Global Social Challenges

Climate change: a woman’s world?

by Isaac Silesbarcena | Jun 7, 2019 | Climate change and sustainable development, Ecofeminism

Global Social Challenges Climate Inequality Ageing Corporations Protest Ecofeminism (Cairns Climate Strike – Image by School Strike on Flickr)   by Hayley Vick Whether you agree or not there is mounting evidence that climate change is a very real phenomenon,...

Taking the wall street bull by the horns

by Edgar Klusener | Jun 7, 2019 | Global inequalities, Uncategorised

Global Social Challenges Climate Inequality Ageing Corporations Protest Ecofeminism By Anders Viemose Just a few blocks from Wall Street, the charging bull statue has become a symbol of the financial world, of market optimism and the ferocity of free market economics....

From home to hatred: A story of the Polish migrants

by Edgar Klusener | Jun 7, 2019 | Migration, Racism/Xenphobia

Global Social Challenges Climate Inequality Ageing Corporations Protest Ecofeminism Image: TVNewsWatch By Molly Weston “Today, we are very aware that the implications of the referendum have had extremely unsettling effects for those who have sought not just...

Protests in the age of social media: How was The March For Our Lives Movement shaped by social media?

by Edgar Klusener | Jun 6, 2019 | Protest and repression, Social Media

Global Social Challenges Climate Inequality Ageing Corporations Protest Ecofeminism Picture: Victoria Pickering (Flickr) By Jenny Teward After the horrific shooting of seventeen people, many of whom were students, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...

Growing older – the impact of an ageing population on society.

by Edgar Klusener | Jun 6, 2019 | Ageing societies, Uncategorised

Global Social Challenges Climate Inequality Ageing Corporations Protest Ecofeminism Image: by Marc Samsom on Flickr By Maximilian Van Driessche Due to various different reasons, the populations in both developing and developed countries are growing gradually older....