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Towards a Sociology of Incumbency in the Face of Climate Change

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Oct 14, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Rebecca Elliott
  • London School of Economics
  • Sign up: info@mpifg.de
In the face of increasingly intense climate-related disasters, many social actors insist that certain things should not and do not have to change in the face of the climate crisis. In this presentation of work-in-progress, Rebecca Elliott probes this conviction through what she tentatively calls a sociology of “incumbency.” [more]
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