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At the Adaptation Futures 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand, we explored how participatory research can foster capacity for climate action in cities.  With Gina Ziervogel, Meg Parsons, and an engaged international audience, we shared lessons learned from our work with...

We completed three days of intensive listening sessions with approximately 85 residents in San Luis Tlaxialtemalco, a community in Mexico City’s Xochimilco borough. These sessions are part of our ongoing work to understand how local communities are experiencing the...

We’ve just concluded another round of listening sessions, this time in Barrio La Santísima, Mexico City, where we engaged with about 60 residents over three intensive days. These community dialogues form part of CERC NEST’s broader initiative to foster equitable...

CERC NEST recently launched “Moving the Youth,” a three-city initiative focused on envisioning more equitable and people-centred mobility systems. In collaboration with students from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco (UAM-X) in Mexico City, the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) in Canada, and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) in the U.S., this initiative engages Gen Z participants in imagining alternative urban futures.

Through a series of cross-cultural “listening sessions,” college students are reflecting on how mobility intersects with climate, equity, and urban development. These dialogues are not only amplifying youth perspectives but also strengthening their capacity to navigate the multi-crisis landscape through creativity, collaboration, and community-based solutions.

At ISA 2025, Paty Presented CERC NEST’s Research on Climate Action and Equity to a Global Audience #UTSC The 5th ISA Forum of Sociology took place in Rabat, Morocco on July 6-11, 2025. This is the first ISA Forum to be held in the region and specifically in a country...

Paty presented CERC NEST research program at the IST 2025 in Lisbon. They facilitated two sessions on equitable action. Go team! The International Sustainability Transitions conference is the flagship event for the international transitions research community, hosted...

Moments from GSD congress in Istanbul where Paty presented our UTSCsustainability research . Go #UTSC The Global Sustainable Development Congress 2025, co-hosted with Türkiye's Council of Higher Education and convened by Times Higher Education, brings together the...