*A Thread on Activism in Academia* 🧵
Yesterday I gave a talk about climate activism in academia, first to a group of students at Sciences Po, and later to faculty members at McGill University and University of Vermont.
The core question of the talk was: What is the role of researchers in a time of ecological emergency — should we all become activists?
Here are some key takeaways.
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1/11
*A growing movement of researchers*
And we are far from alone. More and more people within academia are calling for their colleagues to take action and engage in new forms of activism. Here is an example from Nature earlier this year: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01461-y
4/11
Time is short to secure a liveable and sustainable future; yet, inaction from governments, industry and civil society is setting the course for 3.2 °C of warming, with all the cascading and catastrophic consequences that this implies. In this context, when does civil disobedience by scientists become justified?
Mads Ejsing