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Moving Beyond the Sharing Economy: The Case for ‘Sharing Cities’.

By Julian Agyeman | July 10, 2014 | 0

What can be bad about an economy that’s called ‘sharing’? Sharing is the antithesis of our current dog-eat-dog economy right? With a booming global population and mass-migration to cities, surely…

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Storying institutions: Understanding why things are as they are.

By Julian Agyeman | May 18, 2014 | 0

Stories are everywhere. We tell stories about who we are, stories about other people and stories about our past. We read stories and watch them on our screens. We even…

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Farewell Madiba. You ‘belong to the ages’

By Julian Agyeman | December 5, 2013 | 0

I cannot even begin to fully assess the influence of Nelson Mandela on my life. From first hearing his name as a teenager to fighting against apartheid through disinvestment campaigns…

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From Loncheras to Lobsta Love: Food trucks, cultural identity and social justice.

By Julian Agyeman | June 28, 2013 | 0

Fish tacos, vegan cupcakes, gourmet pizzas, and barbeque ribs, all served from the confines of cramped, idling, and often garishly painted trucks. These food trucks are becoming increasingly common sights in…

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Fixity or fluidity? Constructions of nature are in the eye of the beholder

By Julian Agyeman | June 18, 2013 | 0

I’m a Senior Scholar at The Center for Humans and Nature which is based in Chicago. Recently, they asked for my response to the question “How is nature critical to a…

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Introducing just sustainabilities: Policy, planning and practice.

By Julian Agyeman | April 23, 2013 | 1

This unique and insightful text offers an exploration of the origins and subsequent development of the concept of ‘just sustainabilities’. Introducing Just Sustainabilities discusses key topics such as food justice, sovereignty and…

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“A new redundant elevator is installed”………

By Julian Agyeman | September 21, 2011 | 0

For those of you who read my recent Blog Danger. Overhead Catenary Wires are Alive!? you’ll understand I’m not an MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority), or more simply ‘T’ basher. I…

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Equity? “That’s not an issue for us, we’re here to save the world”

By Julian Agyeman | August 24, 2011 | 0

People often ask me “why should race, class, culture, justice and equity play a role in sustainability; isn’t sustainability about ‘green’ things, you know, ‘the environment’?” My response is usually…

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Danger. Overhead catenary wires are alive!?

By Julian Agyeman | July 12, 2011 | 2

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one to poke fun at public transport systems; I love them, I use them in whichever city I visit, and I visit a lot…

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People, plants and…..racism?

By Julian Agyeman | March 31, 2011 | 2

A recent edition of Yale Environment 360 got me thinking about something I’ve written about in the past, and which informed my Ph.D. In an entry entitled Alien species reconsidered:…

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Recent Posts

  • Call for Papers: The Cosmopolitan Canopy – Reasserting Difference, Diversity and Inclusion in the age of Trump.
  • Call for papers: Immigration, Immigrants, Agriculture and Food in North America
  • US immigration policy, food justice and the fierce urgency of now
  • Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love
  • Networking cities, policy learning and just sustainabilities

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