“No research on a dead planet”: preserving the socio-ecological conditions for academia

Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: Oct. 6, 2023

Despite thousands of higher education institutions (HEIs) having issued Climate Emergency declarations, most academics continue to operate according ‘business-as-usual’. However, such passivity increases the risk climate impacts so severe as threaten persistence organized society, and thus HEIs themselves. This paper explores why a maladaptive cognitive-practice gap persists asks what steps could be taken by members activate academy. Drawing on insights from psychology sociology, we argue that process ‘socially denial’ currently exists within universities, leading experience state ‘double reality’ inhibits feelings accountability agency, this is self-reenforcing through production ‘pluralistic ignorance.’ We further these processes serve uphold cultural hegemony ‘business-as-usual’ worsened increasing neo-liberalization modern universities. Escaping dynamics will require deliberate efforts break taboos, frank conversations about responding emergency means for universities’ – individual academics’ core values goals.

Language: Английский

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Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities

PLOS Climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1), P. e0000322 - e0000322

Published: Jan. 8, 2024

Interest in the relationship between activities of universities and action on climate change is growing, but until recently there has been little focus critical role researchers, particularly with regards to how research practices culture can enable or inhibit change. This study addresses this gap, exploring researchers’ perceptions universities’ measures tackle their own emissions, engagement issues surrounding crisis, challenges opportunities for researchers contribute them. We present findings from a representative survey 1,853 127 UK across disciplines career stages, including comparing responses these professional differences, analysis based over 5,000 open text provided by participants. The results show that while most have some knowledge actions being taken feel public declarations emergency are making difference, almost half think not enough done. They responsibility university sits government, councils, all also personally worried about want do more themselves address it. For part, they strongly support advocacy those engaged research. Yet high workload, uncertainty what take, perceived lack agency power, inflexible processes pressure travel just many barriers face taking action. highlights be overcome, steps take better incorporate into practices.

Language: Английский

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Actions speak louder than words: the case for responsible scientific activism in an era of planetary emergency

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(7)

Published: July 1, 2024

The world's understanding of the climate and ecological crises rests on science. However, scientists' conventional methods engagement, such as producing ever more data findings, writing papers giving advice to governments, have not been sufficiently effective at persuading politicians act emergency. To date, governments' decisions (such continuing with vast subsidies for fossil fuels) clearly show that powerful vested interests much influential than amassed scientific knowledge advice. We argue in face this inaction, scientists can maximum amount influence by lending their support social movements pressing action, joining active participants considering civil disobedience. Scientists seeking halt continued environmental destruction also need work through our institutions. Too many organizations, from national academies science learned societies universities, taken practical action climate; example, still partner fuel other compromised interests. therefore outline a vision how reform institutions become agents change.

Language: Английский

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Academic Activism and the Climate Crisis: Should Scholars Protest?

Perspectives on Politics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 16

Published: March 25, 2025

Many academics today struggle with their role in the climate and ecological crisis. Increasing numbers take to streets demand stronger measures, not just as citizens, but scientists scholars. How should we conceptualize evaluate such actions? I examine responsibilities of context offer a defense academic activism that is grounded membership community its special position crisis, specific expertise individual We have responsibility, members community, listen our colleagues’ warnings, let message sink in, reflect on it, it move us action. Such action can many forms, including collective In where warnings are actively thwarted, participating protest an necessarily undemocratic, nor at odds professional integrity.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the degrowth movement: A survey of conceptualisations, strategies, and tactics

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 124, P. 104045 - 104045

Published: April 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism

npj Climate Action, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: April 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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The climate emergency demands scientists take action and here’s how

Nature Reviews Physics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5(10), P. 549 - 550

Published: Sept. 22, 2023

Language: Английский

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Scientist engagement and the knowledge–action gap

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Reflections on patchwork ethnography and activist scholarship: The role of methods in witnessing and participating in worldmaking at the margins of the EU

Global Studies Quarterly, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(3)

Published: July 1, 2024

Abstract The way we do research can and does affect how think about, engage with, explore approaches to worldmaking marginality. Approaches play a role in what recognize witness influence construct the worlds with. Building on work of scholars such as King Picozza, I ask there is for activist scholarship thinking about questions spaces places Specifically, taking an approach our facilitate deeper engagements with alternative forms that take place displacement support. argue grounded focused long-term interventions best understood “patchwork ethnography,” relationship building, reflexivity, politically driven research. draw vignettes diaries between activism support two arguments. Firstly, researchers themselves participate when working communities develop enact projects. Secondly, participation this sort enables recognition different building collective may be missed through relying less embedded methods.

Language: Английский

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Green Ethical Activism in Policy Processes

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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