Karen O’Brien has been awarded the prestigious BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award for her contribution to climate change science.
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How can we transform the way we live and the society we are part of so that we stay within the limits of the planet we live on? Join us for this digital SoTalk on Thur 8 Oct to explore Doughnut Economics as a framework for transformation and how a city like Oslo could work with such a model.Read More

These workshops will motivate and inspire you to “see change” differently, and to explore how to engage with transformative change and creating sustainability results in new and effective ways.
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Karen O’Brien and Nicole Schafenacker have written an article in the 14th issue of Tvergastein discussing how fiction can transform how we imagine the future. Read More

cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien was interviewed recently by Evolve magazine in Germany about how we can empower individual agency for rapid systems change when it comes to climate change solutions.Read More

How can culture be harnessed for transformation and what factors might contribute to cultural tipping points for sustainability? Karen O’Brien, Gail Hochachka and Irmelin Gram-Hanssen explore this in a newly published book chapter. Read More

Are you working on sustainability and want to see deep, lasting change? We are now accepting applications for our workshop series on Transformational Leadership for Sustainability with Dr. Monica Sharma in Bergen. Deadline 19th January 2020. Read More

“Our Entangled Future: Stories to Empower Quantum Social Change” – a book of short stories offering hope, imagination, inspiration and transformation to inspire readers to engage with the future in a positive and optimistic way.Read More

Climate change is rapidly transforming our world. What skills, knowledges and tools do students and citizens need to address this challenge? cCHANGE is collaborating on a new EU Horizon 2020 project with partners across Europe to address this.Read More

Moving towards a more sustainable society requires new ways of working. Join Prof. Dr. Monica Sharma and Karen O’Brien in Oslo for a seminar exploring ways in which we can turn passion and purpose into measurable results. Read More

How does conscious social transformation happen? How do we engage the highest leverage points? How do we take care of each other in the process? And can this really enable us to achieve the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target?Read More

cCHANGE’s co-founder Karen O’Brien is the recipient of the 2019 Research Excellence Award from the American Association of Geographers’ Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group.Read More

Join our free one-hour livestreamed Introduction to Transformational Leadership for Sustainability on Mon 10th December.Read More

Listen in as our close collaborator, Monica Sharma, hosts professor Karen O´Brien in her biweekly radio show on transformational leadership.Read More

A new piece by cCHANGE’s Leonie Goodwin explores ways we could achieve clean, rich oceans more rapidly.Read More

I 30 dager har Lofoten FHS utforsket hvordan de selv og samfunnet rundt dem reagerer på endring i en tid hvor endring er helt nødvendig.Read More

The 5th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation will take place in Norrköping, Sweden, from 23 to 25 October 2018. cCHANGE will be involved in its framing. Read More

Under Klimafestivalen §112 vil Karen O’Brien snakke (in English) om hvilke rolle vi som enkeltindivider har i det grønneskiftet. Arrangementer er på Sentralen – 14:00, 28. jan 2018 – og er gratis og åpent for alle!Read More

In November 2017, more than 50 inspired and committed Folk High School students and teachers from around Norway attended our workshop in Oslo.Read More

Join cChange’s Karen O’Brien and other thought leaders around the world, for a webinar on Monday 2nd October exploring cutting-edge research into shifting paradigms and the potential for quantum social change.Read More

Karen O’Brien was interviewed for the recently published award-winning recipe book, Food Forever. She spoke about the important role chefs play in sustainability transformations.Read More

CEMUS, the student-led transdisciplinary centre at University of Uppsala, is incorporating the three spheres of transformation in their course design and setting an example for the future of higher education. Read More

A new book has caught our attention. In it author Professor Harold Wilhite explains how our unsustainable behaviours emerged from the values of capitalism, and why those behaviours remain just so difficult to change. Simen Pettersen in cCHANGE interviewed Professor Wilhite on the matter.Read More

Norwegian website and podcast series Levevei interviews Karen O’Brien on “the nature of transformative change”. The result is definitely worth a listen.Read More

Worldviews are the very foundation for how we view global problems and solutions. Take a 7 minute worldview-test, developed by Annik de Witt, and learn more about your own worldview.Read More

