Historical thinking, historical agency, and the future: Time and climate activism

Posted by Matthias Sieberkrob and Nina Reusch on 2025-03-12

Our article examines how climate activists in Germany think historically and thus create visions of the future. From our research, we find that the activists see themselves as part of a tradition of social movements, from civil rights to women’s suffrage, that achieved dramatic change by challenging the status quo. At the heart of our research lies the concept of ‘historical thinking towards the [...]

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Teaching History in the climate crisis

Posted by Amanda Power and Alison Kitson on 2024-06-26

Our article addresses the role of school history in helping young people to navigate their future at a time of climate crisis. As we know, global heating, biodiversity collapse and environmental pollution are already affecting daily life everywhere, including in the UK. Their impacts will only intensify in the coming decades. One consequence of the failure of adults to act on the warnings of [...]

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