Laura Dobusch
@loradob.bsky.social
researcher | Institute for Change Management and Management Development @ WU Vienna | climate crisis, inclusion/exclusion, just transition, organizations, open social innovation | she_they | also mastodon: @loradob@chaos.social
Reposted by Laura Dobusch
Examining our own behavior may also reveal the structural barriers to low-carbon living: inadequate public transport, meat-heavy food systems, fossil fuel subsidies, and norms that promote consumption.
Recognizing those barriers is the first step toward dismantling them.
Recognizing those barriers is the first step toward dismantling them.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Examining our own behavior may also reveal the structural barriers to low-carbon living: inadequate public transport, meat-heavy food systems, fossil fuel subsidies, and norms that promote consumption.
Recognizing those barriers is the first step toward dismantling them.
Recognizing those barriers is the first step toward dismantling them.
However, there is a crucial limitation to transparent, rule-based procedures: They can only work if there is a minimum consensus on the value of rules which everyone must adhere to - also the rich and privileged. Currently, rising fascist regimes aim to dismantle such a consensus.
September 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
However, there is a crucial limitation to transparent, rule-based procedures: They can only work if there is a minimum consensus on the value of rules which everyone must adhere to - also the rich and privileged. Currently, rising fascist regimes aim to dismantle such a consensus.
@leonido.bsky.social, @milenakley.bsky.social and I have written about the potential & limits of such procedures in a recent paper on the case of the Google Diversity Memo where an employee criticized Google's diversity policies for going too far and who was fired.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parrying Diversity-Hostility and Ethical Dilemmas of Organizing Inclusion - Journal of Business Ethics
Many countries of the Global North are currently facing a strong rise in anti-diversity movements fueled by conservative, right-wing parties and authoritarian, probably fascist regimes, which also aff...
link.springer.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
@leonido.bsky.social, @milenakley.bsky.social and I have written about the potential & limits of such procedures in a recent paper on the case of the Google Diversity Memo where an employee criticized Google's diversity policies for going too far and who was fired.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Laura Dobusch
I keep coming back to this New Yorker cartoon:
August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I keep coming back to this New Yorker cartoon:
The Torment Nexus is like an "AI company telling us that the only path to solving the climate crisis is to use what’s left of Earth’s resources to power its AI in the hope that it will come up with a solution to the climate crisis."
August 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Torment Nexus is like an "AI company telling us that the only path to solving the climate crisis is to use what’s left of Earth’s resources to power its AI in the hope that it will come up with a solution to the climate crisis."