by Monika Buscher | Jun 30, 2020 | Humanities, Mobilities - General
The unruly landscapes conference has lasting inspirational momentum. The discussions begun during the conference and the panel on ‘Unruly Viral Landscapes’ and the impact of Corona Virus on our societies has carried on online. A wide range of scholars have...
by Monika Buscher | Apr 28, 2020 | Mobilities - General
This is a blog post published along contributions from Bryan S. Turner, Ingrid Piller, Gurminder K. Bhambra, Brent Greve, Jillian Rickly, Stephanie Walsh Matthews, Stephanie Jane Nawyn, Debora Lupton, Anthony Elliott, Sharon Varney, Robert van Krieken by DeGruyter...
by Monika Buscher | Mar 25, 2020 | Mobilities - General
Other Mobilities are possible Monika Büscher, Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University Other mobilities are possible. But will a systemic shock engender systemic change? Covid-19 (aka Coronavirus) has shut down air travel and the global economy, and...
by Monika Buscher | Feb 5, 2020 | Experiments, Projects
Is Society Ready for IT? Or is IT Ready for Society? Monika Buscher and Birgit Moesl are running a workshop at the now postponed Public Safety Communications Europe Network Conference. This is inspired by rapid changes in public safety communications and a need to...
by Monika Buscher | Dec 23, 2019 | Climate (Emergency Mobilities), Projects
The first DecarboN8 Workshop aims to explore the scale of the challenge and put the ambition of proposed innovations (in practice, technology, and policy) into context. How are we doing in relation to the targets set in Paris in 2015, how can we enhance the societal...