Wouter Spekkink reports on the third international conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption.
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The European Sociological Association 2017
Dan Welch reports on the SCI’s contribution to the ESA’s 13th biennial conference in Athens.
Sustainability: The new alchemy?
Julia Kasmire asks what sustainability and alchemy have in common? And what does this mean for the sustainability movement?
Small steps for creating community resilience – The Make Do and Mend Expo
In June, Dr Helen Holmes held The Make Do and Mend Expo – an interactive event that brought together third-sector organisations to debate the future of community resilience.
Re-making Greater Manchester sustainably
How might the newly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester remake Greater Manchester sustainably? Joe Blakey reflects on a recent workshop by the SCI’s Mike Hodson and Sherilyn MacGregor in his latest blog post.
From meat-free days to meat-free diets?
Last Monday was World Meat Free Day. In the first blog of the SCI’s new website, Jo Mylan and Nicklas Neuman argue ‘Meat Free’ days are only one piece of broader puzzle of how to limit the effects of industrial meat production.
Following the action: An approach for studying the coordination of practice
A principle methodological challenge for any research is the identification of the core unit of analysis and the ‘entry point’ for empirical enquiry. Both depend on the research questions to hand. For the study of practices these challenges are particularly acute.
Divestment, destabilisation, decarbonisation?
With The University of Manchester considering divesting its assets from fossil fuel related industries, Viki Johnson considers whether divestment can really destabilise an industry.
Overcoming ‘speciesism’: how to include other living beings
In this contribution, Anna Wienhues and Steffen Hirth use theoretical considerations from philosophy and sociology to explore the ways in which ‘the nonhuman’ is – or is not – taken into account.
Turning climate governance upside down
A rethink of contemporary wisdom on governing the climate is increasingly urgent. Successive climate summits, strategies, targets and action plans have been implemented, but the chances of staying within anything like safe temperature increases are diminishing fast.
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