A charity is gaining momentum pushing for state-subsidised diners to be reintroduced across the UK to improve access to affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly food. Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate. My latest for Sower ⬇️

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

After a series of community events in Sept/Oct, the JUST Centre has been launched in West Cumbria, Merseyside, Gtr Manchester, West Yorkshire & the North East. Big thanks to all who participated. Looking forward to working together for an inclusive just transition in the UK @justcentre.bsky.social

Recommending this book to everyone who believes in engaging and supporting people to achieve a truly just & inclusive transition to net zero through collective social and structural change. @justcentre.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/just-climate...

Amazing opportunity to join the Politics Department and the JUST centre at the University of Manchester!

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

Two weeks today! Register here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

Being an academic is like carrying an armload full of balls. Sometimes you pick up new balls and add to the pile, but most of the time other people are putting balls in your pile. Eventually you start dropping balls and then people get upset with you. But no one can hold all the balls at once.

New article! What explains the relationship between populist radical right attitudes and opposition to climate policy? Structural vs. ideological factors, from Håkon Grøn Sælen & Aaron M. McCright. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

What a joy to speak to feminist legend Cynthia Enloe for a bumper episode of #NowandMen! Cynthia is a ray of inspiration & wisdom amidst times of militarisation & war. How can we nurture feminist curiosity & resist the permeation of patriarchal militarism in our lives? nowandmen.net/episode/cynt...

Very pleased to see our book published by Routledge this week. Feminist climate leadership and policy needed more than ever. @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @mikescialom.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @julianagyeman.bsky.social @polarrobs.bsky.social

Also on social movements @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, with various colleagues, focus on the complex dilemmas for Muslim climate activists in the UK. 7/

NEW – Analysis: England’s most ethnically diverse areas are 15 times more likely to face extreme heat | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.bsky.social w/ comment from @profangelhsu.bsky.social @charleshsimpson.bsky.social Emma Howard Boyd @chlobrim.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/boWI6M1

Low-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homes - Homes are heating up as summers get hotter but least well-off are shouldering greatest risk, study finds #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

📢 PhD Opportunity researching the contribution of social and solidarity economies to just sustainability transformations in the North of England 📍 University of Liverpool 🎓Working with Prof Peter North, Dr Helen Holmes, and Dr Alexander Nurse. 👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/eDPwudvu

Outstanding. Watch & share.

#OpenAccess in Area: 'The politics of rewilding through an ecofeminist lens' by @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social This short commentary is part of a forthcoming Special Section on 'Gender and Rewilding'. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

🚀Congratulations to all involved in yesterday's international launch webinar for the @justcentre.bsky.social 🌿🌍 If you missed it, the recording will be shared on the JUST Centre website soon www.just.ac.uk More on the programme at: bit.ly/4o9Alo3

New @ippr.org report out today Transport isn’t working for low-income households Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places Read how the UK government can achieve this👇

Excellent must-read article by @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social on the disconnect between what politicians believe and what the evidence shows: the majority of people in the UK want positive action from government to stop climate breakdown. #JustTransition @justcentre.bsky.social

'Across the UK, people are stepping up to protect the things they love, from clean air & green spaces to secure jobs and warm homes. This is one of the biggest democratic moments for climate and nature in years [showing] that acting for our future is not just popular, it’s essential.” Helen Meech

UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New article from @pancholewis.bsky.social! Fluid hope in a climate emergency: Lessons from an English citizens’ jury. Is it possible to have hope for the future in a climate emergency? doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Happy #summersolstice to friends in the northern hemisphere.

🚨Join us for the International Launch of the JUST Centre, with keynote remarks from Prof. Julian Agyeman and a discussion with Centre Director Prof. Sherilyn MacGregor, Co-Investigators Prof. Lucie Middlemiss, Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski and Prof. Rebecca Willis. Register here: tinyurl.com/5bxfdb2z

Join us on 15 July (2.00-3.00pm BST) for a webinar to launch the JUST Centre. Keynote by Prof Julian Agyeman followed by panel discussion. @julianagyeman.bsky.social @justcentre.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio...

Yes Ed, but the winning argument has to be about a lot more than jobs for engineers & electricians. #justtransition @justcentre.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

this is all a bit exhausting. luckily (helpfully(?)) today is June 12. so it's all worth it. thank you @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social.

Solidarity to my former colleagues in Politics & IR at #KeeleUni who've lost their jobs. Sad to see the eradication of social sciences & humanities at what used to be a very special university. @keeleuniversity.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New article! ‘With great power comes great responsibility’: climate change and the politics of simulation of the oil industry by Luca Mavelli. Welcome to the desert of the real and the politics of simulation of the oil industry! doi.org/10.1080/0964...

New article! Three waves of resource nationalism: a history of Quebec’s extractive path dependency by Tina Beigi & Michael Hennessy Picard doi.org/10.1080/0964...

New article! Climate policymaking in crisis: the impact of declining oil prices, COVID-19, and the Ukraine war in Canada, by Kathryn Harrison & Andrew Leach @aleach.ca @profkharrison.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...

A new report looks at the relationship between climate change and systemic racism. Only by profiling voices at the heart of the crisis can we create climate policy that actually works 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/a-vision-for-climate-justice-a-report-from-the-appg-on-race-and-community

On this day I like to empower women who "said it before men". I think, you know what I mean ;) Highly recommending her 2018 Essay: Cara Daggett has been researching “petromasculinity” and how this patriarchal understanding of energy impacts our relationship to it. youtu.be/3VFKh8p3fC0?...

Sharing this open access article again after seeing recent calls in @theguardian.com for a left green populist response to right wing, anti-net zero populism. Check out our case! @johnmarkmeyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... @greenparty.org.uk

New paper prize - announcement! We are launching the Early-Career Environment & Climate Politics Paper Prize in Belfast this year. The prize winning article will be peer-reviewed by the journal Environmental Politics. See full details via the link -> www.bisa.ac.uk/news/early-c...

Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...

We’re hiring! 🌿 Join Wen as a Policy Campaigner and help us shape UK chemicals regulation through a feminist lens. 🗓️ Deadline: 3rd June, 5pm 📍 Remote/Hybrid | 3 days/week 💰 £38,766 pro rata Care about justice, health & environment? This is for you. 🔗 Apply now: www.wen.org.uk/jobs-volunte...

Well that's helpful. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reminder: applications for permanent lectureship in Environmental Politics due May 8. @uompol.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Greatly looking forward to this Earth day conversation with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social fellow travelers. Please help spread the word and joins us if you seek to strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations with Global South and early career researchers. #EarthDay2025 🌎🌍

89% of world’s people want stronger action on climate but mistakenly believe they're in a minority 69% willing to contribute 1% of their income to the climate fight, & more than 50% in all but a few countries, but believed only a minority would also be willing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Latest issue, Vol 34, Issue 3 out now The latest issue is out now. See below for details of the articles. environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...

Colonial-fossil climate change is a symptom of our global crisis of inequality and injustice, not its cause. This and the still-undisputed dominance of patriarchal and colonial structures prevent the serious pursuit of climate protection. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our week in review. Subscribe to our Substack for a short weekly round up. This week we have published two new research articles and a guest post. open.substack.com/pub/environm...

Why shouldn't the ocean be considered the common heritage of the animals that actually live there, and not just the human beings who (mainly) don't? What would follow from this? New article 'The common heritage of Animalkind' from Chris Armstrong. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

JustFACT is a 5-year partnership programme led by Wen. The partnership is made up of a network of people and projects in Tower Hamlets, and is funded by @tnlcomfund.bsky.social. Find out more here: justfact.co.uk