Short paper presented by Dulce van Vliet The 1st Netherlands Media Studies Conference is organized by the Research School for Media Studies RMeS 23 October 2025 Abstract: The STONEM project aims to investigate the impact of Dutch international trade on sustainable development from an historical perspective. My tasks as postdoc researcher in this project include…

Lightning talk: “Historical Data Streams and Measuring Sustainability” Short paper presented by Dulce van Vliet 11 October 2025 Abstract: The process of datafication and quantification is central to the current effort to track sustainable development (Wickberg et al. 2024). But while digital technology might have ushered the current large scale datafication, data streams of different…

“Full of Good from Sunny Lands”: Paper presented by Frank Veraart Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting 2025, Luxembourg 10 October 2025 Abstract: “Rich harvest of ripe fruit for Planta. Abundance from warm countries: bananas, lemons, coffee and tea. But also… coconuts and palm fruits, the suppliers of easily digestible vegetable fats for…

26 – 28  June, Brussels, Belgium Maite van den Borre presented the paper “Unearthing the Past: Colonial Legacies and the Modern Realities of Tin Mining in Bangkaand Belitung” Link to conference website: https://www.ebhabrussels2025.org/

28 July – 1 August 2025 Frank Veraart (TU/e) and Annegeke Jansen (Leiden University/WISE) organized a double session with the title: “Re-assessing economic history from the perspective of well-being, inclusion, and sustainability. A global, international, and transnational lens.” Session Description: Environmental degradation and rising social disparities are increasingly undermining global peace, food security, and the…

Paper: “Beauty is in the eye of….”, value competition, alignment, and conflict in the development of transnational trade in resources Frank Veraart, Maliene Kip – Eindhoven University of Technology Maite van den Borre, Bram Bouwens – Utrecht University 20 September 2024 Trade in global resources has intensified over the last two centuries as industrializing societies…

Paper: A transnational entangled history could connect and balance the positive and negative master narratives Frank Veraart, Eindhoven University of Technology 19 August 2024 Abstract: The two master narratives, a positive signalling the improved quality of life, and a negative one focused on environmental degradation and social injustice are two sides of the same coin.…

Paper: Transnational Entangled Sustainability, through the lens of Margarine and Soap production at Unilever and its predecessors Frank Veraart, Eindhoven University of Technology 16 June 2023 Abstract: The development of transnational resource supply chains have had severe impact in economic, social and ecological developments, in various places around the globe. This paper analyses the effects…