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The rise in union support can be explained by the growing recognition people are having of their own disadvantages, and the anger they feel about it.
Collaboration is often promoted as a tool for harnessing collective intelligence. But sometimes working solo is the best option.
The inequitable distribution of the benefits and harms of the food system is a violation of the constitutional right to food.
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, more unionised workforces from Europe to Aotearoa New Zealand fought hard to keep wages abreast with inflation. But it’s unlikely that could happen now.
Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
Russian citizens in the west are being targeted in much the same way Germans, Italians, and Japanese were during the second world war.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
Joining a protest doesn’t just help attract others to supporting important causes - it comes with personal and psychological benefits too.
As scientists frantically try to find drugs to slow COVID-19’s spread, citizen science offers an opportunity for all of us to get involved.
We need to tackle individualism to tackle climate change.
Mass strikes help target the psychological factors most important for acting on climate change, by emphasizing social norms and reinforcing the effectiveness of collective action.
From eating less meat to foregoing flying, individual obligations make up our understanding of how to fight climate change, letting polluters off the hook and stifling real change.
The kind of climate action outlined by the ubiquitous climate checklists won’t be enough.
New data on soaring child obesity should not come as a surprise. The food industry spends billions marketing unhealthy foods in a global society where over-eating is seen as a character flaw.
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PhD Candidate in Management (Organizational Behaviour), University of Guelph
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Associate Professor in Visual Arts, Federation University Australia
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Visiting Fellow in International Climate Governance, Columbia University
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Professor, School of Sociology; Geary Fellow, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Science Communication, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Spatial Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sydney
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Director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
