106 research outputs found
Ideological cultures and media discourses on scientific knowledge: re-reading news on climate change
Focusing on the representation of climate change in the British âquality press,â this article argues that the discursive (re)construction of scientific claims in the media is strongly entangled with ideological standpoints. Understood here as a set of ideas and values that legitimate a program of action vis-Ă -vis a given social and political order, ideology works as a powerful selection device in deciding what is scientific news, i.e. what the relevant âfactsâ are, and who are the authorized âagents of definitionâ of science matters. The representation of scientific knowledge has important implications for evaluating political programs and assessing the responsibility of both governments and the public in addressing climate change
Climate social scienceâAny future for âblue sky researchâ in management studies?
Summary The environmental humanities call for post-disciplinary approaches to meet the vexing problem of climate change. However, scholars have not scrutinised how management and organisation studies (MOS) could contribute to such an endeavour. This research note explores common surfaces of contact between the natural and social sciences, with the goal of unravelling the legitimate positions to speak from about climate change. The findings suggest that scholars in MOS are exposed to ecological reasoning, which undergirds underdog heroism, disciplinary confusion and a debasement of political subjectivity. As a counter strategy, I suggest that we affirm a âblue-sky researchâ approach that would support alternative research paths and a more traditional will to knowâto advance âclimate social scienceâ
- âŠ