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Livio Silva-Muller
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Sociologist at the Harvard Academy | Decarbonization & Redistribution | Mixed-methods | 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇭

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Thrilled to be part of this!
lsemethodology.bsky.social LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 3d
Day Two of our Computational
Social Science Meets
Qualitative Research workshop has begun and we’re in the iconic Shaw Library 📚⚡️

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November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Meet the 2025–2026 Academy Scholars! Most will be working on transforming their dissertation into a book manuscript or series of articles, while some will be embarking on new writing. Learn more about them and The Harvard Academy at: https://loom.ly/jgRd-yA
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August 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Happy to share “Pathways of the Environmental State” is a co-winner of the Environmental Sociology Student Paper award!
calebscoville.bsky.social Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · Jun 1
In my capacity as Policy & Research Committee Chair, I am delighted to announce the 2025 award winners of the ASA Environmental Sociology Section. Congrats to all, and thanks to the members of the committees for their service to the section and field!
Environmental Sociology Student Paper Award Co-Winners: Anupriya Pandey (University at Buffalo, SUNY), "Toward a Critical Caste Ecology: How Does Agrochemical Harm Interact With Caste Relations in Rural India?" Livio Silva-Muller (Geneva Graduate Institute), "Pathways of the Environmental State: Global Climate Politics in the Amazon Rainforest." Honorable Mention: Joyce Ho (University of Michigan), "The Limits of Indemnity: Compensating Loss After Climate Disaster." Award Committee: Rezvaneh Erfani, Rachel McKane, Michael Murphy, Archana Ramanujam, Caleb Scoville (Chair) Environmental Sociology Outstanding Publication Award Winner: Pierce Greenberg (Clemson University) and Robert Todd Perdue (Virginia Tech), "Prisons and Pollution: A Nationwide Analysis of Carceral Environmental Inequality." Social Problems 72(2), 783–801. Honorable Mentions: Andrew K. Jorgenson (University of British Columbia), Brett Clark (University of Utah), Ryan P. Thombs (Pennsylvania State University), Jeffrey Kentor (Wayne State University), Jennifer Givens (Utah State University), Xiaorui Huang (Drexel University), Hassan El Tinay (Boston College), Daniel Auerbach (University of Wyoming), and Matthew C. Mahutga (University of California-Riverside), "Guns Versus Climate: How Militarization Amplifies the Effect of Economic Growth on Carbon Emissions." American Sociological Review 88(3), 418-453. Rachel Wetts (Brown University), "Money and Meaning in the Climate Change Debate: Organizational Power, Cultural Resonance, and the Shaping of American Media Discourse." American Journal of Sociology 129(2), 384-438. Award Committee: Kate Pride Brown, Elaine Draper, Danielle Falzon, Angeline Letourneau, Caleb Scoville (Chair) Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism Co-Winners: Valerie Berseth (Oregon State University), “Open Science as a Distrust Technology: Rethinking Trust-Building in Genomic Data Sharing.” Ken Cai Kowalski (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), “Science-Fictional Expectations: Public Beliefs About AI and Change in the Moral Economy.” Award Committee: Jennifer Givens, Joshua Sbicca (Chair)
June 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Ok sociology, what do you think are genuine breakthroughs that our field has made. Contributions that might convince skeptical but sympathetic *academics* (not the public) of the value of our field? I'll brainstorm some of mine in the thread - I treat sociology very broadly
February 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM