Socio-Ecological Transitions Seminar (SETS) A.Y. 2023-2024
April 10th:
Myra J. Hird, Professor in Environmental Studies at Queen’s University (Canada).
Myra holds a PhD from Oxford University and is a distinguished interdisciplinary scholar researching the global waste crisis and will present her recent book A Public Sociology of Waste (2022, Bristol University Press).
April 24th:
Manisha Anantharaman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Center for the Sociology of Organisations, Sciences Po Paris (France).
Manisha holds a PhD from University of California Berkeley, and her research focuses on the politics of ecological transition and sustainability. Manisha will present her recent book Recycling Class. The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability (2024, MIT press).
May 29th:
Magnus Boström,Professor of Sociology at the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Social Science (CESSS) at Örebro University, Sweden.
Magnus’ research interests include politics, representation, consumption, action, and transformative learning in relation to various transnational environmental and sustainability issues. Magnus will present his recent book:
The Social Life of Unsustainable Mass Consumption (2023, Rowman & Littlefield)
All seminars are online, and start at 3 pm UK time. Zoom link below:
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https://unitn.zoom.us/j/85334570893
Meeting ID: 853 3457 0893
Passcode: SETS