EDGES: Environment and Development: Gender, Equity, and Sustainability

NEW PUB FROM EDGES ALUM SEJIN UM BASED ON HER UBC MA THESIS: THE MILITARIZED WORKPLACE: HOW ORGANIZED CULTURE PERPETUATES GENDER INEQUALITY IN KOREA

Abstract:This study advances our understandings of gender inequality in organizations by examining the experiences of young women who leave their jobs even in the absence of family responsibilities. Based on 29 in-depth interviews with young women who left full-time employment at large Korean firms early in their careers, complemented by interviews with 16 men who […]

UPCOMING EVENT: IRUS BRAVERMAN – SETTLING NATURE: THE CONSERVATION REGIME IN PALESTINE-ISREAL

On May 3, 2023, the University at Buffalo Gender Institute will be holding an event showcasing Prof. Irus Braverman, speaking on her new book, Settling Nature. The event features EDGES member Dr. Leila Harris as a commentator. Irus Braverman is Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, where she […]

NEW PUB FROM PHYLLIS LESNIKOV, NADJA KUNZ AND LEILA HARRIS: GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING – CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER APPROACHES IN MINING

Abstract: The mining sector remains economically significant across the globe. With a number of growing sustainability concerns (from environmental waste and pollution to social and ethical considerations), most major mining companies have highlighted sustainability concerns and social license to operate as corporate priorities. A number of case studies have also identified serious gender concerns, including […]

EDGES RECENTLY HOSTED SCHOLARS ASTRIDA NEIMANIS AND JENNIFER HAMILTON

Dr. Astrida Neimanis (University of British Columbia, Okanagan) and Dr. Jennifer Hamilton (University of New England) joined the EDGES research collective meeting on January 26th following the scholars’ IRES seminar series talk on the feminist concept of “weathering”. The talk described how the term can be used to guide research design and analysis in interdisciplinary […]

CONGRATS TO LEILA ON HER CATALYST COLLABORATION FUND AWARD!

EDGES member, Prof. Leila Harris, has been awarded a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Catalyst Collaboration Fund Award. Congratulations, Leila! The fund provides up to $10k support for collaborative research projects and/or events, knowledge translation and mobilization related to the climate and nature emergency. Leila’s funded project is Makers’ Lab: Art/Research Collaborations and Solutions […]

EDGES is a research collaborative based at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The acronym EDGES identifies the major themes of our research: Environment & Development: Gender, Equity, and Sustainability. The use of the term EDGE is also meant to invoke several of its meanings—highlighting the goal of cutting edge research, signaling the focus of research on marginal and vulnerable populations (women, impoverished, etc.), and also referencing the aim for sharp analysis that will serve to advance knowledge of key issues of contemporary social and environmental concern. In addition to regular research meetings, the collaborative also sponsors occasional lectures and events related to our research themes.

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