SETS research seminar: Wednesday 24th April at 3 pm on Zoom
The theme of this SETS cycle is the public problem of waste and the global sustainability crises related to the consumption and disposal of commodities.
In this seminar, Manisha Anantharaman will present her recent book Recycling Class. The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability (2024, MIT press).
Manisha is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Center for the Sociology of Organisations, Sciences Po Paris (France). Manisha holds a PhD from the University of California Berkeley, and her research focuses on the politics of ecological transition and sustainability.
Zoom details to join:
https://unitn.zoom.us/j/85334570893
Meeting ID: 853 3457 0893
Passcode: SETS
SETS is a joint initiative between the Research Group on Collective Action, Change, and Transition at the University of Trento, the Centre for Sustainable and Socially Responsible Consumption at BU, and the Environmental Sociology Section at the University of Orebro. The seminars are open to a diverse audience, including academics, students, practitioners, social movements, and the non-specialist public.
Roberta Discetti, SETS co-founder
SETS seminar – ideas and future collaborations welcome










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