Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Stephen Healy is a senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney and a recent arrival to Australia. He has a Doctorate in Geography and his research focuses on community-based approaches to sustainable economic development. He has a passionate interest in how self-conception, desire and fantasy shape everyday understanding and practice of social, economic and ecological relations. He is currently involved in research with US-based colleagues exploring the Solidarity Economy in the United States, supported by the National Science Foundation, and an international research effort focused on how socially just sustainable economic practices can diffuse across scale and context. He really likes cross fit, ju-jitsu, and cooking.
Why the ecocity needs to be a just city
Jul 14, 2017 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Why is it easier to imagine an ecocity full of lush green spaces and buildings, footpaths and bike lanes, outdoor goat yoga and dog parks than a just city where everyone belongs? Why is it difficult to imagine a city...
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