Cosmopolitan communities of climate risk: conceptual and empirical suggestions for a new research agenda

Ulrich Beck; ANDERS BLOK; DAVID TYFIELD; JOY YUEYUE ZHANG

doi:10.1111/glob.12001

journal article Dec 27, 2012

Cosmopolitan communities of climate risk: conceptual and empirical suggestions for a new research agenda

Ulrich Beck ANDERS BLOK DAVID TYFIELD JOY YUEYUE ZHANG

Global Networks Vol. 13 No. 1 pp. 1-21 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractMitigating human‐induced climate change calls for a globalized change of consciousness and practice. These global challenges also demand a double transformation of the social sciences – first, from ‘methodological nationalism’ to ‘methodological cosmopolitanism’ and, second, an empirical reorientation towards ‘cosmopolitization’ as the social force of emerging cosmopolitan realities. One of these realities is the possible emergence, locally and globally, of ‘cosmopolitan communities of climate risk’ in response to a ‘world at risk’. A key research question for contemporary social science is thus: how and where are new cosmopolitan communities of climate risk being imagined and realized? In this article, we propose and explore a research agenda formulated around this key question. We both develop a theoretical perspective and provide short empirical illustrations of case studies regarding ongoing research in Europe and East Asia on such cosmopolitan climate risk communities.

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Published: Dec 27, 2012
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Ulrich Beck, ANDERS BLOK, DAVID TYFIELD, et al. (2012). Cosmopolitan communities of climate risk: conceptual and empirical suggestions for a new research agenda. Global Networks, 13(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12001

Cosmopolitan communities of climate risk: conceptual and empirical suggestions for a new research agenda

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