2026 ANZSEE Biennial Conference

• Professor Bob Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London; Founding President, International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE); Founding Editor-In-Chief Ecological Economics, Societal Addiction and Recovery: Creating a New Science of Collective Behavioural Traps and Transformative Recovery • Professor Anitra Nelson, President-Elect International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne, Welcome to XV ANZSEE Biennial Conference – Regenerative Futures and Across Oceans from ISEE’s President-Elect • Professor Erik Gomez-Baggethun, Professor in Environmental Governance at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Senior Associate at the University of Oxford, The Plurality of Values and the Valuation of Nature • Professor Maria Bargh, Professor of Politics and Maori Studies at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Hidden and Diverse Economies (TBC) • Professor Joshua Farley, L4E Ecological Economics Lead, Gund Institute for the Environment, University of Vermont, Taking Complexity Theory Seriously and Non-market Food Systems • Dr Marjan Van Den Belt, Ecological Economist, Global Council Member Wellbeing Economy Alliance, Ministerial Appointee of Lincoln University Council, World Oceans Assessment UNCLOS Expert Pool – Aotearoanomics: A Place-Based Economy So That Nature and People Thrive • Emeritus Professor Murray Patterson, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, Honorary Keynote Address, ANZSEE 2026 Conference Dinner • Dr Mike Joy, The Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Freshwater Management The Conference will focus on key research areas linked to Ecological Economics analysis, perspectives, and policies, including: 1 Beyond Growth and Wellbeing Post-growth economies, alternative wellbeing measures, macroeconomic reform 2 Indigenous and First Nations Economies Decolonisation, treaty rights, traditional knowledge, land and water stewardship 3 Island and Ocean Resilience Blue economies, sea level rise, Pacific sovereignty, island biodiversity 4 Intergenerational Justice and Stewardship Just transitions, youth, equity, rights of future generations 5 Climate, Cities, and the Built Environment Energy, transport, housing, urban ecology, cost of living 6 Ecological Limits, Governance, and Policy Planetary boundaries, ecosystem services, institutions, environmental law 7 Transformative Knowledge — Education, Methods, and Technology Pedagogy, research methods, STI, arts, and transdisciplinarity 8 Other Issues in Ecological Economics Open theme for emerging, cross-cutting, and novel contributions