The International Social Science Council is launching three transformative knowledge networks for solving some of the most urgent sustainability challenges in the world.Read More

Around 40 young people came together in Oslo in December to explore their potential for becoming climate change leaders. The result was two days of inspiration and stories of change.Read More

We have the pleasure to present this two-day workshop aimed at youth and young adults who are interested in transformations to sustainability. Applications are now welcomed, please apply before November 26. Read More

It is still possible to submit abstract to the upcoming 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change. Interested in transformations and governance? Don´t miss the 16 November deadline for submitting abstracts. Read More

A new development agenda is forming. Heads of states and government representatives have delivered their agenda calling for a new integrative approach to solve the interconnected economic, social and environmental challenges. Read More

In this recent report, researchers in the Cultural Sustainability network, highlights the importance of integrating culture as a key element of sustainable development through a multidisciplinary perspective. Read More

This report looks at the kind of leadership needed to make collaborations succeed in times of complex global challenges. It builds on in-depth interviews with 39 leaders who have a track record of creating successful collaborations. Read More

The late Nelson Mandela was a unique kind of leader. According to Senge and colleagues he was a system leader – a person who could catalyze collective leadership. In «The Dawn of System Leadership» they give insights on what it takes to be a great leader.Read More

How we frame the climate change problem is critical to how we solve it, and whether the solution is sustainable and equitable. In this report RSA and COIN has started an important discussion on why so little progress is made and what is needed. Read More

A recent paper in Energy Research and Science co-authored by over 170 transformations researchers and practitioners calls for a shift in our current knowledge systems so that they can better support society to address future challenges.
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Agency Matters! … Join us for the second webinar in the “You Matter More Than You Think” series; which will explore agency – individual, collective and political, why it matters, and why its quality is critical.Read More

How can climate change education align with what’s needed and meet the engagement we see among youth today? Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien argue that it’s high time to transform climate change education.Read More

Karen O’Brien and Ann Kristin Schorre contributed the Norwegian word “Ildsjel” to a new collaborative volume – An Ecotopian Lexicon – a volume of new terms and concepts to help us describe and respond to today’s environmental challenges.Read More

In her interview with Terry Patten for the Collective Trauma Summit, cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien speaks about creating social change in a time when it can be difficult to accept just how much personal agency each of us has.Read More

In a recent podcast, Karen O’Brien and Terry Patten discuss how different perspectives on climate change are crucial, not only for making change, but also personally for dealing with climate change challenges and impacts. Read More

cCHANGE co-founder Karen O’Brien has been recognized as one of the world’s most cited researches in the past decade. This recognition illustrates the desire for new perspectives on climate change and sustainable transformations. Read More

Young people have the capacity to create change – to shift systems and cultures that don’t contribute to the future they want. This autumn, we are starting our youth leadership program built around the cCHALLENGE approach and we are inviting registrations now.Read More

How can we run meetings, align projects and inspire others to move forward and lead sustainable change? Last week, participants at the Transformative Leadership for Sustainability workshop explored this and more. Read More

Join authors Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien on 5 Sept in Oslo, as they introduce and explore topics from their new book “Climate and Society: Transforming the Future”.Read More

It’s time to invest in a new story! Watch the inspirational talk cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien recently gave at Nysnø’s Driva: Climate Investment Meeting 2019 in Stavanger.Read More

What do universal values, listening and speaking have to do with sustainability? Last week, Dr. Monica Sharma explored embodying the change you want to see with participants during our first session of ‘Transformational Leadership for Sustainability’ in Oslo.Read More

Join us during December as we explore how to be kinder to ourselves and our planet. Or challenge someone you know!Read More

A COSUST special issue, co-edited by cCHANGE’s Linda Sygna, explores the social transformations needed to meet the 1.5°C climate target.Read More

All over Norway, people from all walks of life are taking the cCHALLENGE this month!Read More

cCHANGE recently contributed its unique perspective to a European Environment Agency report on transitions to sustainability. Read More

A world-leading team of transformations researchers, including cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien, outline the 10 essentials for making sustainability research more action and solutions-oriented in a new paper.Read More

cCHANGE has contributed to a new report by the Norwegian state energy agency, Enova, on how Norway can transition to a low-carbon society after 2050.Read More

