Book Launch and Discussion of Integral Ecology in the Anthropocene: Africa and Beyond

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Location: Hesburgh Auditorium

Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Social Sciences and Sciences and a leading voice on justice and climate change, will join contributors to Integral Ecology in the Anthropocene for a book launch and discussion on the application of integral ecology in Africa and beyond. The volume explores the many pathways, mechanisms, and ways of putting integral ecology into practice, while examining its contours, potential limitations or uncertainties, and opportunities for all people of goodwill. Ellis Adams, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Policy at the Keough School of Global Affairs, will moderate.

Lunch will be provided in the Jenkins Nanovic Forum from 12:30 - 1:30 PM.

Registration is required

Speakers:

  • Drew Marcantonio, assistant professor of environment, peace and global Affairs
  • Arun Agrawal, Pulte family professor of development policy; inaugural director, Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative
  • Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Social Sciences and Sciences
  • Ellis Adjei Adams, associate professor of geography and environmental policy
  • Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies; director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion
  • Sr. Damien Marie Savino, Melchor visiting professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences
  • Elsa Barron, Ph.D. student in peace studies and political science

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This book launch is part of the Catholic Leadership, Integral Ecology, and the Call of Laudato Si’ event taking place Oct. 5, 2026 from 3-5 p.m. in the Smith Ballroom, Morris Inn. 

Part of the Keough School's Dean's Forum on Global Affairs, the event will feature a conversation between Cardinal Peter Turkson and Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, focused on Catholic Leadership, integral human development and the role of faith, scholarship and research in advancing justice and peace.

More information is available online. 

Originally published at keough.nd.edu.