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GSD hosts climate politics expert for talk on ‘eco-anxiety’

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:05:00 GMT

The Global Sustainable Development department recently welcomed Dr Giovanni Bettini to present his research on ‘eco-anxiety’ and how it can be addressed collectively. The talk was organised following feedback from our current Global Sustainable Development Undergraduate SSLC, who had requested more academic discussions around the mental health implications and psychological impact of climate change.

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School for Cross-faculty Studies welcomes Skidmore College scholar for two events on cartography history

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:14:00 GMT

The School for Cross-faculty Studies are hosting visiting scholar and historical cartography expert Professor Jordana Dym, who will also be running two events for Warwick staff and students on mapping and their significance in South American history.

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School for Cross-faculty Studies Public Lecture: Register Now

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:54:00 GMT

‘Global Multiple Migration: Class-Based Mobility Capital of Elite Chinese Gay Men’
Wednesday 16 March 2022, 4-6 pm (GMT). The reception for this lecture will start at 4 pm and the talk will start at 4:30 pm.
Hybrid event: Room R1.15, Ramphal Building, and online on MS Teams.
All Warwick staff, students, and alumni, as well as the general public, are welcome to attend.

Speaker

Susanne Choi Yuk Ping

Susanne Choi Yuk Ping is Professor at the Department of Sociology and the Co-Director of the Gender Research Centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her D.Phil. in Sociology from Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Susanne uses a feminist lens to explore a diverse set of issues related to migration, gender, sexuality, family, work, and social movements in Chinese societies. Her lead–authored book Masculine Compromise (published by University of California Press) explores how men’s rural to urban migration shapes gender and family dynamics in post-socialist China. Her articles were published by American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Sociology, British Journal of Sociology, Social Science and Medicine, Sociology of Health and Illness, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, The China Quarterly, Work, Employment and Society, Gender, Work and Organization, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies among others.