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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...works Anti-social behaviour inherited What really goes into a nappy? Protests as furnace plan unveiled General Electric doubles spend on green agenda Azerbaijan’s post-industrial hangover Pollutant affects sex chromosome Climate change message for city Greenpeace opposes wind farm plan Biodiversity project gets funding Online campaign seeks fishing ban Protestors...
No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...work). And Britain hasn’t even left yet. Focusing on the people that will be doing the negotiating, there have been suggestions that the UK negotiating team and European negotiating team have widely different understandings of what Brexit will mean, and how the negotiations should be conducted. Reports of a first meeting have not been optimistic, and a hard Brexit seems...
Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...in Geography. He wrote parts of the modules ‘Investigating the social world’ (DD103) and ‘Earth in Crisis: Environmental policy in an international context’ (DU311); and is currently working on ‘Environment: Responding to change’ (SDT306), tweets as @shonilbhagwat and blogs at shonilbhagwat.wordpress.com. Originally published by The Campaign for Social Science...
Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally
History & The Arts

Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally

...social awareness. What many don’t know is that 40 years ago, Stewart wrote the first commercially successful pop song to address gay rights. I have seen Rod Stewart live seven times: Calgary in 1984; Wembley Stadium in London in 1986; Brighton in 1987; Calgary again in 1988; Edinburgh in 2002; London in 2013; and on Prince Edward Island in 2015. There are a number of...
Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

...social issues all identified as being important contributors to athletic development. Research shows that families play an important role in introducing and supporting athletes throughout the various stages of their career, but the question that has rarely been asked is - how does the structure of the family influence sports participation? In this article I will be...
Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share
Health, Sports & Psychology

Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share

...social care professionals (and anyone else who might have to make decisions about our care). It empowers the family and the team of professionals to make decisions in a timely manner. Research in England indicates that when someone has had an advance care plan in place at the time of death, the bereaved were more likely to rate their end-of-life care as excellent or...
Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...socialism’ to deliberately sabotage normal political discourse. As Abraham Lincoln warned, "a house divided cannot stand".When Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President two days after MLK day, he may well give a speech articulating his own dream of harmony, a desire to shift away from Trump’s American carnage. But this crisis has been years, generations, in the...
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...social inequalities and racial injustice as highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet recent calls to decolonise design highlight how design continues to be shaped by patriarchal, Eurocentric and neoliberal thinking, especially through design education. In October 2020 I was invited by The Open University to give a presentation on my PhD research, as part of...