On 20 May 2026, CETE-P hosted a one-day workshop entitled Metabolize, Prefigure, Articulate! Practicing Solidarity in the Face of Ecological Crisis, organized by Iwona Janicka and Cécile Rosat. The workshop was a direct continuation of the previous day's event Climate Dialogues, which brought together Michael Marder and Alexis Shotwell to discuss the concept of ecological solidarities. The workshop successfully bridged rigorous academic engagement with generative exchanges, providing a vibrant platform for rethinking solidarity as an ongoing process that has the capacity to address the compounding pressures of our global ecological crisis.

The primary objective of this workshop was to support junior scholars, including graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career academics. Recognising systemic barriers in higher education, the organisers explicitly encouraged submissions from underrepresented groups, creating a safe, affirming space to share developing work. The speakers presented their ongoing projects and received generous, attentive feedback from Alexis Shotwell and Michael Marder. This format fostered strong research synergy, opening up new avenues for interdisciplinary collaboration.

The workshop brought together a diverse, international cohort of scholars presenting original research, including Gabriela Kozakiewicz (University of Warsaw), Cécile Rosat (CETE-P), Lesley Jamieson (University of Pardubice), Klára Soukupová (Charles University), Martin Vrba (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), Isabel Jacobs (Institute of Philosophy, CAS), Andrea Garofalo (Sapienza University of Rome), and Maja Rup (University of Warsaw). The audience included local and international undergraduate and graduate students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and senior researchers.

In conclusion, positive feedback that the organisers and speakers received after the workshop suggests that the event offered a good example of how academic spaces can cultivate both intellectual rigour and communal care. 

Photos: Anna Šolcová