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Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Professor Sandya Hewamanne

26 April 2022

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Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Catherine Duxbury

16 February 2022

Podcast

Indigenous Voices - - the Louder Than Words Podcast

Indigenous Voices - - the Louder Than Words Podcast

Louder than Words looks at the experience of indigenous people around the world from the reclaiming of cultural identities, activism and the struggle for rights to the challenges indigenous communities still face. Professor Jules Pretty speaks to Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna from the Department of Sociology plus Dr Julian Burger, Visiting Professor at the Human Rights Centre. He will also be joined by explorer and President of Survival International Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Professor Colin Samson, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

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Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gragmena from the Department of Sociology discuss how understanding the relationships between indigenous peoples and their lands has been at the heart of their research.

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

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Half a century of Essex seen through the eyes of newly retired Nigel South

Half a century of Essex seen through the eyes of newly retired Nigel South

Nigel South

06 January 2022

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Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Norman Riley

15 December 2021

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Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

It has often been asserted that a feeling for and connection to the natural world is a precondition for wanting to protect it and preserve it. One area where this feeling for the natural world is organized is within recreational natural history and specifically recreational bird watching.

Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

How important is nature to us? How has our relationship with nature changed over time? What does the future hold? Through the lenses of birds and trees, The Louder Than Words podcast investigates how we talk and feel about the natural world at this time of environmental crisis.

Dr James Canton, Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

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Facebook, the metaverse and the monetisation of higher education

Facebook, the metaverse and the monetisation of higher education

Facebook, the metaverse and the monetisation of higher education

Professor John Preston

11 November 2021

Podcast

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

In the latest episode of the Louder than Words Podcast, Professor Jules Pretty journalist Martha Dixon look at surveillance and the impact on our modern lives. Academics from the University of Essex explain how they are contributing to the debate; helping people understand their rights and also trying to work alongside innovators to explain the implications of their technology.

Professor Jules Pretty

21 October 2021

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