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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tasmania/Lutruwita is where I live. New research says it's the safest place in a global catastrophe. That’s a worry! We’re not isolated, we are not self-sufficient, democracy is fragmented, and inequality is growing. @justcollapse.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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No Place to Hide? Regional Resilience and Vulnerability to Global Catastrophic Risk

No location on Earth withstands every global catastrophe. This review maps the geographic, institutional and infrastructural factors shaping resilience to nuclear, volcanic and impact winters, infras...

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you are in Greater Hobart, Lutruwita, please join us for the International Day for Peace:

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Collapse Camp 2026 has just wrapped up in Germany. A huge success by all accounts! What could a Collapse Camp look like where you live? What would the theme be? What would be the priorities in the programme? How would you start organising? @kollapscamp.bsky.social

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"After the tornado, I accepted my first food handout... I spent hours alongside strangers picking up debris, using tools lent by people standing on street corners, and eating food they brought us. I’d never experienced such a coming together" #MutualAid invisiblepeople.tv/what-is-mutu...

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What Is Mutual Aid, And How Can It Help Prevent Homelessness - Invisible People

Learn how Mutual Aid can prevent people from losing their home, help those who do not have homes, and help homeless people help one another.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

An oldy but a goody: This tiny book of big ideas is about living and acting in hard times. It’s about dispelling the myth that unfolding, irreversible climate-ecological collapse means there is nothing left to do. In collapse, there is more to do than ever before! justcollapse.org/2025/09/20/n...

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NEW – A Tiny Book of Insurgent Planning

“This tiny book of big ideas is about living and acting in hard times. In part, it’s about dispelling the myth that unfolding and irreversible climate-ecological collapse means there is nothing lef…

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

An apocalypse looks like a dramatic whole-of-world ending event - like Hollywood movies or religious ideas about the end of the world. Collapse on the other hand is a process, playing out differently at different times in different places. In collapse, we can act now for socio-ecological justice.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This planetary boundaries diagram can be deceptive. The ‘safe operating zone’ depicted in green looks like its intact. In reality, we now inhabit a world of yellow, orange, and red, with only a tinge of green remaining. There is no safe center to return to. But don't just collapse, Just Collapse!

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“It's not easy to admit that so openly... The whole damned world scares me; thinking about the world isn't "interesting" anymore, it actively puts me in a bad mood.” @tadziomueller.bsky.social Talk collapse for a Just Collapse! steady.page/de/friedlich...

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“I'm scared”: the conversation nobody wants to have

It's scare to think and talk about the future, about climate collapse and fascism, & yet we very rarely do. But if we acknowledge and face our fears, we will find agency.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happening this week, with @tadziomueller.bsky.social and Scully!

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We're heading for an uninsurable future! Yet, most of the world has never had modern insurance. Most people reply on networks of care and reciprocity - what @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social called small 'c' communism. In unfolding and irreversible global collapse, I call it a #JustCollapse.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If collapse changes politics, what do we call this politics? In this new article, Kate Booth looks at post-anarchism as a way of articulating and acting for socio-ecological justice in decline and disaster. Full article - Lutruwita Activist and Mutual Aid journal #1. lamacollective.bigcartel.com

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Is climate change the main driver for rising costs of insurance? The simple answer is no. Capitalism and endless growth are driving up the price of many types of insurance. In the three years to 2024, the global insurer sector recorded 'whooping' profits according to finance corporation Allianz.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hosted by #JustCollapse. Time zone: AEST (Australia)

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The idea of ‘surprise’ is attached to many kinds of collapses—the collapse of corporations, bridges, nation states, economies, natural systems. Yet so often there is information indicating a problem and people who know enough to see it coming. Read more: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Mutual Aid HEAT is an upcoming event in Germany, practicing mutual aid in stressful situations. This is the new frontier of left politics, because collapse changes politics and activism. #JustCollapse #CollapseActivism @tadziomueller.bsky.social @scully78.bsky.social mutualaidheat.de/en

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Mutual Aid HEAT 2026 - Learning to Act Together in Times of Crisis

We want to move closer to our goal of creating structures that enable practical and emotional responses during disasters.

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Just Collapse is back with a revitalised website! Because collapse is inevitable, but justice is not. The current change in focus follows the passing of co-founder Tristan Sykes in early 2026. Tristan's legacy remains as you will see when you scroll back through the webpages. justcollapse.org

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In my new book, I ask: what is collapse? In a nutshell, this means that collapse is not necessarily a global apocalyptic future event. Instead, collapse is already taking place in small ways across the world and impacting different people and places in unique ways. #justice

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

So excited to be launching my new book that I'm starting with my conclusions and working backwards in a series of posts! I conclude by eschewing big political projects (is this wise?) and focusing on how collapse changes ideas of solidarity: "In collapse, solidarity is a collective salvage ... 1/3

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New book about collapse, out now: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My book - available in May 2026! ‘In Collapse: When insurance and climate collide’

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

PALESTINE CALLING: Roads to Justice Thursday 26 March, 4.30-6pm In this University forum, Dr Adel Yousif and Remah Naji share their insights about Palestine and experiences of being Palestinian during colonial occupation and oppression. This forum is hosted by UTAS Geographers for Palestine.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

PALESTINE CALLING - Roads to Justice In this powerful forum, Dr Adel Yousif and Remah Naji share their insights about Palestine and experiences of being Palestinian during colonial occupation and oppression.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Big news! I have just submitted my book to its publisher! In this book, I take a critical look at one of the most controversial ideas of our times—global collapse, focusing on climate and insurance. My motivation is to support meaningful and just responses to unevenly distributed impacts & hardship.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Today, I began reading Post-Anarchism: A Reader, a collection of essays edited by Duane Rouselle and Sureyyya Evren (2011). Why am I reading this book?

