Events
Join us online for our “In Conversation With” sessions, a safe and respectful place for people to come together to think about disability and the climate crisis in new ways.
At the bottom of this page you can also catch up on previous events.
Please note: all the timings listed below are based on UK time but do email Sarah if you are unsure what time this will be where you live (Sarah.Bell@exeter.ac.uk).
We will soon be uploading the details of our next two ‘Disability & Climate: In Conversation With’ events; one in March 2027 with Francesca Di Giorgio of Friends of the Earth, and one in September 2027 with Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire who will be sharing their wonderful book, ‘Broken Worlds, Disabled Kin - Strategies for Collective Survival’. Do visit the web page again soon for more details!
In the meantime, scroll down to listen back to past events!
In conversation with… Kavya Poornima Balajepalli
A super session with Ar. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, an architect, researcher, and universal accessibility advocate whose work sits at the intersection of architecture, climate action, and disability inclusion…
In conversation with… The Sensory Trust
A great session with the Sensory Trust about their ‘Collective Climate Repair’ project, which is exploring how working with plants and natural systems can offer accessible opportunities to cool and calm the climate…
In conversation with… Nic Cook
A super session with Nic Cook, reflecting on her lived experiences as a disabled parent and public transport user, and her important PhD work on active travel, disability and critical access...
In conversation with… Dan White
An excellent session with Dan White, policy and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK, leading a coalition of global disability climate activists to respond to the climate crisis…
In conversation with… Louise Kenward
It was wonderful to be in conversation with Louise Kenward in this session, reflecting on key ideas within her edited anthology, ‘Moving Mountains: Writing nature through illness and disability’, and her current PhD research into the shifting coastline of the Romney Marshes…
In conversation with… Raven Cretney
A thought-provoking session with Dr Raven Cretney, sharing her brilliant work around disability, crisis solidarity and disaster response and recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand…
In conversation with… Angela Frederick
A brilliant session with Angela Frederick, Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of the forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’ …
In conversation with… Abhishek Kumar
A great session with Abhishek Kumar, founder and curator of The Sangyan initiative, a research, advocacy and campaign-oriented organisation in India focusing on Law, Environment and Disability.
In conversation with… Gregor Wolbring
A great conversation with Gregor Wolbring, Professor at the University of Calgary who coined the term ‘eco-ableism’ in 2012 and has been working on disability and climate change since 2009.
In conversation with… Mary Keogh, Mahbub Kabir & Gordon Rattray
An exciting session with Mahbub Kabir and Mary Keogh of CBM Global, and Gordon Rattray of the European Disability Forum.
In conversation with… Áine Kelly-Costello
A brilliant session with Áine Kelly-Costello, an Aotearoa (New Zealand)-based climate justice and disability rights campaigner, storyteller and journalist.
In conversation with… Julia Watts-Belser
A thoughtful and thought-provoking session with Professor Julia Watts Belser, scholar, activist and founder of the brilliant Disability and Climate Change Public Archive project.
In conversation with… Polly Atkin
We were joined by poet and nonfiction writer, Dr Polly Atkin, to reflect on the risks of vulnerabilising disabled people in response to the climate crisis, and the importance of involving disabled people in every stage of climate discussions.
In conversation with… Emma Geen
We heard from Dr Emma Geen, an author, artist, and researcher hoping to shape a better world through the power of creativity.
In conversation with… Sébastien Jodoin
We heard from Professor Sébastien Jodoin, a legal scholar that has played a key role in building linkages between the fields of disability and climate change.