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Kimberley Vandenhole
Kimberley has a master’s degree in political sciences (Ghent University) and in environmental sciences (Université Libre de Bruxelles). She is currently working on eco-shaming in the context of her PhD.
Description
Kimberley has a master’s degree in political sciences (Ghent University) and in environmental sciences (Université Libre de Bruxelles). She is currently working on eco-shaming in the context of her PhD.
Fields of activities
Kimberley studies environmental issues from a socio-political perspective with a focus on morality, discourses and societal transformations. She engages in environmental politics, particularly on the international level (COPs, international climate finance) and environmental philosophy.
- Research projects
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PhD: a study on eco-shaming discourse and its transformative potential for society. Financed by a FNRS grant.
The rise of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish flygskam movement, and the school strikes for climate changed the context in which environmental affairs are apprehended. They enabled the construction of a new environmental discourse characterized by a more normative and moral view on environmental questions. A first aim of the thesis is to identify and conceptualize this new discourse as the ‘eco-shaming discourse’. A second aim is to investigate its co-evolution with societal, political, cultural, and institutional practices and developments. A third aim is to analyze the transformative potential of the eco-shaming discourse and its role in a transition of society towards sustainability. The research takes a socio-political, discursive and constructivist approach to environmental questions and draws on qualitative research methods mainly.
- Publications
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Vandenhole, K. (2020). Climate shaming & Climate shame among people showing pro-environmental behaviour: an exploratory research. [Summary of master’s dissertation]. Université Libre de Bruxelles. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31971.58408
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