The COP Meetings: A genuine endeavour or a fallacy?
Article by Ayushi JuggooPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Earth temperatures have been rising since the Industrial Revolution. Evidence indicates that human activities are mostly responsible for making our planet warmer. According to NASA, the global temperature...
2023 Blog Prizes
Author: Maisie Tomlinson Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash 2023 was another challenging year for the world, and this year’s cohort of students were determined to show us how public sociology could help address some of the biggest global challenges we face...
Keeping Up Conversation: How to Sustain Feminism After the Fall of Roe
Article by Ella Jarman-Powis Photo by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash Depending on who is reading this, you might have remembered where you were on Friday the 24th of June last year. Or you may have not. I for one, remember waking up on a winter morning during my...
Can Globalization Eliminate Global Economic Inequality?
Article by Honorine KwizeraPhoto by Christine Roy on Unsplash The world is witnessing what has been considered the largest sweep of globalization as a result of improvements in mass communication and transport powered by the advancement in technology. However, the big...
Transnational Corporations and Their Iron Grip on the Global East
Article by Dillon O'Toole DouglasPhoto by TruckRun on Unsplash Transnational Corporations' (TNCs) greed for increased profit margins and lower production costs has played a significant role in the abuse of labour rights and inequality amongst workers in the global...
Is Industrial Capitalism Making Climate Change Unavoidable?
Article by Katie FosterImage: Lausanne, CC by 2.0 - source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/fight-against-climate-change-fight-against-capitalism/ Since 1880, each decade, the Earth’s temperature has risen by an average of 0.8°C and since 1981, the rate of...
Unveiling Surveillance Capitalism: The Hidden Consequences of ‘Accepting Cookies’
Article by Oluwaseyi OlomolaiyePhoto by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash Nothing is free, you are the product. You clicked “accept cookies” to read my blog? Well, that button has a larger consequence than most people tend to realise. Reading this blog “free of charge” is not...
Stop Passing Blame and Start Taking Collective Accountability
Article by Imogen EllisPhoto by Joshua Woroniecki on Unsplash Global north blaming the global south, Corporations blaming foreign laws and Individuals blaming corporations. The need to stop pointing fingers and all look inward and work together has never been stronger...
Does the Discharge of Large Quantities of Treated Radioactive Wastewater into the Oceans Pose a Significant Threat to Environmental and Human Sustainability?
Article by Mengyu LiangPhoto by Ilja Nedilko on Unsplash The breaking news that Mr. Lee Jae-Myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of South Korea, has been taken to hospital after going on hunger strike has been widely reported. As The New York Times (2023)...
Dressing Up the Truth: Fast Fashion’s Environmental Consequences
Article by Emily Richardson-MoorePhoto by Fernand De Canne on Unsplash As a product of globalisation, the fashion industry has become the second largest polluter in the world, rivalled only by the oil industry. A study by the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has...
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