I do not shy away from making theoretical interventions where I feel that they are necessary. To wit, some of my previous research has focused on the tragic legacy of gasoline lead exposures in the U.S., and the implications for environmental and criminological theory. The theoretical portion of this work was recently published in the Journal of Risk Research, while a more quantitative portion that tested the thesis is currently under consideration for publication (2nd round) in the journal Critical Criminology. These works used a Foucauldian analysis and Beck’s Risk Society thesis to shed light on the apparent proliferation of a ‘post-truth’ condition in contemporary discourse. The major finding of this work was that the present centrality of risk in mediating the citizen / society relationship, especially in the context of environmental injustices, is the genesis of these ‘post truth’ or ‘agnogenic’ knowledge practices.
In some mostly unrelated work, I am also in the process of staging a critical intervention in the vast scholarly literature that revolves around the Environmental Kuznets Curve.
Associated work products:
Martyn, K.P. and Bosman, M.M. (2018). “Post-truth or Agnogenesis? Theorizing Risk and Uncertainty in a Neoliberal Nature.” Journal of Risk Research (accepted).
Martyn, K.P., Bosman, M.M. and Andel, S. (2018E). “Wax in Our Ears: When Environmental Policy and Social Policy Overlap.” Critical Criminology (revise and resubmit, 2nd round).
Martyn, K.P. and Bosman, M.M. (2019E). “Dispensing with the Environmental Kuznets Curve.” (in progress).