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Christian Ståhl

@christianstahl.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology, Linköping University, Sweden. Research on climate change, work, welfare. Editor of Sociologisk Forskning. Also makes sociological music. liu.se/en/research/growl

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sverige behöver en politik som klarar av att se längre än nästa mandatperiod och omsätta kunskap i handling. En politik som vågar göra det som krävs även när besluten är svåra. En politik som ser klimatomställningen som en möjlighet att bygga ett tryggare, hälsosammare och mer robust samhälle.
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Klimatet kan ena – våga ta ansvar, politiker
Klimatet kan ena – våga ta ansvar, politiker
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nu finns min bok "Om avskyn inför samhället: Drömmar om samhällsmord och en bättre värld" utgiven på Arkiv - både tryckt och som gratis pdf! I boken undersöker jag avsky och utopi i relation till klimatfrågan, till vänster och höger i politiken, och i kulturen. Läs gärna! doi.org/10.13068/978...
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Om avskyn inför samhället - Arkiv förlag
Den här boken är en open access-titel från Arkiv förlag. Det betyder att det förutom den tryckta utgåvan som du kan köpa via oss eller bokhandeln också finns en fritt tillgänglig e-bok, gratis att läsa och ladda ner här ifrån oss på förlaget. E-ISBN: 9789179244088 Beständig länk: https://doi.org/10.13068/9789179244088 PDF: 9789179244088.pdf   Vad händer när avsky […]
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
10 klimatbeslut från Tidöregeringen – en påminnelsetråd 🧵 1. Miljödepartementet lades ned Tidöregeringen nedmontering av Sveriges klimat- och miljöpolitik symboliseras kanske tydligast med att det första de gjorde var att stänga Miljödepartementet www.di.se/hallbart-nar...
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Miljödepartementet skrotas – ”förödande konsekvenser”
Ulf Kristerssons nya regering lägger ner miljödepartementet. Istället ska frågorna inordnas under klimat- och näringslivsdepartementet.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There's a huge climate protest planned for this weekend in Stockholm, which I unfortunately cannot attend. Instead, I offer this summer's music project as my contribution. It's on the rough and growly side, so not for everyone perhaps. thebreachingexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/postca...
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Postcards From a Burning Continent, by The Breaching Experiment
7 track album
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Kvistelhallo @kvistelhallo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Har du hört siffran att 89% av världens befolkning vill ha kraftfullare klimatåtgärder från politikerna, men (som jag) känt dig osäker på var siffran kommer ifrån? Här är länken till artikeln i Nature. Verkar vara rätt jävla stabilt.
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Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action - Nature Climate Change
Global support and cooperation are necessary for successful climate action. Large-scale representative survey results show that most of the population around the world is willing to support climate ac...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In Swedish: Nyfiken på resonansbegreppet? Jag medverkar i podden "Lära från lärda" i ett samtal utifrån min bok "Från utopi till mörk resonans". Det går att lyssna på nu på valfri plattform. larafranlarda.com/christian_st...
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479 – Upplevelsen av resonans
Boken heter ”Från utopi till mörk resonans – om det goda livet, samhället och döden” och gäst är författaren Christian Ståhl. Har du någonsin känt dig i resonans med världen? Denn…
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New article published: "Searching for an exit from highway apocalypse". An interview study of how people in forestry and industry considers the future and a good life. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Searching for an exit from highway apocalypse
This study investigates how individuals relate to different future scenarios based on climate change and the green transition of society. The analysis focuses on their ideas of a good life, their l...
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
August 9, 1955 – Canadian physicist Gilbert Plass submits his paper allouryesterdays.info/2024/08/08/a...
Screen grab of Plass "Carbon Dioxide Theory of Climatic Change"
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Sofia Mirjamsdotter @mymlan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Skrev en text om tillståndet i landet www.vk.se/2026-07-23/m...
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Sofia Mirjamsdotter: Nu är det på riktigt, det som vi varnade för
Ebba Busch har dubbla medborgarskap och borde kunna bli föremål för att fråntas det svenska ifall hon inte uppför sig. Något som såklart inte kommer att hända. Eftersom den här regeringen gör skillnad...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Absolutely wonderful and inspiring intro to this song!
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ny bok! "Från utopi til mörk resonans" handlar om hur vi med hjälp av Hartmut Rosas begrepp resonans kan närma oss en idé om det goda livet, samhället och döden. Den är tänkt som en startpunkt för diskussioner om existentiella och politiska frågor i klimatkrisens tid. daidalos.se/fr%C3%A5n-ut...
