The maker movement – the quiet, game-changing revolution near you
By Efthymios Altsitsiadis Anyone can and should have access to the tools and knowledge necessary to build anything they might need or want. This...
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Apr 7, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality inequalities: The case of France
By Clément Brébion ◦ 3 min read ◦ Despite an unprecedented worldwide decline in mortality over the last century, a substantial income gradient in life...
Mar 23, 2021
March for Gender #3: We need a manifesto for Maya, not just a celebration of John
By Pierre McDonagh and Andrea Prothero ◦ 5 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and...
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Mar 19, 2021
Arguing for Climate Adaptation
By Stella Whittaker ◦ 3 min read ◦ This month saw the publication of the Climate Policy Initiative’s (CPI) long awaited analysis of climate...
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Sustainable livelihoods? The informal sector beyond Covid-19
By Søren Jeppesen As a number of the CBS Sustainability blogs have mentioned since March 2020, the official reactions to Covid-19 have (so far)...
Sustainability claims: In what sense are they performative?
By Lars Thøger Christensen The number of products advertised as “green” or climate neutral has exploded in recent years, according to several newspaper articles....
Polarization and polarized opinions – that only happens to other people, right?
By Daniel Lundgaard Recent developments in politics, especially during the American election, but also within the Danish system, has inspired a lot of talk...
Insecure work: rethinking precarity through Kenya’s tea plantations
By Hannah Elliott Over the last decade, the term ‘precarity’ has become ubiquitous in studies of work and labor, as jobs are increasingly characterized...
Cultural sensitivity and diversities in the measuring of sustainable development
Lessons learned from the responsible behaviors of individuals during the Covid-19 crisis By Fumiko Kano Glückstad The Covid 19-crisis has had – and still...
Different pathways to sustainability standard adoption
How local norms may be able to help drive the spread of voluntary programs – the case of the RSPO in Japan. By Hattaya...
Supplier perspectives on social responsibility in global value chains
By Peter Lund-Thomsen Worldwide there is now a search for new ideas, business models, and innovations that can help us in rebounding from the...