Environmental Sociology

Recent assessments from the IPCC predict that the average global temperature will reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming by 2050, with profound impacts on the natural world. Adapting to these ecological ... more

Today, people in almost every country and sector of society are facing acute economic, health, and ecological challenges. In the midst of these crises, young women across the world are ... more

Teaching the sociology of the sixth mass extinction, the climate crisis, and other forms of dramatic and wide-reaching environmental problems can present students with a problem: difficult emotions of grief, ... more

This session invites papers applying sociological perspectives to the study of environmental issues. In the midst of a global social movement cohering around the climate crisis, political debates over extractive ... more

In his 2018 chapter “Reconciliation here on earth”, settler political theorist James Tully suggests that there are two interconnected projects of reconciliation: “the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people (Natives and ... more