Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

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  • The Black Swan: Understanding the Power of the Unexpected

    We like to believe the world is predictable. We build plans, forecasts, strategies, and expectations based on what we already know. We look at the past and assume it can help us understand the…

  • Miguel Anxo Bastos — Environmental Problems, Property Rights, and State Intervention

    Environmental problems usually derive from a poor definition of property rights. Normally, when environmental policy is justified, concepts such as “externalities” are invoked. Or else people appeal to a very generic concept such as…

  • Types of literature review

    One of the most common problems I see when supervising research students is that they approach the literature review as if it were a neutral, generic, and almost mechanical academic exercise. They assume that…

  • Miguel Anxo Bastos — Lecture on the Theory of the State

    transcribed and translated from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_DnIdhdrmQ When we speak about the state, we see buildings, prisons, barracks, courthouses, schools, ministries, and so on. Someone might ask: “What is all this?” Well, these are the representatives…

  • 🎓 What is university for, really?

    At the start of a course on Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change, I asked students to complete a short questionnaire. The aim was simple: to understand their expectations and, in pedagogical terms, begin…

  • Hartmut Rosa’s Lecture: Emotions and Human Agency

    Yesterday I had the chance to attend a lecture by Hartmut Rosa in Copenhagen, invited by the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen. The talk was titled The Atrophy of Discretion: A…

  • New Publication: Ethnography as Method, Practice, and Ethical Commitment

    I’m pleased to share my latest publication, which explores ethnography as a vital method within qualitative research. The article examines what makes ethnography so enduring and so necessary: its ability to capture the complexity,…

  • How Discourse Shapes Society

    How Discourse Shapes Society

    Words, language, discourse: these are the typical terms people use in everyday life. “It is what it is,” one might say. However, their definition within sociological discourse involves some difficulties. Discourse is, above all,…

  • Interdisciplinary Reflections from Katowice

    Interdisciplinary Reflections from Katowice

    Last week I was in Katowice for a meeting of the Horizon-funded ISABEL Horizon project, where we explored the impacts of the green transition on job destruction and job creation, especially in regions historically…

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