«Water is essential for all forms of life, we cannot exist without it. That is why it is so crucial that we organise together through groups like Blue Communities to protect water and make it accessible for all.»

Dr. Madelaine Moore is Postdoctoral Researcher at the German and Transnational Social Policy Working Group, Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany.

In spring 2023, Dr. Madelaine Moore published her book «Water struggles as resistance to neoliberal capitalism – A time of reproductive unrest». (here)

A short text about her book, written by Madelaine Moore herself, here.

Recent Publications:

2023, ‘A Time of Reproductive Unrest: The Articulation of Capital Accumulation, Social Reproduction and the Irish State.’ New Political Economy
2022, Altun, S., Caiconte, C., Moore, M., Morton, A., Scanlan, R., Ryan, M., Smidt, A., ‘The Life Nerve of the Dialectic: György Lukács and the Metabolism of Space and Nature.’ Review of International Political Economy
2021, ‘Liquid Gold or the Source of Life: Understanding water commodification as a contradictory and contested political project’, Globalizations
2021, Moore, M., Trommer, S. ‘Critical Europeans in an age of Crisis’, Journal of Common Market Studies Moore

Invited by Blue Community and the University of Zurich, Dr. Moore came to Switzerland beginning of October 2023:

• • • Monday, Oktober 9, 2023, 12h: Lecture at Zurich University (Irchel) as part of the BSc-Course “Wasser und Mensch”.
    • Tuesday, Oktober 10, 2023, 19.15h: Blue Community in the Limmattal. Public event by SP Limmattal.
    • Tuesday, Oktober 10, 2023, 16-17h: Seminar at Zurich University (Irchel) as part of the seminar series “Forum2to3”,
    • Wednesday, Oktober 11, 2023, 12h: Brownbag session at Bern University.