Global Perspectives on Metrics, Governance, and Social Practices

Working Papers Seminar Series

Measuring Care

18 November 2024

How do we measure care? What are the benefits and the limitations? Sign up for the seminar of Friday, December 6, 12-2pm ET 

Working Papers Seminar Series 2024-2025

4 August 2024

The working papers seminar will start its third year in September 2024 with generous support from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) collaborative research grant.

Working Papers Blog

Fronteriza Care Work Epistemology and Environmental Justice Organizing in Tijuana-San Diego

18 November 2024

Environmental justice activists at the border strategically use their lived experiences as fronterizas and care workers to both identify issues in their community as well as to link their localized realities to global political economic processes

Feminist Abortion Accompaniment: An Emerging Model of Care in the U.S.

18 November 2024

The Latin American model of feminist abortion accompaniment has emerged in the U.S. as a grassroots response to restrictive abortion laws and barriers to access. Networks such as Mexico’s Las Libres provide free abortion pills and virtual support powered by transnational, intergenerational feminist solidarity

Time Poverty and Climate Shocks: How Married Women Bear the Brunt

21 October 2024

As climate events like floods, droughts, and heatwaves intensify, their effects ripple beyond economic poverty and damage to physical assets. Emerging research sheds light on how these environmental crises impact women’s well-being. A crucial yet overlooked aspect is women’s time use, which often reflects social norms. My research dives into this vital area and reveals how climate shocks are driving married women deeper into time poverty in India.

The Rise of Anti-Care

18 November 2024

Some post-U.S. election advice: keep the faith and fight the backlash.

The Nappy Revolution

18 November 2024

Caring for Life: a new book that re-values nappy-free infant hygiene care practices

Mexico’s “Women’s Moment”: What we can learn from Mexican feminisms about women in power and feminist practices of care

4 November 2024

As US voters consider whether to follow Mexico’s lead in electing its first female president, a reminder that real change needs to happen in the streets.

Sociologists on Care

4 November 2024

A Scottish researcher muses on insights from a recent conference.

Mexico Lowers Age of Social Security for Women

21 October 2024

Extending its noncontributory pension benefit, Mexico’s new program will give more spending money to women in their early 60s.

Men and Care Work: Can Unions Help?

29 September 2024

New research suggests that men in labor unions help out more at home.

Having Children and Saving the World

15 September 2024

Pro-natalists don’t seem to realize that “having” children requires both caring and paying for them.

In Person Events

Reading/Practice Group on “Hospicing Modernity” 

Let’s get together to read and practice how we can interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet! Co-promoted with the Franklin Humanities Institute.

The Political Economy of Care

6 September 2024

A graduate class taught by Jocelyn Olcott in the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute on sustaining households, communities, and environments. Every Wednesday from 4:40 to 7:10 pm at the Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106.

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