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Davina Cooper

@davinacooper.bsky.social

Research prof in law & political theory, KCL; interdisciplinary scholar currently working on gender politics, utopianism, speculative law, and conceptual activism; books include: Feeling like a State, and Everyday Utopias

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so pleased to see these articles by Dan Swain, Flora Renz, Kimberly Hutchings, Martin Coward and Debbie Lisle, and MaΕ‘a Mrovlje... with more to follow

01.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it time to get rid of legal gender status? - ABC listen Most of us have Male or Female registered on our birth certificates - but what does this certification mean, in terms of its effect on our lives? There are many other things about us that have at leas...

Are there good reasons to hold onto legal sex status, and what is happening with feminist politics in Britain, discussing this on Australia’s The philosopher’s zone, ABC, with David Rutledge, www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

10.09.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
University of Edinburgh | School of Social and Political Science | Home The School of Social and Political Science is one of the leading schools of social science in the UK. We provide an outstanding educational environment for our students and support the highest-quality...

In these grim times, can utopianism benefit from failure? - interesting blog posts from the AHRC utopia and failure network, failingbetter.sps.ed.ac.uk

07.09.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Politics of Feeling in Crisis Times Join for the Public Lecture on the Politics of Feeling in Crisis Times: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

Ben Anderson will be giving a lecture at KCL (London) on 30th June at 6pm, I'm very pleased to say. It's on "the politics of feeling in crisis times". Do register if you're interested in attending and please reshare.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...

20.05.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinking about the concept of society Public lecture with Prof Sylvia Walby

I am delighted Sylvia Walby will be giving a public lecture on the concept of society on 24th June at 5pm (at KCL), part of King's international interdisciplinary summer residence. If you'd like to come, please register on eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-a...

20.05.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imperfect Utopias: What might the future be if we have to share it with β€˜them’? By Andrew McCartan and Kath Browne

An interesting and important piece of research open.substack.com/pub/worldwit...

15.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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