Laurie Parsons #UCU RISING
@lauriefdparsons
Senior Lecturer @RHULGeography: Inequality, mobility, climate change. Long term Cambodia watcher.
Secretary, RGS Climate Change Research Group
Editor at Geo
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Fantastic reporting by Louise Donovan, Snigdha Poonam + Albert Oppong-Ansah in today's grist
Proud to have contributed 𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 research to this vital piece on garment workers' climate struggles in Cambodia, India and Ghana
Check it out here 👇
grist.org/labor/the-worl…
Dr. Henri Locard joins Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) & moderator Dr. George Chigas for a Book Talk on, 'Jungle Heart of the Khmer Rouge'
May 2 @ 6 PM (Cambodia)
tinyurl.com/yyycf82s
#BookTalk #BookTwitter #KhmerRouge #Cambodia #AsianLiterature #PolPot #SoutheastAsia #AcademicTwitter
Laurie Parsons #UCU RISING et al. underscore the role of global trade dynamics in shaping environmental risk, using international brick imports as a case study.
Learn more about their findings: bit.ly/4aIVSMM
RECENTLY PUBLISHED - Slow violence, over-indebtedness, and the politics of (in)visibility: Stories and creative practices in pandemic times, by Prof Katherine Brickell sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The 2023 to 2024 dry season in the Rupununi, Guyana has been particularly severe, driven by El Niño, and has led to months of fires and smoke in the region. 1/3
#RHULGeogResearch #Wildfires #Guyana #Rupununi #participatoryresearchmethods #royalholloway #rhul #Geographer
🚨⏰HAPPENING TODAY ⏰🚨
There's still time to register - please join us in person at the RGS or live online for a conversation with Danny Dorling News & anna Anna Plyushteva on the potential and pitfalls of public geography!
Free and open to all - see you there 😁
🔊There is still time to register for the upcoming conference co-hosted by the RGS-IBG Energy Geographies Research Group (Energy Geographies (EnGRG)) & BSA Climate Change:
The one-day event on Friday 28 June will explore emotions & affects in the ‘net zero’ transition.
Find out how to attend.👇
HAPPENING TOMORROW 👇👇
Danny Dorling & Anna Plyushteva will discuss personal experiences of public geography, charting some of the possibilities and pitfalls of academic engagement with wider publics.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)he @geog
A very positive review of Laurie Parsons #UCU RISING RHULGeography important book-length intervention on #carbon #colonialism tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Analysis: The lack of diversity in climate-science research | @ayeshatandon Joe Goodman w/comment from Prof. Dr. Dolors Armenteras @darmenteras.bsky.soc @kasukuwapwani Prof Lisa Schipper 🌎 ✊ Minal Pathak @prof_fsultana Hoang Vuong Marton Demeter Fernanda Adame #CBarchive
Check out this review of Dr Laurie Parsons #UCU RISING book Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown #RHULGeogResearch #Carbon #Carbon Colonialism #Geographer #Climate #Climate Breakdown
'Whether you are deeply involved in environmental conservation or simply interested in preserving our planet, this book provides a thought-provoking exploration of the vulnerabilities emerging from the current climate crisis' -- American Association of Geographers Review of Books: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Thanks Political Geography for publishing my Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) plenary & Amanda Rogers for her response.
It's on the 'doing' of creative practice (photography and film-making), its politics & what can learned about the political geographies of slow violence through it
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
🔔New International Labour Organization REPORT is OUT ‼️
🔻70% of global workforce faces #climate change-related #health hazards.
🔺Climate change isn't just 1 #environmental issue; it's a #workplace health crisis.
📣Urgent need 4 ↗️ #OSH protections 2 ensure safety/health @ work👉tinyurl.com/3zdr5z5p
