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+date: 2018-11-070T09:00:00+01:00
+title: "Researching (in) Spiritual Landscapes"
+host: "Seminar at Stockholm University, Doctoral School in the Humanities - Environmental Humanities theme"
+publishdate: 2018-11-07
+---
+
+I'm very much looking forward to delivering a workshop and seminar at Stockholm University in November. Details TBD...

content/presentations/201903_ear.md

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+date: 2019-03-270T16:00:00+01:00
+title: "Slowly and quietly we go: Christian Environmentalism in the UK"
+host: "From the Cambridge Platonists to Laudato Si: The Theological Roots of Ecology. European Academy of Religion panel sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture"
+publishdate: 2019-02-10
+---
+
+I'm very much looking forward to delivering a paper at EAR this year. Details TBA.

content/presentations/201903_isa.md

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+date: 2019-03-270T16:00:00+01:00
+title: "Religion in Global Environmental Politics: Structuring Religious Environmentalism"
+host: "Beyond Belief: Unpacking Religion Across International Studies panel for the International Studies Association conference"
+publishdate: 2019-01-10
+---
+
+I'll be presenting via Skype for the International Studies Association this year. Here's my abstract:
+
+> Until fairly recently, consideration of religion has been marginal or even nonexistent in the scholarly discourse about environmental politics. Renewed attention to the intersection of these fields has been encouraged by several overlapping developments: Within environmental science, discussion of "environmental values" has opened up towards a larger consideration of the role of religious institutions and personal belief in forming spiritual environmental values (Cooper et al, 2016). In a related way within the more specific policy discurse surronding climate change mitigation and the UN IPCC, policymakers have devoted renewed attention to the place of ethics and religious institutions (Hulme, 2009). The prominent role of religous groups in the buildup to the Paris climate summit, through the historic people's climate march and people's pilgrimage, have coalesced towards a sense of a burgeoning social movement. Following a range of historic declarations by religious leaders, the recent encyclical by Pope Francis signalled a new level of integration between Catholic concerns for social and environmental justice. Yet, much of the continued engagement by large environmental NGOs has continued to bypass intermediate social networks and organisations and have focussed minimalistically on religious grassroots groups as an avenue towards information dissemination and not as legitimate collaborative partners. As we seek to re-vision international environmental politics, this seems an opportune moment to take stock of the modes of environmental policy engagement which are currently dominant and explore whether new forms of policy co-creation, outreach and engagement may be called for. In this paper, which is based on data gathered during five years of fieldwork with European and American REMOs (religious environmental movements), I explore questions of scalar structuration (Giddens 1984, Brenner 2001), multiple social identities (Hillman et al, 2008), and eco-theo-citizenship (Kidwell et al, Forthcoming) and propose new forms of engagement which might offer new forms of intervention for governments and NGOs towards pro-environmental behaviour change.

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+date: 2019-03-270T16:00:00+01:00
+title: "Slowly and quietly we go: Christian Environmentalism in the UK"
+host: "Environment and Society Seminar Series, School of Geography, University of Nottingham"
+publishdate: 2019-03-10
+---
+
+I'm very much looking forward to delivering a paper at Nottingham for the School of Geography in March 2019. Here's my abstract:
+
+> In this presentation, I share some analysis of the results of a 4 year study into Scottish Eco-Congregations (2013-2016). I highlight some features of Scottish environmentalism as it is expressed in churches through the social movement "Eco-Congregation," particularly focussing on the mismatch between funding instruments such as the climate challenge fund and the kind of long-run, parochially focussed environmental citizenship expressed in this context, what I call eco-theo-citizenship. I also provide some scalar analysis, towards broader environmental policy applications, indicating some ways that Christian environmentalism is institutionally encapsulated, from local to international organisations.