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The fourth book I’m reading this month is The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer (2021). Some of Greer's language and framings are now dated and unacceptable; she appears to lack empathy and understanding of lived experience in all its diversity. So why read this book, 55 years on?

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Third cab off the rank – I’m reading David Graeber’s (2014) Debt. Three reasons why this book is on my list:

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

My second book is The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Engels Friedrich (2010) – the manifesto itself and an introduction and notes. In the 21st century, why on earth am I reading The Communist Manifesto?!! Here are three reasons, which I’m sure others can add too.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In modern academic life, reading a whole book is a radical act. Unfortunate, but true. So, I’ve dedicated the next 4 weeks to reading. My first book? Pete Hay's (2002) Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought. UNSW Press. Why read this book?

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It's too late to avoid civilizational collapse. Or is it? The Beaker Street Festival Great Debate is now live on ABC's Big Ideas. 'The Transformers' and 'The Three Horsewomen of the Apocalypse' battled it out, and who won? Spoiler alert - my horsey team! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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We’re F**ed! It’s too late to avoid civilisational collapse. 2025 Beaker Street Festival Great Debate - ABC listen

Is the end of the world nigh, or just the end of the world as we know it? Are we set to doom-scroll our way to apocalypse? Or is this the moment we wake up to ourselves, change course, and save the pl...

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I call myself an 'academic activist.' But what does that mean? The ideas embedded within @justcollapse.bsky.social come from human geography and allied fields. This is critical geography in action - mixing academic life with activist intent with some surprising results!

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Interested in doing a PhD? Geographies of Collapse and Equity: This is your opportunity to design a project within critical collapse studies – a leftist, intellectual concern with power and inequity in everyday life and a collapsing world. www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...

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Available projects for research degrees | University of Tasmania - Geographies of collapse and equity

Global collapse is one of the most compelling and controversial ideas ...

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Is it the end of the world? Have our multi-crises of climate change, over-consumption etc brought us to the brink? Join two teams of science and culture heavy hitters for this battle of brains and bravado. Yes, that includes me - on the affirmative team! tickets.beakerstreet.com.au/Events/THE-B...

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THE BEAKER STREET DEBATE

Natasha Mitchell hosts the battle of brains and bravado

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Just Collapse @justcollapse.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

New research: “aimed at reducing oppression during crises… mutually beneficial networks of skills and resources…the possibility of enduring within instability, adapting to conditions that may continue to deteriorate, even to the ultimate outcome of species extinction” @hopeforfuture1.bsky.social 1/2

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Stephanie Rost @hopeforfuture1.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It's here! I'm thrilled to share my latest publication in Critical and Radical Social Work - “Collapsed Social Work: A Theoretical Framework for Adapting to Societal Collapse.” This paper asks a unnerving but necessary question: What happens to social work when society itself begins to break down?

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 29/05/2025

Right now, it’s not insurance companies we should worry about. It is the unfolding, real-time collapse of insurance for households, businesses and communities.

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NSW is again cleaning up after major floods. Are we veering towards the collapse of insurability?

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

In a changing climate, are we veering towards a collapse of insurance? "...it is not a future crash of insurers that should be of primary concern. It is the real-time collapse of insurance for households, businesses and communities." #JustCollapse theconversation.com/nsw-is-again...

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NSW is again cleaning up after major floods. Are we veering towards the collapse of insurability?

Right now, it’s not insurance companies we should worry about. It is the unfolding, real-time collapse of insurance for households, businesses and communities.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Grace and I are delighted this paper has received the 2025 Regional Studies Association Best Paper Award (Finance and Space)!

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m proud to be hosting this free, online forum, asking the key question of our times, ‘This is Collapse - what do we do now?’ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/this-is-co...

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This is Collapse - what do we do now?

Online event: Activists and academics discuss global collapse, calling for inclusive, diverse and equitable local preparedness and action.

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

New open access paper, 'Insurance in a changing climate: From commonsense to catastrophe' How to read this paper: Non-academics may be interested in the section 'Emergent insurantial imaginary' - based on interviews with insurance professionals and householders. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Insurance in a changing climate: from commonsense to catastrophe

Insurance is frequently touted as a key mechanism for responding to climate change and its application is treated as ‘commonsense’. This surety regarding the role of insurance forms part of a hegem...

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Critical Collapse Studies research program: addressing the most difficult and controversial predicament of our times – global collapse, and uneven and unjust impacts on individuals, communities, nations, and regions around the world. #InCollapse collapsestudies.wordpress.com/2024/01/03/r...

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Researchers and projects

Interested in joining the team as a research student? Interested in collaborating?

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