American sociologist and writer Juliet B.Schor to speak at ICTA-UAB

The conference by Juliet B. Schor is entitled "Climate Change, Inequality and Time Use: Double-Dividend Approaches to Emission Reduction" and will analyze a series of papers that look at two variables that have received little attention in the discussions of emissions reductions: domestic concentrations of income and wealth, and working hours. It will address a line of research that suggests the possibility of double-dividend policies that will reduce inequality, working hours, and emissions.

Juliet Schor is currently Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Schor received her Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts and previously taught at Harvard University in the Department of Economics. Schor is the author of the bestseller 'The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure' and 'The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Do not Need'. Her books include “Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture”, “Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude”, and “True Wealth”.  Schor was awarded a Leontief Prize, she is a former Guggenheim Fellow, Radcliffe Fellow, and Brookings Institution fellow. She is currently researching drivers of climate emissions, the sharing economy and the future of work.