It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7. #scholasticide

Check out the next installment in our "Policy Visions for the Home Insurance Crisis" series! This entry, by Rebecca Elliott , examines the role insurance plays–and could play–in society, particularly as impacts of climate change continue to mount. climateandcommunity.org/homeinsurance

Excited to welcome patrick bresnihan and Naomi Millner for our final SLCC seminar of the year on May 21. Join us! All are welcome.

I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my Columbia University undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)

It’s fascinating to watch The New York Times writers try to grapple with the meaning of a seemingly novel concept: solidarity

Solidarity with our students demanding divestment

Divest! The History and Politics of a Demand Tues 4 Jun, 5:30-7:30, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE In the wake of Rafah, a panel of experts, scholars, practitioners discuss demands to divest from crimes against the Palestinian people and the arms trade. lse.ac.uk/sociology/even…

My book is out! (almost...author copies are here!) An ethnography of history education in 🇿🇦schools, it shows how teaching about the past is not enough. When the past is remembered, but its legacies ignored, racism can continue unabated in the present. cup.columbia.edu/book/distancin…

We are hiring at LSE Sociology, TT asst prof in quant methods and economic sociology! I won’t be at ASA Sociology this year, but get in touch if you’d like to learn more about the post/department. careercenter.asanet.org/job/1310055/as…

Some argue that public insurance can't be a solution to today's home insurance crisis because existing federal & state disaster insurance programs have issues. That's the wrong way to think about it, say Rebecca Elliott & Moira Birss climateandcommunity.org/fix-insurance-… (1/x)

The agrarian question of the 21st century is the agrarian question of climate change

✨We are hiring! LSE Methodology is looking for an assistant professor in qualitative research methods. Please apply, share widely, and get in touch if you have any questions. ✨ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/62…

It was so exciting to think with Climate & Community Institute about more protective, equitable insurance arrangements in a time of climate change. Their report is an incredible resource and articulates an essential vision for reimagining disaster risk finance.

"Helene will cause $25 billion to $30 billion in physical damage and losses, the majority of which won’t be covered by insurance." Now is the time for transformative policies—a new insurance paradigm that guarantees housing security while protecting people's finances.

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Very excited to announce our first seminar of the year - NEXT THURSDAY! With Tianna Bruno of Berkeley Geography. Please join us!

Wrote about the climate-induced insurance crisis that Hurricane Helene crashed into, and alternatives to leaving so much of how we plan for and recover from disasters up to the private sector ft. Rebecca Elliott Climate & Community Institute Zac Taylor & Moira Birss newrepublic.com/article/186663…

Looking forward to welcoming Jamie Cross of UofG Social Sciences on Nov 21 - please join us!

Getting set up in the other place - rfelliott.bsky.social.

New from me Social Problems — “The Sociology of Property Value in a Climate-Changed United States” — in which I set out an analytical strategy for reckoning w/the emerging set of complex issues at the intersection of climate impacts and homeownership doi.org/10.1093/socpro…