PolyCIVIS’ final conference
The PolyCIVIS network is committed to fostering discussions and exchanges between researchers from different disciplines and geographies, and policymakers from various fields to jointly advance crisis resilience. For the last three years, the network has focussed on a Euro-African interpretation of polycrisis and applied its knowledge and experience in the fields of research, policymaking, teaching, and communication.
This final PolyCIVIS conference, hosted by the Aix Marseille Université, will take place from Tuesday, the 2nd to Friday, the 5th of June 2026 at the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences humaines et sociales (MMSH) in Aix-en-Provence, France with the participation of members of the PolyCIVIS network, academia, civil society and policymakers.
The final PolyCIVIS conference, will be an opportunity to further unpack the complexity of the contemporary world through discussions involving academics, civil society and policymakers. The conference will build on Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern’s view of the polycrisis, which states that, “there is no single vital problem, but many vital problems, and it is this complex inter-solidarity of problems, antagonisms, crises, uncontrolled processes, and the general crisis of the planet that constitutes the number one vital problem” (Morin and Kern, 1993, p. 74). Given this perspective, the conference will identify concrete interdisciplinary and transnational ways for preparedness and resilience with a focus on the European and African contexts.
The objective of the conference is to facilitate deepened scientific exchanges with a Euro-African approach on the polycrisis, to showcase the results of the PolyCIVIS Project, and to reflect on the PolyCIVIS networks’ sustainability. The programme of the conference includes dedicated times for scientific exchanges, policy discussions, working meetings, and a cultural agenda.
Event in English and French
Contact person: Sarah Hassnaoui - sarah.hassnaoui@ulb.be