FAVOURITE BOOKS

This is a list of books I have recently read in my own time and showcase my interest in and commitment to sustainability, governance and democracy, public policy, and urban politics.

 

How to Run a Government so That Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy (2015) by Michael Barber. Penguin.

 

A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Fellow (2019) by Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist.

 

China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future (2022) by Scott M. Moore. Published by Oxford University Press.

 

Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now (2021) by John Doerr. Published by Portfolio.

 

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life (2016) by Edward O. Wilson. Published by Liveright Publishing Corporation.

 

What the Future Looks Like: Scientists Predict the Next Great Discoveries and Reveal How Today's Breakthroughs Are Already Shaping Our World (2018). Edited by Jim Al-Khalili. Published by The Experiment. 

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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (2013) by Charles Montgomery. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature (2017) by George Monbiot. Published by Verso.

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Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World (2020) by Jathan Sadowski. Published by MIT Press.

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How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation (2019) by Stig Abell. Published by John Murray.