Daniel Lindvalls Docentship lecture

The Department of Earth Sciences hereby invites all interested to a docentship lecture on the subject Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.

Lecturer: Fil dr. Daniel Lindvall

Title: Democracy in the Age of Climate Crisis

Date: Friday, 29 August, at 10:00.

Location: Hambergsalen, Geocentrum, Villavägen 16

Chairperson: Professor Valentin Troll

Representative of the Docentship Committee: Professor Alireza Malehmir

Abstract:

The lecture will discuss the challenges climate change poses to the endurance of democracy, in a time of declining global freedom. Based on his research and his recent book, Climate Change and the Endurance of Democracy, Lindvall will discuss how disasters and extreme weather events have historically affected human reasoning and agency and how the climate crisis may influence democratic development in the future. He will demonstrate how these effects can contribute to democratic backsliding but also create new conditions for social mobilization and democratic vitalisation.

The lecture lasts approx. 45 minutes with subsequent discussion. The lecture will be given in English.

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