ESRC Seminar #4: “Food and Corporations” This seminar’s focus is on the position and role of Food Corporations. Civil society organisations (CSOs) spend much time and energy trying to influence and sometimes […]
Osborne’s fossil fuel double whammy
In December 2015, the all-important UN climate change conference (COP21) will take place in Paris. Governments from around the world will then try to come to a new global agreement on curbing […]
ESRC Seminar #3 – The Politics of Food and Nutrition: Resilience, Security and Justice in a Global Context
ESRC Seminar #3 – “The Politics of Food and Nutrition: Resilience, Security and Justice in a Global Context” This seminar brought together academics, policy-makers and civil society organizations to discuss and examine […]
ESRC Seminar #2 – Sustainable Places for Food Security: Critical Reflections and International Comparisons
ESRC Seminar #2 – “Sustainable Places for Food Security: Critical Reflections and International Comparisons” This seminar brought together academics and civil society organisations to explore how different places shape food systems, and […]
Censorship in Academic Publishing – we need to act
In my role as member of the International Board of Critical Management Studies, responsible for Publishing, I’d like to point you to an article that has appeared in today’s edition of Times Higher. The […]
Ecocultures: Blueprints for Sustainable Communities
It’s very exciting to see this new book in production: Abstract: The world faces a ‘perfect storm’ of social and ecological stresses, including climate change, habitat loss, resource degradation and social, economic and […]