Social Sciences
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Greta Thunberg’s Climate Cohort Is Growing Up
Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Jessica Taft spoke with Bloomberg about public perceptions of girl activists and how those perceptions can present a barrier to activists achieving their goals.
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Why Climate Advocates Demand a ‘Just Transition’ Away From Fossil Fuels
Bloomberg interviewed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies J. Mijin Cha to help explain the concept of a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.
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The Need for Increasing Private Sector Funding of Climate Solutions
Economics Professor Galina Hale wrote an article for Econofact arguing that current spending is insufficient to mitigate climate change and adapt to its consequences and that raising the level of funding required would need to include the private financial sector.
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Seeing isn't believing: From Gaza to US politics, deepfake videos are peddling fake news
Nolan Higdon, a lecturer for Merrill College and the Education Department, wrote an opinion article for USA Today about how AI deepfakes on social media spread fake news and the need for increased critical media literacy among the public.
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The UAW ratifies a contract — and labor’s road ahead in the EV transition
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Mijin Cha told Grist that labor organizing efforts within the renewable energy transition must not be framed as obstacles to progress on climate change. “The greed of the fossil fuel industry is what’s stopping the energy transition, not the fact that people want to make a decent wage,” she said.
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India and the APEC
Nirvikar Singh, distinguished professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz, argues in an op-ed that, if India can obtain an APEC membership, it would help improve flows of knowledge, capital, and goods within the region through better coordination of policies.
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Predator protector
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers was interviewed by The Mercury News for a story about mountain lion researchers.
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Just leaving trees to grow could store a third of our carbon emissions
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl urged caution in interpreting the findings of a new study by other researchers. Holl says the global analysis might miss complicated social and ecological dynamics that determine whether protection or restoration of forests is possible at a local level.
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Panel discussing desalination in Mexico fails to include environmental impact, Mexican voices
The State Press criticized the methods of an Arizona State University panel on desalination and pointed to UCSC Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad's work on the Salton Sea Long Term Planning Project as offering a better model.
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Your scam stories
Additional coverage by Marketplace of telemarketing scams that target immigrants included insights from Assistant Professor of Sociology Juan Manuel Pedroza.
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Food for thought: how TV cooking shows influence the way we eat
Associate Professor of Sociology Alison Alkon spoke to The Guardian about how cooking shows have the potential to help people expand their culinary horizons.
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Inside the world of immigration scams
Assistant Professor of Sociology Juan Manuel Pedroza joined Marketplace to discuss one of his areas of research: scams that target immigrants. Pedroza described the problem and some interventions that might help bring justice.