New Directions in Environmental Sociology

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES031 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English

Environmental sociology has come a long way from binary debates pitting constructivism against materialism, ecological modernization versus political economy, and European versus North American traditions. Environmental justice, feminist and post-colonial theory have all left their mark, as have scholars bringing Indigenous, Southern, Blak/Black, and other perspectives. What does a more cosmopolitan and diverse future for environmental sociology look like? How does the discipline grapple with global issues while remaining sensitive to the myriad ways in which people experience environmental change? This session welcomes papers on new directions in environmental sociology. This may include new theoretical approaches, innovative methodological approaches, and/or research on emerging issues.
Session Organizer:
Stewart LOCKIE, James Cook University, Australia
Oral Presentations
Integrating Time in Environmental Sociology: Research Avenues from Various Time Epistemologies
Coline RUWET, University of Louvain (Belgium), Belgium
Social, Ecological, and Technological Transition Approach (SETT): Rethinking Extractive Landscapes and Alternative Futures in Latin America
Fernando CAMPOS MEDINA, Chile; Ivan OJEDA PEREIRA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Belén GALLARDO QUINTANILLA, Universidad de Las Américas, Chile; Sebastian SEBASTIÁN HERRERA, UCN, Chile; Carolina ROJAS, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Toward an Economic Sociology of Waste
Elise HERRALA, Haverford College, USA
Carceral Geographies and Disparities in the Proximity to Environmental Hazards in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia
Faith TAYLOR, USA; Johanna ELUMN, Yale University, USA
Surveillance of Mosquitoes: Dengue Control, Biotechnology of Wolbachia, and Spatial Governance in Singapore
Ying CHEN, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Negotiating Multispecies Care amid the Australian Black Summer: A Spatio-Temporal Perspecive
Lena SCHLEGEL, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany
Water Resource Management and Social Conflicts
Echchaoui FOUZIA FOUZIA, University Abdelmalek Essaâdi Tétouan, Morocco
Distributed Papers
How Outdoor Sports Are Socializing Nature
Cesar LAPUENTE ALVAREZ, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
The Transformative Power of Energy Communities
Marta TRAMEZZANI, Sciences Po, France
Sociology and Veganism: A Systematic Literature Review
Rūta PELIKŠIENĖ, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Industrial Growth, Environmental Pollution and Urban Waste Management a Challenge for Civil Society: A Sociological Overview.
Dr. Lini BARUAH, Dibrugarh University, India
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