Max Koch
FD och habilitation i sociologi från Freie Universität Berlin | Professor
Social Policy in a Climate Emergency Context: Towards an Ecosocial Research Agenda
Författare
Summary, in English
Social policy developed as a research field and academic discipline to ensure protection from social risks in the era of emerging capitalism and industrialization. While welfare states have successfully increased their citizens’ wellbeing, they have also contributed to the ecological crisis, while the shared scientific understanding of exceeded planetary boundaries and worsening climate change scenarios has not (yet) reshaped mainstream social policy research. In this article, we suggest that the established traditions in social policy research can nevertheless provide a solid ground for responding to the climate emergency and facilitating the sustainable transformation of society and the economy. With a focus on four of the research fields that are central in social policy scholarship – risks, citizenship, welfare regimes, and wellbeing – we develop an ecosocial research agenda. By discussing the classic and climate-adjusted understandings of these fields, we open future pathways for social policy research and invite scholars to engage with our proposed research agenda.
Avdelning/ar
- LU profilområde: Mänskliga rättigheter
- Socialhögskolan
- Socialpolitik och hållbarhet
- LU profilområde: Naturbaserade framtidslösningar
Publiceringsår
2023-01-12
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-23
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Social Policy
Volym
52
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Ämne
- Other Social Sciences
Nyckelord
- social policy
- welfare state
- climate change
- risk
- citizenship
- welfare regimes
- wellbeing
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Sustainable Welfare for a New Generation of Social Policy
- Postgrowth Welfare Systems
- The New Urban Challenge? Models of Sustainable Welfare in Swedish Metropolitan Cities
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0047-2794