The special issue guest-edited by the NEST Research Network is forthcoming and will feature five articles developed within the NEST cluster, alongside additional contributions from scholars approaching related themes through a transdisciplinary lens. The issue also includes a curated selection of book reviews, further enriching the dialogue on the role of narrative in ecological and sustainable transitions.

Welcome to our conference! We are glad and honored to host over 25 scholars from around the world who, from different disciplinary perspectives, explore strategies for “nesting theory and praxis” through literature-based workshops. This gathering offers a unique opportunity to engage critically and creatively with how narrative can shape, inform, and transform our responses to contemporary environmental and social challenges.

The Call for Scholars, Artists, and Thinkers for "Narratives for Ecological and Sustainable Transition(s)" is now open! We welcome applications from researchers around the world whose work explores theories and methodologies aligned with the NEST framework. The event will center on workshops, alongside poster presentations and blind panel discussions, to foster dialogue and mutual enrichment around the role of narrative in addressing the challenges of today’s world.

A workshop series titled "Literature and Air Pollution" was held in Treviglio (BG), involving five different high schools and over 300 students. Organized by Stefano Rozzoni, the initiative used narratives on air pollution—from the Victorian tradition to contemporary texts—to raise awareness of the issue in a region known for some of the highest recorded pollution levels worldwide.

The CFP for a special issue dedicated to NEST has just been released by Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory. The issue (July 2025) will be titled: "NARRATIVES FOR ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION(S): TRANSDISCIPLINARY TRAJECTORIES ACROSS THEORY AND PRAXIS".

To know more about it, please click HERE

The special rountable exchange is organized with several scholars of the Department of Education and Teacher Training of the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences,tilted "NEST Building". Maria Jordet and Stefano Rozzoni faciliated a discussion on the preliminary educational framwork developed in the context of the NEST Research Network!

The workshop "Nested and (Un)nested Human and Nonhuman Life-forms" organized by Nikoleta Zampaki takes place online!

The workshop "A NEST in the Forest" takes place in Oslo co-conducted by Maria Jordet and Stefano Rozzoni.

The workshop "Temporal Landscape and Nesting" takes place at the Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), in Giessen, co-conducted by Deborah DeMuijnck and Stefano Rozzoni.

N.E.S.T. has been presented at the 'The Pedagogy Festival' organised by Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences at Hamar Theatre, Norway on Wednesday 10th of September.

It is a festival for students and staff exploring some of the many faces of pedagogy through creative workshops, panel discussions and poster presentations. For further info, click HERE

The first event of the NEST Lecture Series is taking place today!

We are getting ready to the...N.E.S.T. Lecture series! Check out our programmer HERE

Stefano Rozzoni and Maria Jordet attended the “15th International Sustainability Transitions” conference at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO), where they presented a poster dedicated to the Research Group, “N.E.S.T. - Narratives for Ecological and Sustainable Transition(s)”!

Nicolai Skiveren conducted a N.E.S.T. Workshop at the Hansthold Library in Denmark, focusing on Malte Tellerup's Spræng Fabrikken

Website launch! We are happy to have a platform where we can host our news and results of our research!

The project has begun! We are excited to have begun the work of our network with a kick-off online event, followed by other organizational meetings!

A preliminary presentation of our project has been offered by Deborah de Muijnck, in the context of the "3rd PhDnet Doctoral Symposium", University of Bergamo, 9 February, 2024!