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The Embodying Climate Change project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants
Embodying Climate Change Transdisciplinary Research
on Urban Overheating
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Urban heat as a threat to older adults in Warsaw. Challenges and solutions.

Monday May 5th, 2025
Urban heat as a threat to older adults in Warsaw. Challenges and solutions.
We created this brief through participatory means

Public seminar on urban heat in Europe in Oslo

Wednesday April 9th, 2025
Public seminar on urban heat in Europe in Oslo
As part of EmCliC+, we organized a public seminar to discuss the challenges and adaptation to urban heat in Europe, including in northern Europe

Workshop on adaptation to heat in Warsaw

Wednesday April 2nd, 2025
Workshop on adaptation to heat in Warsaw
As part of EmCliC+, we met with local stakeholders in Warsaw to discuss the challenges and adaptation to urban heat

Participatory workshops

Wednesday February 19th, 2025
Participatory workshops
In February we conducted workshops with older adults on adapting to increasing heat in Warsaw

The sensors live on!

Wednesday February 5th, 2025
The sensors live on!
Our sensors will be used in another research project

EmCliC+ Societal Engagement

Friday October 18th, 2024
EmCliC+ Societal Engagement
Project continuation as part of Science & Society Initiative

We share our survey data!

Wednesday July 10th, 2024
We share our survey data!
We recently shared the thermosurvey dataset which focuses on how older adults (65+) in Warsaw and Madrid experience urban heat and climate change.

EmCliC featured during NCN exhibition days

Thursday May 23rd, 2024
EmCliC featured during NCN exhibition days
EmCliC has been featured as one of the NCN funded projects during the open science days, organised at the Politechnika Bydgoska on the 15th...

Climate change as a process of embodiment

Tuesday April 9th, 2024
Climate change as a process of embodiment
Zofia Boni gave a talk at the Wellcome Centre

European Climate Risk Assessment

Tuesday April 2nd, 2024
European Climate Risk Assessment
The first EUCRA identifies increasing heat as one of the main climate related risks in Europe

Last consortium meeting

Monday March 4th, 2024
Last consortium meeting
The EmcliC team met in Athens

Environmental dialogues -study visit at Sarajevo University

Monday December 18th, 2023
Environmental dialogues -study visit at Sarajevo University
In December Zosia Bieńkowska visited Sarajevo University

Collaboration with the Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk

Friday October 27th, 2023
Collaboration with the Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk
EmCliC participated in curating the exhibition Shelter: Wellbeing

Embodying Climate Change Academic Workshop

Thursday September 28th, 2023
Embodying Climate Change Academic Workshop
We held our interdisciplinary workshop mid-September in Poznan

Prezentation “Heatwaves, Reduced Quality of Life and (Im)mobility of Older People in Warsaw and Madrid”

Monday September 25th, 2023
Prezentation “Heatwaves, Reduced Quality of Life and (Im)mobility of Older People in Warsaw and Madrid”
The 12th Conference of the Committee for Migration Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, 'Migrations in the Face of Major Social Changes - Challenges for Theory and Practice,' September 20-22, 2023, Białystok, provided a great opportunity to present the project's results.

EmCliC team presentations at scientific seminars and conferences – summer 2023

Friday July 21st, 2023
EmCliC team presentations at scientific seminars and conferences – summer 2023
In June, Barbara Jancewicz and Zofia Bieńkowska presented the results of their research at a scientific meeting entitled "Climate change...

We launched the documentary The Wave

Friday July 7th, 2023
We launched the documentary The Wave
On June 7th we presented the results of the EmCliC project and the documentary La Ola in collaboration with Ecologistas en Acción in La...

Public Event in Warsaw – 16.06.2023

Wednesday June 28th, 2023
Public Event in Warsaw – 16.06.2023
On June 16, we had the pleasure of meeting and talking about the preliminary results of the study with residents of Warsaw.

Public events in Warsaw // Experiencing climate change. Heat in Warsaw.

Friday June 2nd, 2023
Public events in Warsaw // Experiencing climate change. Heat in Warsaw.
16.06.2023, Kamień Pawilon Edukacyjny, Warsaw

We present EmCliC project results and the documentary ‘The Wave’ in Madrid

Monday May 22nd, 2023
We present EmCliC project results and the documentary ‘The Wave’ in Madrid
We present EmCliC project results and the documentary 'The Wave' in collaboration with Ecologistas en Acción, on June 7 at 6:00 p.m. in La...

“The Wave” screening at Social Science Slam in Warsaw

Thursday May 18th, 2023
“The Wave” screening at Social Science Slam in Warsaw
The Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences invites everyone to Social Science Slam that will take place on 1 June 2023 at 2 PM at Hybrydy...

