Jordan McKenzie

Dr Jordan McKenzie completed his PhD at Flinders University and is now an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Wollongong. His research is largely informed by European social and critical theory, and these perspectives contribute to his current research in the sociology of emotion. In particular, Jordan's work critically engages with the normative dimensions of happiness and the good life in order to better understand how emotional experience reflects modernisation and social change. More recently, his work has focused on future-oriented emotions in perceptions of environmental disaster and apocalypse scenarios. His book Dystopian Emotions (2021) is a useful introduction to the field alongside Jordan’s articles and book chapters on prepping, climate anxiety, and dystopia.