I 2020 blir det endringer i læreplanene. Denne workshopen utforsker hvilke muligheter dette gir for å fokusere på bærekraftig utvikling, demokrati og medborgerskap i den videregående skolen. Read More

The Anthropocene, humans, us, leaving permanent traces on the planet. How can we understand the changing of our surroundings? This Art exhibition will show you the way. Read More

Special day at work! cCHANGE just received a gift of NOK 700 000 from the Savings Bank Foundation DNB. The funds will be used to engage and empower children and youth in climate solutions. Read More

MEET THE STARTUPS is Vibbio’s video series on notable Norwegian start-ups. The latest installment features an excellent bite-sized introduction to cCHANGE. We want to inspire and engage people as the solution to climate change. If you have a minute (and six seconds) to view the YouTube video!Read More

Is climate change a cultural challenge, one that requires imaginative and creative responses capable of transforming the current environmental paradigm? The COAL Prize seeks to answer that question.Read More

This new online summer course launched by The Integral Without Borders Research centre takes an internal and comprehensive approach to social change. “Interdisciplinary” is indeed the key word to transformation.Read More

This question is asked in the upcoming Symposium in England. First of its kind this Symposium takes a closer look at what role design and designers can have in transitions to sustainable futures. Read More

Today 20 participants will begin an experiment with change. This cCHALLENGE not only coincides with the launch of the new cchallenge.no website, but it is also being pitched as one of 12 climate solutions for the city of Oslo.Read More

Connect the dots! See how connecting your piece of the pie with others can transform systems. Medea Benjamin explains how we can be part of the solution by creating alternatives to the current system.Read More

The arctic, climate change, indigenous geopolitics and the dramatic growth in tourism are among the issues getting attention when groundbreaking Arctic Cinema Week takes place 9-13 November at the University of Leeds, UK.Read More

In this documentary, five women from four continents demonstrate their unique ways of dealing with climate change through specific type of actions, producing the much needed “hands-on” strategies in local environments around the world.
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Are you a coach or a leader who want to learn more about the deeper and often hidden mechanisms of leadership and change? Join this two day full immersion training in Stockholm, Sweden, from 30 September till 1 October, 2015. Read More

More than 2000 people are gathering at the “Our Common Future under Climate Change” Conference, 7-10 July, to take stock of climate change knowledge and discuss the solutions space for an sustainable and equitable future. Karen O´Brien will be giving a keynote July 8. Read More

In this two day leadership course participants will learn and experience the importance of self and personal change in dealing with hyper-complex problems such as for example climate change. Takes place 4-5 June, 2015 in Stockholm. Read More

The call for abstracts to the Transformations2015 conference, taking place 5-7 October, 2015, in Stockholm, Sweden, is now open. If you want to present your work and join the discussion on transformations you should submit an abstract before April 7. Read More

Read Karen’s talk on quantum social change presented online at The House of Beautiful Business’ The Great Wave event from 16-19 October 2020.Read More

Join us for a webinar on Thu 18 June to discuss Karen O’Brien’s new book manuscript and quantum social change. Artist Tone Bjordam will join Karen, along with other invited guests. Read More

Former leaders at Future Earth, Paul Shrivastava and Mark Stafford Smith, teamed up with Laszlo Zsolnai and Karen O’Brien, to discuss where sustainability science is currently failing, what’s missing, and what can be done about it.Read More

How exciting to gather people with diverse backgrounds in Bergen this week. What’s on the agenda? Well, nothing less than how to achieve a sustainable and equitable world! Read More

What is the potential of art and transformative learning to empower young people to address climate change? Julia Bentz and cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien explore this in a recently published article. Read More

In a recent interview cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien talked about perceiving climate change as a relationship problem and how we all can play a greater role in contributing to solutions.Read More

Hear cCHANGE’s Karen O’Brien talk, together with 25 of the world’s most prominent psychotherapists, researchers, teachers, and transformation experts for the first-ever Collective Trauma Online Summit.Read More

“Our Entangled Future: Stories to Empower Quantum Social Change” will be launched this month in Santiago, Chile.Read More

Profs. Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien invite educators, students, and others working with climate change to a webinar on how we can teach the subject in a way that empowers and fosters individual and collective engagement.Read More