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Från utopi till mörk resonans.<br> Om det goda livet, samhället och döden
Från utopi till mörk resonans. Om det goda livet, samhället och döden <h2><center>Nyheter</center></h2> 2026. 208 s. Danskt band
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Mikael Karlsson @mikaelkarlsson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Here is an exciting co-produced manifesto for an effective and fair climate policy in Sweden. I hope this product can stimulate improved decision-making in Sweden, and inspire similar research-civil society collaborations in other countries. fairtrans.nu/fairtrans-re...
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Fairtrans Reforms for Fair Climate Policy – Now Available in English - Fairtrans
The proposals span ten areas, focusing on major investments in railways, electric vehicles, wind power, and green skills supply. Key reforms include stronger climate requirements in public procurement...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Madalina Vlasceanu, PhD @madalina.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
What motivates people to engage in climate advocacy? In a new PNAS Nexus megastudy [doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf400] led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social we tested 17 theoretical interventions on a large US sample (N=31,324) to increase public, political, and financial climate advocacy. 1/5
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I've written an end of year substack post about tracking Trump, where we are ending the year and some implications for Europe and for me personally... christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
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Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025
The implications of a year in Trump's new America and why I started tracking Trump - and why I'm not stopping.
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
New article where we have reviewed policy analyses of the European Green Deal. The discourse of the EGD is more transformative than other climate policies, but its transformative potential is limited by its ecomodernist and eurocentric assumptions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Tangled Up in Green: A Review of Policy Analyses of the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal (EGD) was introduced as a transformative policy agenda for sustainability aiming to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent in the world. While previous research has s...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I participated in this EC project doing case studies in Sweden and Spain on the "twin transition", i.e., green and digital. The report is now published. We found both potential synergies and problems (as expected?). publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
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Work in the green and digital transition: insights from case studies in Spain and Sweden
This report investigates the ‘twin transition’ at the workplace level, drawing on twelve case studies in Spain and Sweden across the energy, transport, and finance sectors. Findings reveal that the di...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The Trump Action Tracker has an update! Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions. www.trumpactiontracker.info? 1/2
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BPS Environmental Psychology Section @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Agreed! That is an excellent article in @psychmag.bsky.social. For those that missed it - www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Yawning at the apocalypse | BPS
Cameron Brick and Sander van der Linden on how psychologists can help solve the largest social dilemma in history.
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David Brax @davidbrax.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ni som inte redan läser Carl Heaths kommentarer om utvecklingen i USA: Gör det.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"
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Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone
24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been b...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New paper out on how we can have resonant conversations with utopian ideas about the future in times of climate crisis, and how this can spur “imaginaction” and futuring practices. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Meeting utopia halfway: A hauntological approach to resonant conversations with utopian futures in times of climate crisis - Christian Ståhl, 2025
The climate crisis calls for political conversations that go beyond what is currently accepted within capitalist discourse. In this article, I outline theoretic...
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Samuel L. Jackson promotes wind energy - didn't imagine to spread commercials here, but this one's just too good not to! Any combo of Pulp Fiction references and green transition will make me smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEp...
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Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
YouTube video by Vattenfall
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Since I’m still in vacation mood, I’ll share the result of this summer’s music project: the death metal album “Morphocide” - dealing with the turn toward fascism in the US, climate, Gaza, and more. Give it a spin! thebreachingexperiment.bandcamp.com/album/morpho...
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Morphocide, by The Breaching Experiment
13 track album
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Love this comic, but the research on resistance actually finds that anger fuels resistance. I would shift the order so it's consistent with the research findings: Denial-> Depression-> Anger->RESISTANCE!
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Alexandra Urisman Otto @alexandrauo.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
”Om EPA:s förslag går igenom vill myndigheten därefter slopa utsläppsrestriktionerna för den amerikanska fordonsflottan.” Läs @simoncampanello.bsky.social
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USA vill sluta kalla växthusgaser farliga: ”Hål i huvudet”
Miljöskyddsmyndigheten EPA vill riva upp beslutet som ligger till grund för utsläppskrav på bilar, industrier och kraftverk.
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
R.I.P. Ozzy. What an ending of a career and a life. Thanks for everything.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Some very good news for academics chasing permissions & high res images.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Despair? There's no time you have work to do! As for me I'm going to lie down in this puddle and be miserable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am prone to fatalist climate doomerism. But is it really too late? | First Dog on the Moon
It’s bad (real bad) but it’s NOT over
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States." snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
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Mikael Karlsson @mikaelkarlsson.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Climate researchers face an antagonistic climate of denial, scepticism, and distrust. This impacts their communication and research negatively. Read further in a new study published in @ambio-journal.bsky.social by Laila Mendy and me. Our findings are concerning. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Coping with an antagonistic climate: Researchers' perspectives - Ambio
Swedish researchers face an antagonistic climate of denial, scepticism, and distrust. Despite Sweden’s reputation as a climate forerunner, our interviews with 30 researchers show problems for conducti...