content/publications/2019_religion_social_values.md

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+title: "Religion and social values for sustainability"
+author: Christopher D. Ives, Jeremy H. Kidwell
+status: Published
+type: published
+citation: "&ldquo;Religion and social values for sustainability&rdquo; in <em>Sustainability Science</em>, vol. n, iss. n, Feb 2019"
+tag: environmental values
+subjects: environmental values
+comments: no
+file: Ives_Kidwell-2019-Sustainability_Science.pdf
+date: 2019-02-01
+publishdate: 2019-02-01
+doi: 10.1007/s11625-019-00657-0
+
+---
+
+Discourse on social values as they relate to environmental and sustainability issues has almost exclusively been conducted in a secular intellectual context. However, with a renewed emphasis on culture as defining and shaping links between people and nature, there has been an increasing level of scholarly attention to the role of religion and spirituality in defining and understanding social values. In this article we explore the intersection of religion and social values for sustainability. First, we consider this nexus as it has been explored in existing scholarship. We acknowledge a body of research that has suggested that many religions are broadly associated with self-transcendent values. However, the degree to which they are translated into pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour varies according to context. Second, we argue that while there is much potential support for human values for sustainability within religious traditions, it is essential that religion is seen as a complex, multi-scalar and multi-dimensional institutional phenomena. Consequently, analysis of the relationship between religion and social values must account for the context of narratives, histories and practices. Third, using this lens, we show how religious perspectives can contribute to operationalising theories of systemic change for sustainability. Finally, we outline key principles for further sustainability research seeking to advance knowledge on the relationship between religion and social values.

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+title: "Sustainable Networks"
+
+author: Jeremy Kidwell
+status: Forthcoming
+type: unpublished
+citation: "&ldquo;Sustainable Networks.&rdquo; <em>in preparation</em>" 
+comments: no
+date: 2019-01-24
+publishdate: 2019-01-24
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+This article presents some social network analysis (warning - very rough draft here) regarding secular and religious Environmental groups in Scotland and their networks on Twitter. You can find the current (reproducible) codebase in a github repository here: [https://github.com/kidwellj/sustainable_networks_paper/].

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+"Mobilising the Churches Around the Environment": 
+
+A Summary of the Research
+
+#### Jeremy Kidwell
+##### University of Birmingham **School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion**
+
+002019 Feb 25
+
+.footnote[Email: [j.kidwell@bham.ac.uk](mailto:j.kidwell@bham.ac.uk) • Twitter [@kidwellj](https://twitter.com/kidwellj)]
+
+---
+
+class: center, middle
+
+What does successful mobilisation look like?
+
+---
+
+class: middle
+
+## My definition:
+
+- Improved public visibility on issues of concern
+- Enhanced engagement with poliymakers
+- Impact! ... responsive action on both household and public policy levels
+
+---
+
+class: center, middle
+
+But, what does successful mobilisation *look* like?
+
+Marches, demonstations, "buzz", large crowds, energy, surprises...
+
+---
+
+Caveat #1:
+
+Not just *action* but **quality of** action
+
+- Implies a better understanding of the underpinning issues (do we understand what is at stake in mobilisation on climate change, or do we just "feel" it?)
+- Involves reflection on effective forms it might take
+- May generate less visible forms of enhanced relationality: new alliances and an improved basis for future political action.
+
+---
+
+Caveat #2:
+
+We (Christians) have some specific barriers
+1. *Policymakers* do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+
+--- 
+
+Caveat #2:
+
+We (Christians) have some specific barriers
+1. Policymakers do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+2. *Scholars* do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+
+--- 
+
+Caveat #2:
+
+We (Christians) have some specific barriers
+1. Policymakers do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+2. Scholars do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+3. *Christians* do not understand how Christians are engaging with environmental issues
+
+---
+
+class: center, middle
+
+This is, in many ways, a completely new field.
+
+Eco-theology has struggled to engage with mainstream Christian scholarly reflection
+Social scientists have reinforced rather than questioned stereotypes about Christainity
+Political leadership lacks literacy about religion in Britain
+
+---
+
+My work:
+
+- Establish a new field of study that engages theological reflection, ethnography of religious environmentalism and data science. 
+- Theology leading a conversation with geographers, policical scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, economists.
+- Communicate this research to public policy audience, third sector, and Christian communities.
+
+---
+
+class: center, middle
+
+So what have we learned so far?
+
+
+---
+
+# Tactics and Tools for Mobilisation
+
+---
+
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+
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