)
Cross Pollinator | Conservation Efforts in Digital Worlds: ‘Charismatic Species’ from Linguistic and Aesthetic Perspectives (Methods Seminar)
24Jun
M. Portera (Florence), D. Gallano (Cologne) & C. Lange (Cologne)
MESH Masterclass | Fieldwork & Fiction III: Drawing and Mapping Wounded Urban Landscapes
26Jun
M. Portera | MESHworks with Husserl Archives Cologne
Brief Habits: Insights into the Entanglement of Habit and Improvisation in Aesthetic Practices (Lecture)
16Jul
Saswat Das (Kharagpur)
Research Fruits | Public Lecture
17Jul
Ananya Roy Pratihar (IIT Kharagpur)
MESH Masterclass | Place, Planetarity, and the More-Than-Human (Workshop)
23Jul
Multispecies Thinking in Times of Crises | MESHworks
Workshop on Ecologies of Care and Ethics in the Global South | July 23/24, 2026
07Sep
Wondrous Relations: A Festival for Arts, Education and Ecology
EcoLit Conference | September 7–9, 2026 | Orangerie Theater, Volksgarten Cologne
01Okt
Thinking and Designing Futures
Symposium | October 1-2, 2026, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung Cologne
