Mark Cooper
@mhcooper.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Geography
School of Earth and Environment
University of Canterbury
Climate, political economy, measurement and metrics, animals
Here to learn.
School of Earth and Environment
University of Canterbury
Climate, political economy, measurement and metrics, animals
Here to learn.
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The Long Heat is finally out from @versobooks.bsky.social today:
It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
The Long Heat
The world is crossing the 1.5°C global warming limit, perhaps exceeding 2°C soon after. What is to be done when these boundaries, set by the Paris Agreement, have been passed? In the overshoot era, sc...
www.versobooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Long Heat is finally out from @versobooks.bsky.social today:
It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
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NEW: Insurance in the Polycrisis @katemac.bsky.social & I
On the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, those who are devalued, displaced, and disinvested already know what the future on an uninsurable earth looks like for the beautiful and the damned.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
On the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, those who are devalued, displaced, and disinvested already know what the future on an uninsurable earth looks like for the beautiful and the damned.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.
www.phenomenalworld.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Insurance in the Polycrisis @katemac.bsky.social & I
On the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, those who are devalued, displaced, and disinvested already know what the future on an uninsurable earth looks like for the beautiful and the damned.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
On the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, those who are devalued, displaced, and disinvested already know what the future on an uninsurable earth looks like for the beautiful and the damned.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
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August 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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A three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work on "The Climate Economy: Emerging Strategies for Australia" with @garethbryant.bsky.social and Sophie Webber. A wonderful opportunity👇
www.ppesydney.net/postdoctoral...
www.ppesydney.net/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Australia's Climate Economy - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
Full time (Part Time negotiable), Fixed term for 3 years Work with a team of interdisciplinary researchers and doctoral students building a conceptual and empirical map of the emerging Climate Economy...
www.ppesydney.net
May 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work on "The Climate Economy: Emerging Strategies for Australia" with @garethbryant.bsky.social and Sophie Webber. A wonderful opportunity👇
www.ppesydney.net/postdoctoral...
www.ppesydney.net/postdoctoral...
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DON’T LOOK AWAY! The Trump administration is catapulting us into a data black hole and the consequences could be massive. Halting data collection on drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, more, by @alecmac.bsky.social
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
DON’T LOOK AWAY! The Trump administration is catapulting us into a data black hole and the consequences could be massive. Halting data collection on drug use, maternal mortality, climate change, more, by @alecmac.bsky.social
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My dear fellow researchers in #America and elsewhere!
If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Research Council of Finland is preparing a large funding call to cover the period from 2026 to 2030.
www.aka.fi/en/about-us/...
#science #phd
If you are in the midst of finding a new #academic home and securing new #research #funding the Research Council of Finland is preparing a large funding call to cover the period from 2026 to 2030.
www.aka.fi/en/about-us/...
#science #phd
RCF preparing call for universities to invite foreign researchers to Finland
The Research Council of Finland (RCF) is planning a new funding call to help universities recruit international experts to Finland. The call would be part of the RCF funding scheme that strengthens un...
www.aka.fi
April 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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2 year Postdoc opportunity in Environmental Humanities (focus on Multispecies Politics) at William & Mary. "We seek an individual with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies...the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda."
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
The Environment & Sustainability Program at William & Mary, a public university of the Commonwealth of Virginia, invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate position tha...
jobs.wm.edu
February 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
2 year Postdoc opportunity in Environmental Humanities (focus on Multispecies Politics) at William & Mary. "We seek an individual with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies...the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda."
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'The pressure to produce and perform in the short term can come at the expense of scientific progress in the long term. A more critical stance towards metrics and rankings is essential if we want to enhance the quality and credibility of research.'
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
How Research Credibility Suffers in a Quantified Society - Social Science Space
To address research credibility issues, we must reform the role of metrics, rankings, and incentives in universities.
www.socialsciencespace.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'The pressure to produce and perform in the short term can come at the expense of scientific progress in the long term. A more critical stance towards metrics and rankings is essential if we want to enhance the quality and credibility of research.'
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
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"We need urgently to hold to account those with a will and an emerging capacity to control the production of knowledge. This includes university leaders and the educated elites of the state, as well as right-wing populist governments" newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/f...
Fears for university independence – who decides what is taught
From the University of Auckland – Opinion: Universities are restructuring themselves, but are they responding to government drivers or are their leaders exercising their new capacity to interpret univ...