Embodying Climate Change| Warsaw | exhibition

Wednesday May 17th, 2023
Embodying Climate Change| Warsaw | exhibition
19-21 may 2023 in Warsaw

Reports in Polish and Spanish

Tuesday May 16th, 2023
Reports in Polish and Spanish
We translated the experts reports into Polish and Spanish

The Game Jam – summary

Tuesday May 9th, 2023
The Game Jam – summary
On the weekend 16-18 April we hosted a Game Jam

The Wave, EmCliC’s ethnographic film

Wednesday April 26th, 2023
The Wave, EmCliC’s ethnographic film
2023 Exceptional Merit Award of Docs Without Borders

EmCliC Game Jam

Thursday April 6th, 2023
EmCliC Game Jam
We are happy to announce our findings will be creatively transformed into the games! Our team provided the most important findings, that...

CfP Embodying Climate Change Workshop

Tuesday February 21st, 2023
CfP Embodying Climate Change Workshop
We invite submissions for our Embodying Climate Change Workshop which will take place in September 2023 in Poznan.

3rd Consortium Meeting

Friday November 4th, 2022
3rd Consortium Meeting
The EmCliC Team met in Oslo

EmCliC presented at the NCN conference promoting the Basic Research Programme

Wednesday October 19th, 2022
EmCliC presented at the NCN conference promoting the Basic Research Programme
The visual notes from the conference are available at the Centre's website and the recording at their YouTube channel (our presentation starts at 2:15:31).

Participatory workshops in Warsaw and Madrid

Friday July 29th, 2022
Participatory workshops in Warsaw and Madrid
EmCliC organized workshops with older adults in Warsaw and Madrid to deepen our understanding of bodily reactions to and experiences of heat, and creatively engage with heatwaves.

EmCliC at conferences this summer

Wednesday July 20th, 2022
EmCliC at conferences this summer
EmCliC team members present our initial findings at various conferences

We just finished conducting workshops for the EmCliC survey’s interviewers

Wednesday July 6th, 2022
We just finished conducting workshops for the EmCliC survey’s interviewers
We just finished workshops with the EmCliC survey's interviewers, both in Madrid and in Warsaw. They got to know the project, learned about ethics and how to use their gear (laptops, compass, thermomether) as well as the questionnaire. First hot days have already come so we can't wait for the surey to begin!

EmCliC survey already tested in Warsaw!

Thursday June 16th, 2022
EmCliC survey already tested in Warsaw!
We have succesfully completed the pilot of our questionnaire in Warsaw and improved the Polish version of the survey. We are now fine-tuning the Spanish version of the questionnaired and the pilot in Madrid will soon follow.

Presentation at DOPE 2022: Sensing heat in the city

Thursday March 24th, 2022
Presentation at DOPE 2022: Sensing heat in the city
Zosia Bieńkowska and Paloma Yáñez Serrano are going to give a presentation titled “Sensing heat in the city: how to go beyond...

Second consortium meeting in Madrid

Thursday March 24th, 2022
Second consortium meeting in Madrid
Last week we had our second consortium meeting in Madrid. It took place from March 15th to 19th. We spent three days presenting the data and...

IPCC latest report is out

Sunday March 20th, 2022
IPCC latest report is out
"Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" emphasizes the need for local knowledge to inform adaptation processes and actions that reduce climate risk.

Expert consultations on architecture and health in the context of heat stress

Friday February 4th, 2022
Expert consultations on architecture and health in the context of heat stress
In 2021 we have spent few months collaborating with experts. The EmCliC Team have met with medical doctor Dr. Katarzyna Broczek and...

First Consortium Meeting

Wednesday September 15th, 2021
First Consortium Meeting
We have finally met in person in Warsaw.

Working out the survey questions: the temperature

Tuesday August 17th, 2021
Working out the survey questions: the temperature
People rarely get asked whether they feel hot. Experts assume that they simply know, after all, if the temperature is above 30ºC then probably everyone is feeling hot, right?

We started research on population dynamics and heat stress

Saturday August 7th, 2021
We started research on population dynamics and heat stress
This summer Iulia Marginean (CICERO) participates in the Young Scientists Summer Programme at the International Institute for Applied...

We’re introducing sensors

Monday August 2nd, 2021
We’re introducing sensors
After getting to know our participants we started introducing sensors in our research. We are using two types of sensor – Kestrel DROP...

We started focus group research.

Monday July 19th, 2021
We started focus group research.
In July we started group interviews with older adults in Warsaw

We are starting the ethnographic research

Monday June 21st, 2021
We are starting the ethnographic research
Over the past weeks we have worked hard with different civil and cultural organizations in Warsaw and Madrid to find the participants for...

First conference presentations

Thursday May 27th, 2021
First conference presentations
Members of the research team speak at international scientific conferences.

Ethnographic research: the most important information for participants.

Tuesday May 18th, 2021
We are looking for participants for the research entitled "Embodying Climate Change: A Transdisciplinary Study of Urban Overheating". ...

Webinar on Challenges and Pitfalls in Transdisciplinary Research on Climate Change – summary

Tuesday April 6th, 2021
Webinar on Challenges and Pitfalls in Transdisciplinary Research on Climate Change – summary
Webinar on Challenges and Pitfalls in Transdisciplinary Research on Climate Change - summary

Anthropology and Climate Change

Tuesday December 29th, 2020
Anthropology and Climate Change
The project features on the Polish radio
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