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Ekologos


Ekologos is a global initiative that brings together students, researchers, and institutions across the environmental sciences and humanities to address some of the most urgent ecological challenges of our time.

Spanning the Arctic, Amazon, South Asia, and the Himalayas, Ekologos is rooted in the belief that sustainable futures require more than technical solutions. They demand critical reflection, ethical engagement, and the inclusion of diverse knowledge systems — especially those of Indigenous and local communities who have long lived in intimate relation with complex ecologies.

Funded by the UTFORSK programme (HK-dir) and coordinated by UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Ekologos works in close partnership with RV University in Bangalore, the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, The Highland Institute in Northeast India, and the Institute of Marine Research in Norway.

What We Do

  • Exchange & Education
    We facilitate international student and faculty mobility through funded research exchanges, co-teaching, and immersive Winter and Summer Schools hosted across India, Brazil, and Norway.

  • Research & Collaboration
    We foster interdisciplinary research into environmental knowledge, climate adaptation, biodiversity, and ecological resilience, integrating scientific methods with historical, anthropological, and philosophical inquiry.

  • Knowledge Sharing & Public Engagement
    Our Ekologos Wiki is a growing digital commons for Indigenous knowledge on climate change, co-developed by contributors in South Asia and Latin America. Our Public Lectures and open-access publications are designed to reach wide and diverse audiences.

  • Publishing & Open Access
    Through the Ekologos Journal of Environmental Sciences and Humanities, we provide a peer-reviewed platform for scholarship at the intersection of science, society, and environment.

A Collaborative Space for Ecological Futures

Whether you're a student, a scientist, a storyteller, or an activist, Ekologos invites you to explore how diverse ways of knowing can inform a more just and sustainable relationship with the Earth.

We believe in learning across borders — disciplinary, cultural, and ecological. Our work is shaped not only by academic expertise but by fieldwork, dialogue, and collaboration with communities navigating environmental transformation in their everyday lives.

Ekologos is not just a project. It is a meeting ground — for disciplines, for people, for futures yet to be imagined.

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