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Paul's Reconfiguration of Decision-problems in the Light of Transformative Experiences
Rivista Internazionale di Filosfia e Psicologia Abstract This paper focuses on cases of epistemically transformative experiences, as Paul calls them, cases where we have radically different experiences t
On the Methodological Difficulty of Identifying Implicit Racial Beliefs and Stereotypes
American Sociological Review 85(6):1117-1122. In “Status Characteristics, Implicit Bias, and the Production of Racial Inequality,” Melamed, Munn, Barry, Montgomery, and Okuwobi present an innovative an
Climate policy in British Columbia: An unexpected journey
Frontiers in Climate 4 Abstract Since introducing a path-breaking carbon tax in 2008, the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has attracted significant attention from climate policy schola
Victor Galaz: Big Money, Big Change – Exploring the Links Between Tax Havens and Global Sustainability
Victor Galaz, deputy director and associate professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.AbstractThe role of “tax havens” in the global economy has gained increasing attention in recent years. The dis
Karin Bäckstrand: The Role of Non-state Actors in Global Climate Governance after COP22 in Marrakech
Professor in Environmental Social Science, Stockholm University ABSTRACTWhat is the roles of non-state actors, such as civil society, business, indigenous movements and cities, in global climate and th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen to COP22 in Marrakech, where Marrakech Global Climate Action was launched involving voluntary climate action commitments from more than 12 000 companies, investors, cities and regions, and civil society actors. Over this timeframe, we have seen a form of ‘hybrid multilateralism’ emerge, in which UN climate diplomacy blurs state and non-state participation in complex and intriguing ways with implications for the authority, legitimacy, and effectiveness of climate governance. This speaks, in different ways, to the transformed landscape of climate cooperation with a strengthened interface of multilateral climate diplomacy and non-state climate action and the potential roles, modes, and effects of non-state actors in the post-Paris period.
Jenny Andersson: What is futures studies?
Jenny Andersson, Researcher at Sciences Po & Co-Director of MaxPo in Paris. ABSTRACTAt this seminar, Jenny will present her new book The future of the world. Futurology, futurists and the struggle f
