Petrocultures 2024: Los Angeles/Perth
The 6th biennial Petrocultures Conference will take place in two locations: Los Angeles (USA) and Perth (Australia)! The central theme for Petrocultures 2024 LA will be “Oil Cities and Post-Oil…
Petrocultures 2022: Transformations
The biennial Petrocultures conference, twice postponed due to COVID-19, took place August 24-27, 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. Click here for the final conference program. Keynote speakers: Thursday,…
Petrocultures 2018: Transitions
The 2016 Paris Climate Agreement heralded unprecedented international consensus on the need to transition from fossil fuels within the next few decades. The uneven responses from state,…
After Oil School (2015)
The first After Oil School (AOS) brought together experts in energy humanities from the University of Alberta and around the world to explore, critically and creatively, the…
Petrocultures 2016: The Offshore
Approximately a third of all oil and gas production takes place offshore, and this proportion is continually increasing as companies push into ever deeper and more remote…
After Oil School 2: Solarity (2019)
Solarity: After Oil School 2 was organized by the Petrocultures Research Group and the Grierson Chair in Communication Studies. A follow-up to the successful After Oil School…