Epidemiological research since the 1980s has highlighted the consequences of early life
adversity, particularly during gestation and early infancy, for adult health (the “Barker …

In recent years much health research across the social sciences and humanities has
undergone a noticeable, albeit by no means cohesive or comprehensive,'turn'towards a …

Assesses a promising new approach to restoring the health of our bodies and our planet
Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal …

Some epistemologies remain marginalized in political ecology. Here I demonstrate why it is
important to learn from various relational margins to further advance the field. Insights and …

Urban political ecology now finds itself at a crossroads between gradual marginalization or
renewed intellectual impetus. Despite some recent critical re-evaluations of the field, there …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

Natural environments especially greenspace may play an important role in enhancing
people's mental health. However, the existing literature mainly assesses greenspace …

This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of
the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It addresses three main phases …

Introduction Health disparity affects both urban and rural residents, with evidence showing
that rural residents have significantly lower health status than urban residents. Health equity …

Feminist political ecology emerged as a subfield of Political Ecology in the 1990s,
develo** initially from gender and development studies, with which it shares a broad …