Ideas Alive – Human/Nature
Professor Joanna Gavins - School of English
27 October, 2025 at 6:00 pm
As part of her curation of the Human/Nature strand, Professor Joanna Gavins discusses what it means to be human in the natural environment and the degrees to which we see ourselves as part of or separate from the natural world. How do we understand our relationship with the rest of the planet and how might we construct a future in which we can live a good life within planetary boundaries?
Ideas Alive is a series of podcasts by academics from the University of Sheffield talking about their fascinating research. A podcast link will go live on the festival website on the date and time publicised. Once live the episode can be listened to anytime, with other episodes from the series, on the University of Sheffield Player
Professor Joanna Gavins has guest curated 2 live events for Off the Shelf Festival of Words:
Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet – Tony Juniper
