Category: Sustainability and social inequality

Sherilyn MacGregor and Maeve Cohen on ‘rainbow recovery’ and the need for a recalibration of the social and economic priorities.

World scientists have collectively endorsed the proposition that the world is facing a climate emergency. Social scientists need to address the burning issue of inequality at the heart of this emergency.

Two climate denying Presidents, growing demand for soya in China and deforestation in Brazil have created the perfect climate-change storm, argues Mark Harvey.

We need a theory of exploitation fit for the twenty-first century, argues Mark Harvey.

This blog by the SCI’s Sherilyn MacGregor was originally posted for International Women’s Day March 2017.

SCI PhD researcher Joanna Wilson reports back, suggesting that the voices of environmental feminists remain sidelined, despite the conference being branded as ‘inclusive’ and ‘participatory’.

SCI researcher Jo Mylan reflects on Professor Oriel Sullivan’s seminar at the SCI (6 May): ‘Domestic outsourcing and multitasking – how much do they really contribute to women’s dual burden?’