Just transformations begin with conversation & collaboration.
The JSET Seminars bring diverse knowledge keepers into dialogue to facilitate co-learning, knowledge co-production, and action research.
The core of the Just Social-Ecological Transformations Program is our weekly seminar where knowledge keepers from across the world, academic disciplines, languages, and walks of life come together to share experiences and learn together.
Join us every Wednesday from 12-1 pm Mountain Time (UTC/GMT -7) in MSNR 402 on the CSU campus or by Zoom
Since our launch in August 2023, we have hosted over 50 seminars seminars that have convened scientists, practitioners, and community members from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Brazil, Canada, England, France, the United States, and across the Colorado State University campus.
Check out our next seminar on March 11, 2026!
Visit our YouTube channel for the growing archive of past talks!
See below for a selection of some of our recent seminars.
Upcoming Events
Our theme for the semester is climate change and diverse approaches to transdisciplinary knowledge production.
February 11: “Transdisciplinary research in times of poly-crisis: Entangled ecologies and biocultural conservation—insights from the Américas” with Joel E. Correia, PhD
February 18: “Exploring Drivers and Options for the Agroecological Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems of the Andean Highlands” with Dr. Steven Fonte and Katherin Meza Retamozo, PhD Student, Colorado State University.
February 25: Jakaru! Informal in-person only lunch meeting.
March 4: “Transdisciplinarity: How to unlearn and weave” with Ana Cevelyn León, PhD Student, Externado University Colombia.
March 11: “Seeds of Dissent: Community Strategies Against Soy Monoculture in Argentina” with Dr. Daniela Marini, Grand Valley State University.
March 18: No meeting — CSU Spring Break
March 25: Dr. Sionmar Fonseca Jr., University of Florida. Topic TBD.
April 1: Book launch: "El campo en disputa: viejos problemas, transformaciones y nuevas fronteras", Dr. Andrea Baudoin Farah and Dr. Elizabeth Jiménez Zamora, Graduate School in Development Studies, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés CIDES-UMSA
April 8: “Making the Invisible Visible: Environmental Justice and Non-Monetary Contributions in Ecuador's Rural Water Governance” with Dr. Paúl Cisneros, Colorado State University, and Segundo Guayllas, Red de Organizaciones Sociales y Comunitarias para la Gestión del Agua en Ecuador.
April 15: No meeting — CSU is hosting a global environmental justice conference “Where do we Grow from Here: Environmental Justice and the Politics of Hope in a Planetary Age” this week. JSET will be hosting two panels on environmental justice in, of, and from Latin America.
April 22: Mia Groff, PhD student in Watershed Science, Colorado State University, Topic TBD.
April 29: “Caring for territory, caring for women: Critical nature-based solutions on Colombia’s Pacific Coast” with Paula Cepeda Mahecha, PhD Candidate, Colorado State University, and colleagues from Bahía Malaga Colombia.
