From the latest Guardian Weekly, about the Cop summits. Should have been obvious from the start...

Excited to be at the Wellbeing Economy Wales Festival of Ideas event today in Swansea 🎉😍

New paper by Anne Owen and me which asks whether we are likely to see generational shifts in carbon footprints in the UK. There is some reason for hope as Gen X and Millennials have smaller footprints compared to previous generations at the same life stage onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Author copy arrived today 😀

Sandel proposes that instead of rewarding production per se, economies should put higher value on activities that actually improve societies (e.g. care work) while activities that are less valuable for society should be taxed more highly, e.g. speculation and financial transactions.

I enjoyed reading Michael Sandel's "The Tyranny of Merit". Sandel argues that meritocracy isn't actually just (e.g. talents are "unearned") and that it makes those less successful feel unappreciated, one of the factors he sees behind the rise of populism.

Just read this lovely little book about Hannah Arendt's idea that friendship is an important dimension for the political sphere because it can foster open discussion of opposing opinions and help to bridge them. So much needed in an increasingly polarised world...

Back in Leeds after a train trip to Vienna and Lausanne for work. First time I used an Interrail ticket which worked smoothly. Luckily I just about missed rail strikes in Germany, the UK, and for the Eurostar though 😅

Looking forward to teaching a Masters course on postgrowth and social-ecological policy this week as guest professor at the University of Vienna 😊🐌