From Symbolism to Spectacle. Water has become too important to ignore, but also too contested to govern collectively I repost here an editorial that I wrote for Renewable Matter: https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/unga-80-2026-un-water-conference-will-not-change-water-politics?fbclid=IwY2xjawNLdj9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHj5A2DFiUOwiJZcy4DXYrYFY3LwrZX49EdGkbEf3fap-kqHvntYEv5U3mQoY_aem__9xlpK2YrZ3FQtsIteNupQ This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly has … Continue reading Why UNGA 80 and the 2026 UN Water Conference Will Not Change Water Politics
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Op-Ed for Renewable Matter: Water as weapon: India’s threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn
I recently published the following editorial in Renewable Matter, where I reflect on India’s threat to unilaterally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan. This is not only a deeply troubling development in a volatile region — it also speaks to a broader shift in the global order, where international agreements are increasingly disregarded in … Continue reading Op-Ed for Renewable Matter: Water as weapon: India’s threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn
Sete: Crisi idrica e capitalismo
Oggi, 3 maggio 2024, esce Sete: Crisi idrica e capitalismo (Ponte alle Grazie), un libro che completa un ciclo di lavoro, ricerche e scrittura iniziato nel 2019. Sete è la versione italiana, con qualche adattamento, di Thirst, in uscita tra qualche mese nel mondo anglofono con la casa editrice Verso. Curiosamente, la traduzione italiana precede … Continue reading Sete: Crisi idrica e capitalismo
Il futuro dell’acqua – Longread ISPI
L'ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale - mi ha chiesto di riflettere sul futuro dell'acqua. Ne è uscito questo longform, dove offro numerosi spunti che sintetizzano gli ultimi anni di ricerca sull'acqua e le sue politiche. Buona lettura! Il futuro dell'acqua
RGS 2021 – The political ecology of social-environmental extreme events – Call for Abstracts
Please find below a call for paper for a paper session The political ecologies of social-environmental extreme events for the upcoming RGS-IBG annual conference (September 1-3, 2021). Please send abstracts of maximum 250 words including a proposed title, authors and affiliation to Maria Rusca (maria.rusca@geo.uu.se) or Filippo Menga (f.menga@reading.ac.uk) by Thursday 4 March 2021. Conveners: … Continue reading RGS 2021 – The political ecology of social-environmental extreme events – Call for Abstracts
#22: Pizza every (other) day
Here is my contribution to the Reclaiming Success project, have a look at their blog, it’s a really good initiative
Name: Filippo Menga
Twitter:@filippomenga
One boring fact about yourself:
I can count letters in words really fast. It works better for Italian words though.
What didn’t go to plan this week/month?
I think that as long as we are in COVID-19 territory, the question should be “what did go to plan?”, as pretty much everything is not going to plan lately. My partner and I have been trying to keep on top of things at work while also sharing our time and space with our two young daughters. On the one hand is great to spend more time with them, on the other, it’s not easy to focus on a research article, a student paper or even an email with them being around and very understandably trying to get your attention. The new normal is trying to stay afloat and keep the boat going until things get a bit…
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“Celebrity campaigners, conscientious contributors, and risk-bearing subjects in the environmental governance breach” CfP for 2021 RGS-IBG conference
Convened by Kimberley Thomas, Temple University (USA) and Filippo Menga, University of Reading (UK) (link to the PDF of this call) This session seeks to highlight and explore the nexus of decentralization, responsibilization, and individualization of environmental governance across a range of social, spatial, political, economic, and historical contexts. While the appropriate scale for environmental … Continue reading “Celebrity campaigners, conscientious contributors, and risk-bearing subjects in the environmental governance breach” CfP for 2021 RGS-IBG conference
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