The STACEES Travel Blog features short informal articles on the topic of sustainable travel for research purposes. Contributions can include blogs about one’s own travel experiences, as well as accessibly written theoretical contributions.
To submit a blog article to the STACEES Travel Blog, please submit a draft (Word file, 1000 words maximum) to the STACEES team via [email protected]. We welcome contributions throughout the calendar year. We are currently publishing blogs from members of the University of St Andrews community, including all students and staff, as well as honorary staff.
By Elsje van Kessel (Senior Lecturer, School of Art History). Published on: 30 January 2024. ‘Experience is Better than Knowledge’ – or so claims scholar of English literature and ‘blue humanities’ proponent Steve Mentz in a provocative article title borrowed from an early modern maritime manual. Human experiences of the sea, Mentz argues, can productively … Read more
By Lydia Cole (Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development). Published on: 26 October 2023. In late July of 2023, I left St Andrews, bound for Greifswald. This small, University town — quite similar to St Andrews, but significantly bigger — is on the shores of the Baltic Sea, in Northeast Germany. It is home … Read more
By Anne Sophie Daffertshofer (PhD Candidate, School of Art History, University of St Andrews). Published on: 14 September 2023. More than 50 years ago, the Club of Rome called for a limit to economic growth. The vision of limitless growth, they argued, ignored the reality of living on a planet with finite resources. Since then, our … Read more