Please join us as we welcome Fernando Racimo – Associate Professor in ecology and evolution in the University of Copenhagen and founding member of the Danish chapter of Scientist Rebellion – for a seminar on his upcoming book Science in Resistance.

The seminar is organized in collaboration with the Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO). The seminar is free to attend and open to everyone interested – students, faculty and the like.

Abstract
In April 2022, hundreds of scientists rose in non-violent civil disobedience, breaking the law in more than 28 countries. Risking arrest, they glued their hands to roads, blocked government and corporate buildings, and chained themselves to the White House fence. In this event, Dr. Fernando Racimo will talk about his upcoming book Science in Resistance, which provides a first-person account of the Scientist Rebellion: an international movement of researchers stepping beyond conventional roles to engage with the public about the climate emergency. Combining personal stories, interviews with scientist-activists, and insights from research on direct action and academia, he explores the challenges scientists face when taking a stand for climate and ecological justice. Reflecting on his role as a scientist-activist, Racimo describes how he came to be involved in the movement. He also explores the many ways in which academic institutions today are complicit in climate breakdown—whether by accepting funding from and collaborating with the very industries driving it, or by discouraging scientists from speaking up. Drawing on lessons from political science, psychology, ecology, sociology, and the history of science, he explains how academia could be transformed to become an actor for good in the emergency.