1pm - 1:45pm
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Institute Seminar Series: The IUCN World Conservation Congress and future events
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
Event details
Abstract
This talk will give an overview of how IUCN functions, its commissions, how to engage with it, and it will give an update following the recent World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. It will also present a few future international events that are of relevance to many working in sustainability, like the 2027 World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) gathering in Panama and the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) in Perth (Sept 2026) to bridge conservation policy and environmental learning.
Speaker
Dr Matteo Giusti
Future Fellow in Sustainability Science
Biography
Matteo is a Future Fellow in Sustainability Science at the University of Surrey. He investigates individual, spatial, and social processes leading to sustainable human-nature relationships.
Matteo is driven by research questions that have transformative potential. How can we nurture our relationship with nature to drive a sustainable transformation? How can the green and blue infrastructure contribute to our relationship with nature? How are values, expectations, or traditions (in)compatible with (un)sustainable human progress?
His research is transdisciplinary and solution-oriented, blending sustainability science, systems thinking, environmental psychology, social science and spatial analysis in multi-method studies. He collaborates with artists, educational organizations, architecture firms, and innovation agencies to put his research into practical use.
Contact us
Email ifs@surrey.ac.uk for the Teams link and with any questions.
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