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David Schlosberg

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Prof of Enviro Politics, Director Sydney Environment Institute, Univ of Sydney. Environmental, climate, multispecies, and ecological justice; just adaptation and resilience. Views expressed here are my own.

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David Schlosberg is an American political theorist who is currently director of the Sydney Environment Institute and professor of environmental politics at the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. .. more

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Mar 5

New: Compounding Barriers to Environmental Justice. It has long been argued (and clearly demonstrated) that institutionalised racism is a key barrier to EJ. We illustrate 4 distinct, interrelated ways this is manifest: general, political, legal, and cultural. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Compounding barriers to environmental justice

This paper examines how environmental justice (EJ) activists and scholars experience and think about the barriers to beneficial change. It reports findings from an international study that used Q m...

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 24d

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Postdoc Fellowship: Multispecies Justice. Come work with @danycelermajer.bsky.social and me at @seisydney.bsky.social. We're looking at experiments in more-than-human inclusion in democratic decision making on climate and adaptation. More here:
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Multispecies Justice

Full time, fixed term for 2 years Opportunity to conduct research on Multispecies justice Academic Level B Base Salary from $127,436 + 17% superannuation About the opportunity The School of Social and...

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Michele L Barnes @michelelbarnes.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out!

Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er

Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment

‘This brilliant volume comprehensively explains how and why social networks are so critical to help society address environmental challenges, including the climate crisis. It significantly extends pre...

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Jul 29

Colleagues and I at the @seisydney.bsky.social have written up some reflections on the important ICJ decision on climate and state obligations and its implications for Australia... @proftimstephens.bsky.social @danycelermajer.bsky.social www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-envir...

SEI statement on the opinion of the International Court of Justice

Sydney Environment Institute members reflect on the implications of the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change, noting the significance of the ruling for climate change po...

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Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sydney Environment Institute's submission to the NSW Net Zero Commission underscores the urgent need for #systemic, #inclusive, and #locally grounded approaches to climate #adaptation. SEI identified 10 priority recommendations, drawing on the #multidisciplinary expertise of its membership.

SEI Champions Climate Adaptation in Net Zero Commission Submission

The Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) welcomed the opportunity to make a submission to the New South Wales Net Zero Commission’s 2025 consultation process. Drawing on the expertise of a multidiscipli...

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Jul 17

Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission

Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jul 15

HEY here's a new piece for @crikey.com.au!

Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...

Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change

Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.

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Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney, Colette L. Heald , and 6 more Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney, Colette L. Heald, Caroline Krafft, David Schlosberg, Iryna Dronova, Sara Constantino, Kate Lowe, Clark Gray

Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · Jul 12

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · Jun 27

The #invisible #labour of #disaster #recovery: Groundbreaking new #study from University Center for Rural Health documents the vital role of grassroots #women's #leadership in Northern River's recovery from catastrophic 2022 #floods.

New research reveals hidden backbone of Northern Rivers flood recovery: women’s leadership - University Centre for Rural Health

A groundbreaking new study published in the journal Women's Health is bringing long-overdue recognition to the women who played a pivotal role in the Northern Rivers’ recovery from the catastrophic 20...

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · May 26

New article: Our team's reflections on the use of Q methodology in environmental justice research, and the ways we tried to embed EJ principles in the process - and interpretation of the data.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Q methodology and environmental social science: adapting Q for complexity and inclusion in environmental justice research

This paper details an application of Q methodology for a global environmental justice project, a novel use in terms of the scale and complexity of our research agenda. We provide a rationale for ou...

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sydney people: Next Monday the Sydney Environment Institute kicks off a new panel series on Climate Justice. We'll talk about climate turbulence, heat inequity, the housing crisis, Indigenous leadership, community engagement, and more, with a great set of speakers. Register below.

Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · Apr 23

'Climate justice in the midst of climate crisis'
Mon 28 April, 5.30-7pm
Greenhouse, Climate Tech Hub, Salesforce Tower.
Register here: events.humanitix.com/climate-just...

Climate justice in the midst of climate turbulence

Get tickets on Humanitix - Climate justice in the midst of climate turbulence hosted by Sydney Environment Institute. Greenhouse, Climate Tech Hub, Salesforce Tower, 180 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Au...

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Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · Apr 23

'Climate justice in the midst of climate crisis'
Mon 28 April, 5.30-7pm
Greenhouse, Climate Tech Hub, Salesforce Tower.
Register here: events.humanitix.com/climate-just...

Climate justice in the midst of climate turbulence

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Apr 2

A powerful polemic by Christine Winter @winterchristine.bsky.social on the lies and violence of the latest colonial apologists. Focused on Aotearoa New Zealand, but clearly applicable, ehem, elsewhere. www.artforum.com/features/epi...

White Lies

A meditation on the Māori experience of European settler-colonial violence in Aotearoa New Zealand

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Sheila Foster @sheilarose.bsky.social · Mar 12

Of course. "Mr. Zeldin’s move effectively ends three decades of work at the E.P.A. to try to ease the pollution that burdens poor and minority communities, which are frequently located near highways, power plants, industrial plants, and other polluting facilities.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Mar 5

There is a more positive story: consensus on strategies that enable EJ in practice. That's currently under review. Even before the current dismantling of EJ in the US, there was cynicism about a focus on liberal democratic processes - and a celebration of the value of political disruption...

David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Mar 5

This is part of a larger global Q-study of EJ activists and scholars, north and south. Initially we found a very broad and thorough engagement with the discourse of critical EJ, with a focus on power, capital, and racism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Critical environmental justice in contemporary scholarship and movements: consensus and plurality of the discourse

Critical environmental justice (EJ) scholars, focused on the role of race, gender, capital, colonization, and power as key to environmental injustice, argue that EJ thinking and practice should mov...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · Feb 13

Probably not as attractive as a paper on how to best cook egg yolk 🐣, but our Correspondence piece on climate justice is out in the February issue of Nature Climate Change @natureportfolio.nature.com trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...

A screenshot of the webpage of the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Jan 29

There's a lot of resistance work to be done at the moment, but there's always a need to imagine and implement alternatives. New work from the Multispecies Justice Collective at @seisydney.bsky.social, Institutionalising Multispecies Justice. Free open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Institutionalising Multispecies Justice

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Institutionalising Multispecies Justice

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Jan 15

Applications are open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!

This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.

Apply Now to the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute | Climate Impacts Group

Applications are now open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!Read below to learn more about the program, sign up for an information session, and apply by March 17, 2025, with ...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Jan 14

Are you an experienced researcher with a focus on climate justice?

The @ccj-ubc.bsky.social is hiring for a senior research manager. Join our team! ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

Senior Research Manager, UBC Centre for Climate Justice

Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C Job Title Senior Research Manager, UBC Centre for Climate Justice Department Centre for Cli...

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Dec 30

Great piece by James Bradley on the implications of climate turbulence: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Our sky turned red. In black summer, Australia stepped off ‘some kind of precipice’

The black summer bushfires heralded the beginning of a time when we realised the world as we knew it was gone. Five years later, we still space for grief, anger and political action

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · Dec 16

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice

A screenshot of the article "Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research" on the website of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change

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Amy Turner @amyturner.bsky.social · Dec 8

I know this is the piece we're all getting excited about today. Reader, I did not love it.

Yes, there's been an irreversible, if slow, shift to a clean energy economy. And the coalition has broadened and should do so further.

But...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...