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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very good read, specifically on the different approaches toward doomerism.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why The public discourse is not keeping up. Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
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Marcus Persson @marcus-persson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Critical data studies meet sociology! We are proud to publish this exciting special issue which has been managed by guest editors Julia Velkova and Ericka Johnson. sociologiskforskning.se/sf/issue/vie...
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Vol 62 Nr 1-2 (2025): Sociologisk Forskning 62(1-2) | Sociologisk Forskning
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Klimatgranskaren @klimatgranskaren.se · 09/06/2025
Som enda svenska bank river Nordea upp sitt eget klimatlöfte och öppnar för nya lån till några av världens mest klimatskadliga fossilprojekt. Det visar en granskning av Fair Finance Guide och Naturskyddsföreningen.
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Nordea sänker hållbarhetskrav – öppnar upp för olja i Arktis
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Makthavarna har uppdraget att investera i den teknik och de levnadssätt som krävs för att bevara planeten. Regeringen gör tvärt om. Ifjol ökade därför utsläppen i Sverige med nästan 6%. Det är unikt uselt www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/a/8q0...
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Nytt rekord i utsläpp – unikt usla på klimatpolitik
Under 2024 ökade utsläppen från svensk ekonomi med nästan 6 procent. Det visar färska siffror från SCB.
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New article out today on how European workplaces apply and interpret regulation on work environment, and how this is influenced by organizational and other conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Improving work environments through regulation: A literature review on the influence of regulation, inspection practices and organizational conditions in European workplaces
This article reviews existing European research on how work environment legislation is received and put into practice in workplace contexts, focusing …
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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 04/06/2025
Andreas Malm, interviewed by Bernardo Jurema and Elias König on his recent book, “Overshoot” (from @versobooks.bsky.social), written with Wim Carton. Malm spoke to Protean on the “unique” case of Colombia, Freudo-Marxism, his forthcoming "The Long Heat," and more. proteanmag.com/2025/06/03/u...
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Uncompromising Resistance: A Conversation With Andreas Malm • Protean Magazine
There are few contemporary intellectuals who can claim to have an official FBI warning to their name; Andreas Malm, associate professor of human ecology at Lund University, is the subject of at least ...
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Linda Kalcher @lindakalcher.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Good news: EU capitals are planning to reach the #climate target of 55% by 2030. The aggregate of the 27 national plans get us to 54% according to the Commission. These findings cut through the political noise of a 'backlash' and reveal a more consistent reality of progress. My full take here ⬇️
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I love this. Not merely since I love corvids, but because this piece does not assume that animals are idiots.
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Christian Ståhl @christianstahl.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Good post. I recently got confused over just this, when “performative” was used in the second sense, meaning “just for show”. It’s the very opposite of what the term means i social theory.
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 15/05/2025
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 07/05/2025
"Capitalism has entered a radical and apocalyptic phase. There is no utopian vision in any of this." Interview ⤵️
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Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything'
The ‘Shock Doctrine’ author explains the dark logic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s path of destruction and why billionaire oligarchs are so angry.
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Kolbjörn Guwallius @kolbjorn.se · 06/05/2025
American embassy in Stockholm, Sweden has sent a contract to the city to sign that they will give up any equivalent to DEI work. The city responded that it’s the embassy that needs the relation with the city, not the other way around, hence they will not sign.
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Timothy Stacey @godsandsods.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism? That’s what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre, we suggest that the most successful shows tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dramaturgies of change: Staging political transformation - Timothy Stacey, Jeroen Oomen, Jesse Hoffman, Maarten Allard Hajer, 2025
Against the backdrop of escalating climate change and widespread political dissatisfaction, calls are increasing for radical transformation of socioeconomic and...
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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Svenskt Näringsliv bedriver mångmiljonkampanj för sänkta miljöambitioner och uppluckring av klimatlagar – med framgång. Flera EU-beslut från den gröna given är redan på väg att rivas upp. Hur rimmar det med högtidstalen om att ”näringslivet går före politiken”? www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/B0n...
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Så bromsar Wallenberg EU:s gröna ambitioner
MATS ENGSTRÖM om hemliga påverkanskampanjer
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🧵In March I wrote about how Trump's attacks on science & universities followed the authoritarian playbook & set out Qs as warning signs for escalation. 🚨 THESE ARE NOW HAPPENING This 🧵is on how those warning sign Qs have been realised full post: christinapagel.substack.com/p/warning-si... 1/15
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