Research Poster: Environmental Movements & Doomsday Prophecies
This poster is a summary of the key result(s) of my research this past summer on the role that doomsday prophecies play for environmental movements. It also briefly touches on the ambiguous role of science in the process of political agitation.
Student, Trinity College Dublin
Currently studying History at Undergraduate level at Trinity College Dublin. Outside of college, I spend my time with music and ballet, catching up on reading ‘old classics’, some amateur photography, and trying to gain a little bit of an understanding of biology and medicine.
For the duration of this programme, my research aims to prove a connection between environmental “end time” scenarios and their instrumentalization for the development of social movements. Through a historical perspective, I first want to identify patterns and then in a second step relate them back to universal reasons that make people susceptible to “political agitation”. Finally, I plan to develop recommendations for political education that help promote critical thinking in the context of political and social movements.
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