Theory & Society: Zygmunt Bauman - Online Book launch
Fri, 13 Dec. 2024 (2:00pm - 3:30pm GMT)
Hosted by @BSATheory & @BaumanUoL
Guest speakers: Tom Campbell & Katarzyna Bartoszyńska
Discussants: Elena Álvarez Álvarez & Martin Aidnik
Chair: Matt Dawson
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“Educators can’t be compassionate to students if they are not treated compassionately themselves. Compassion fatigue is the result…this is fuelled by…depleted ability to cope with job and family duties and diminished job satisfaction.”–Andrew Woon
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By digging these types of holes, people in Arusha Tanzania, managed to transform a desertic region into a sprouting savanna.
[📹 LEAD Foundation]
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When one shows apathy to the inequalities and issues in our community, everyone loses. We need all hands on deck to make our world better. Every positive action counts.
"My advice to young sociologists...is...Pay attention to what is going on around you and use your sociological imagination to understand what is happening. Engage with the public and use the insights to change the world for the better. That is our role." - Dr. Muazu Usman Shehu
In rural areas, agriculture is the best weapon against poverty, hunger and unwanted migration. 75% of labor force in poor countries work in agriculture; it's twice as effective in cutting poverty than other sectors are. For many nations, ag sector remains the engine of growth.
The devastating impact of climate change on #humandevelopment was highlighted in @fteconomics, featuring data from our new Human Climate Horizons platform.
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@markrstoll In the Islamic tradition, there’s a famous saying attributed to Prophet Mohammad that goes “plant a tree even if it’s the day of resurrection (last day)”
Social Change Lab is excited to release a summary of our last 6 months of research into the outcomes of protest movements! We reviewed 60+ academic papers, conducted our own public opinion polling, interviewed 15 academics, experts and policymakers, and more.
What we found 🧵
SOCIOLOGISTS: Please consider next year's World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne. Submission deadline: Sept 30 2022.
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Religion papers: https://t.co/1yqXqR0e6R
Population papers (two on religion): https://t.co/3t7f77jyMq
More topics: https://t.co/cl3nQACY7c
"Green growth" scenarios reviewed by the IPCC tend to gamble on speculative negative emissions tech, constrain energy use in the global South, and appropriate Southern land for biofuels—all to maintain the global North's energy privilege.
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