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Work organised around energy, land use, and marine systems.

Energy

Energy transitions— the social and economic pathways that shape how energy is produced.

Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)

Land-based systems spanning agriculture, forests, livelihoods, urban areas, and the governance of terrestrial natural resources.

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Marine and Coastal

Oceans, coasts, and blue economy contexts — from fisheries and coastal livelihoods to marine biodiversity and climate resilience.

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One Panel, Many Learnings: Dala at POLLEN 2026

Issue 15September 2026

In late June, a team from Dala traveled to Barcelona for the POLLEN Conference 2026, the biennial gathering of the Political Ecology Network. This year's theme, "Diverse Origins, Multiple Futures: The Stories of Political Ecology," drew over 850 participants across 134 panels. We were among them. POLLEN was our first time presenting as a research team drawing from shared fieldwork rather than as individual scholars shopping for feedback on separate projects. For me, it was the first academic co

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