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
"We need urgently to hold to account those with a will and an emerging capacity to control the production of knowledge. This includes university leaders and the educated elites of the state, as well as right-wing populist governments" newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/f...
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Hi #geosky #climatesky (is that still how things go) apply to be my colleague in Environmental Studies, sister department to mine! careers.humboldt.edu/hm/en-us/job...
Human Resources Details - Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice)Cal Poly HumboldtCal Poly Humboldt
careers.humboldt.edu
November 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Hi #geosky #climatesky (is that still how things go) apply to be my colleague in Environmental Studies, sister department to mine! careers.humboldt.edu/hm/en-us/job...
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I'm always a struggle to shop for -- I have my health, a great family, work I love -- what else could I need? Well, it turns out a sub to New Zealand Geographic is just the thing for my birthday next month. And they need us...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/we-n...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/we-n...
We need your help
New Zealand Geographic has been an icon of environmental journalism for 35 years, but times are changing, and we need your help to survive.
www.nzgeo.com
October 30, 2024 at 9:11 AM
I'm always a struggle to shop for -- I have my health, a great family, work I love -- what else could I need? Well, it turns out a sub to New Zealand Geographic is just the thing for my birthday next month. And they need us...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/we-n...
www.nzgeo.com/stories/we-n...
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If you are interested in learning about what happens when the rubber of homeowners insurance meets the road of climate change, look no further than this oversight hearing that occurred yesterday in the California Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assemb...
March 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
If you are interested in learning about what happens when the rubber of homeowners insurance meets the road of climate change, look no further than this oversight hearing that occurred yesterday in the California Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assemb...
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There are 28 days left until our contract expires. ReSkeet to let G/O Media know you support The Onion Union and its right to a fair contract! ✊✊
January 3, 2024 at 7:50 PM
There are 28 days left until our contract expires. ReSkeet to let G/O Media know you support The Onion Union and its right to a fair contract! ✊✊
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We are hiring tenure-track #job Assist Prof in geographical & related social science approaches to critical development w/place-based approach and interests in Middle East, Africa or East Asia, climate, EJ, health, disasters, human rights or humanitarianism. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary:
The International Studies Major and the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek a tenure-track assistant professor trained in geographical and related social...
jobs.wisc.edu
October 2, 2023 at 3:16 PM
We are hiring tenure-track #job Assist Prof in geographical & related social science approaches to critical development w/place-based approach and interests in Middle East, Africa or East Asia, climate, EJ, health, disasters, human rights or humanitarianism. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Untitled
This book about extinct birds is heavier than any bird:
heavier than the dark bird eating my heart,
page after page of abandoned wings.
I lift it up and sit it on my lap
and listen to it purring.
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Untitled
This book about extinct birds is heavier than any bird:
heavier than the dark bird eating my heart,
page after page of abandoned wings.
I lift it up and sit it on my lap
and listen to it purring.
.
September 30, 2023 at 10:21 PM
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Untitled
This book about extinct birds is heavier than any bird:
heavier than the dark bird eating my heart,
page after page of abandoned wings.
I lift it up and sit it on my lap
and listen to it purring.
.
Untitled
This book about extinct birds is heavier than any bird:
heavier than the dark bird eating my heart,
page after page of abandoned wings.
I lift it up and sit it on my lap
and listen to it purring.
.
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One more week to get those applications in for our TT position in climate justice! Looking for critical human geographers who can interact with climate scientists. #geosky
We're hiring! The Department of Geography & GIS at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is looking for an assistant professor with expertise in climate justice and/or environmental justice: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... (1/2)
September 25, 2023 at 2:47 PM
One more week to get those applications in for our TT position in climate justice! Looking for critical human geographers who can interact with climate scientists. #geosky
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I spoke at length with Patrick Brown, the climate scientist who claimed that he “left out the full truth” about wildfires in order to get his paper published in Nature heatmap.news/climate/patr...
An Interview With the Climate Scientist at the Center of a Scandal
Patrick Brown claims to have “left out the full truth” in order to get published. But his full story is much more perplexing.
heatmap.news
September 8, 2023 at 2:13 PM
I spoke at length with Patrick Brown, the climate scientist who claimed that he “left out the full truth” about wildfires in order to get his paper published in Nature heatmap.news/climate/patr...