In September, we are joining with OBOS to challenge thousands of people to change a habit … and discover new pathways to a more sustainable future. Read More

How do we design our projects to solve problems, shift systems and activate our own and our community’s potential for change? Read More

What happens when 13 mayors from around Oslo explore their own personal roles in solving climate change and sustainability challenges?Read More

After decades of trying to engage people with solutions to climate change, it’s time to go beyond behaviour change and recognize people as agents of change, rather than objects to be changed.Read More

Is hitting the 1.5°C target possible? It certainly could be, argues Karen O’Brien, in her recent open source COSUST article, but not by treating climate change just as a technical problem. Read More

In March, 160 students and teachers from Rutgers University and University of Oslo took the cCHALLENGE and experienced for themselves the power they have to influence others. Read More

What happened when 25 high school students from the António Arroio Art High School in Lisbon, Portugal, explored the challenge of change through the cCHALLENGE?Read More

A new special issue of the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (COSUST) contains cutting-edge review articles on themes relating to the 1.5°C climate change target and social transformation.Read More

Our close partner, leadership development expert Monica Sharma, draws on more than twenty years of working for the UN and beyond to present a radical new approach to leadership.Read More

Join Oslo climate leader Heidi Sørensen and renowned climate change researchers Profs. Kevin Anderson and Karen O´Brien for a free breakfast seminar discussing the possibilities for radical emissions reductions in Oslo. Read More

In May 2016, Karen O’Brien attended the King of Sweden’s Royal Colloquium to share her insights on sustainability transformations. Her essay from the event has just been published in a book.Read More

It started with an invitation to talk at a world music festival in Adelaide, Australia. And the result is a cCHANGE tour of Australia talking about adaptation, transformation, and people as the solution to climate change. Read More

The Norwegian paper Klassekampen recently did an interview featuring Karen O’Brien. Karen is reflecting on how she ended up as a climate scientist and in Norway, and her passion for transformation toward sustainability. With permission from Klassekampen read the full interview. Read More

In a WIREs opinion piece, O’Brien suggests that we may be underestimating our capacity to transform society at the rate and scale that is called for by climate change science and mandated by the 2015 Paris Agreement.Read More

cCHALLENGE was presented at the Pecha Kucha Night in Oslo in April for a large audience. Aftenposten filmed it and the clip is now available. Have a look and get inspired!Read More

The cCHALLENGE project is in its final week after 30 days of change experiments. In this article Karen O´Brien writes about the power of experience and reflections, and how this relates to the cCHALLENGE journey.Read More

This Friday cCHANGE welcomes you to a dialogue on what role individuals play in transformations. The event is part of Klimafestivalen §112, a nation-wide festival in Norway that draws attention the climate change issue and potential solutions.Read More

Brain exercises can make us less selfish and more compassionate, social neuroscientist and psychologist Tania Singer says. Through time and practice, we can change stable preferences, and increase social intelligence and cooperation. Read More

Climate change is crucially linked to beliefs, values and worldviews, as well as to power, politics, identities and interests. This book calls for a fundamental redefinition of the meaning of climate change adaptation.Read More

The Conference “Transformations2015 – people and the planet in the Anthropocene” will take place 5-7 October 2015, Stockholm, Sweden. This conference will gather diverse perspectives, cutting-edge knowledge and experience on transformations to sustainability. Read More

People and organizations within culture and arts are invited to participate in ArtCOP21, a festival leading up to the UN climate negotiations (COP21) in Paris in December. Events of all sorts can take place both in Paris and worldwide. Read More

The world’s largest academic conference devoted to the field of Integral Theory and practice will take place in San Francisco, USA, this summer. cCHANGE is contributing with a keynote on “Integral in Action: Climate Change and Transformations to Sustainability.”Read More

Want to learn more about planetary boundaries and the need for social transformations? The Great Transition Initiative has hosted an interesting conversation this spring. Start with Johan Rockströms essay and continue with a total of 8 commentaries. Read More

This Kosmos article takes a close look at the transformative movement and what shared believes, methods and inspiration can be found among those leading this movement. Good insight on what makes good connection and collaboration.Read More