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Since finishing my PhD I have been working a lot: applying for funding, writing papers, organising conferences, teaching, teaching, teaching, keeping an eye out for a contract longer than 6 months… And then two women I look up to suddenly … Continue reading →

I’m really excited to find out I have been granted a two year Marie Curie postdoc project based at Aalborg University Copenhagen with Professor Kirsten Gram-Hanssen. Now all I have to do it NOT press the terminate project button. Project … Continue reading →

An article written together with Alison Browne and Russell Hitchings based on our Geoforum paper: ‘Already existing’ sustainability experiments: Lessons on water demand, cleanliness practices and climate adaptation from the UK camping music festival. Click on the link to go … Continue reading →

Jag började i skolan 1952. På den tiden fanns det skolradio där man tog upp olika saker som man ansåg viktiga för barnen. Vid varje terminsstart fick barnen ett skolradiohäfte där man kunde se när olika program skulle sändas och för … Continue reading →

Hacking it* in academia. Nearly a year since I sent my dissertation to the printers and I am still wondering if I can hack it in academia. The feeling of not hacking it has been a constant companion. After nearly … Continue reading →

My research about washing less has appeared in a few places recently: P4, Allers and Hufvudstadsbladet. I usually get a few emails following these, and I’m always very interested to hear how people interpret what I’ve done and relate it … Continue reading →

En artikel om min foskning av Izabella Rosengren publicerades nyss i Svenska Dagbladet, till en divers respons. Här delar jag några av mina favoritar: Svante Öquist Ulrika Liljeqvist Jag skriver för jag kände mig så uppmuntrad av att läsa dagens … Continue reading →

An article exploring the disappearance of the Swedish ‘tvättstuga’ (communal laundry). It’s historically common in Swedish apartment blocks to have a shared laundry, usually in the basement. Recently however more and more househoulds have their own washing machine, a bad … Continue reading →

I had a really nice correspondence with Leif recently after Aftonbladet published a piece about my research. He wrote about growing up in the 50s, using a wash cloth to clean up for the day ahead, suggesting that these things … Continue reading →