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Research staff at the WRR, a scientific think tank for Dutch government policy. Currently writing about climate policy & Caribbean islands. #STS #climate #justice #forensic https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=ASCCKkIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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CFP for ContraSTS / Issue: "Portals" / due March 1 ContraSTS is an online magazine run by MIT graduate students, featuring public-facing #STS and #histSTM works at the intersections of science, technology, and society. More info & pitch: contrastsmagazine.github.io

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Some really cool papers in this special issue on Infrastructured Timescapes of the Anthropocene and Climate Change #time #infrastructures #temporality #sts #openaccess #Anthropocene #climatechange #adaptation tecnoscienza.unibo.it

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Oh wow, pleasantly surprised 🥰! More than 13,000 downloads already! #climatejustice #climatepolicy #openaccess

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Worldwide, natural #disasters caused losses of US$ 320bn in 2024, of which around US$ 140bn were insured. Reinsurer Munich RE will increase prices for #insurance aimed at incentivizing protective measures by households and companies. #climatechange www.munichre.com/en/company/m...

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Are you working on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of recent medical research and emerging medical technologies? This is your chance to join an inspiring community of researchers in a serene and collaborative environment! Deadline 2025-03-06 brocher.ch/calls/

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Important new opinion on solar radiation modification technologies, and a call for a Europe-wide moratorium on using #srm. “These technologies do show some promise, but they are far from mature.” Meanwhile, we must continue mitigation and adaptation efforts.

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Extreme event attribution calculates how climate change influences weather events. 600+ studies describing 750 events demonstrates that climate effects caused by human activity are real, that events are more intense & frequency increases. See the excellent interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...

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Our book on #justice in #climate policy is out now and free to download. We present 10 different principles to distribute climate costs fairly, and also present 4 case studies about Dutch climate policies #distributivejustice link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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I started STS scholars (broadly construed) starter pack! It's VERY incomplete! I wasn’t sure if there was an easier way to do this than just going through my followers & adding people. Probably missed lots of folks! Please let me know who I missed or if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/H4NcX46

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