"The “Great Acceleration” describes a set of inter-related human-driven transformations of the Anthropocene, including the eight-fold population growth since 1800. Yet “population” sits uncomfortably in contemporary discussions about our current historical moment.

How Do We Think About Population in the Anthropocene? brings together the world’s key thinkers in Anthropocene Studies from a wide range of disciplines — geology, geography, demography, historys, political theory, and more — to think critically about the most important variable: population.  How do we think about population in the Anthropocene, or should we even think in terms of “population” at all?  The twelve short essays in this pamphlet offer different responses that reimagine how we think about economy, environment, and extinction. 

Edited by Alison Bashford, Duncan Kelly, and David Nally, the volume’s 12 short contributions provide an accessible look at scholars at work..

Release date: October 1

The text will be available online in Summer 2026.

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