Bronwyn Hayward

Bronwyn Hayward is a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She is currently a visiting fellow at the Resolve centre for research on values, lifestyles and environment at the University of Surrey and a visiting fellow at the Tyndall centre for climate research at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her research, writing and lectures examine how citizens and governments understand and respond to environmental change. She has also worked in television and radio broadcasting for children and served as a New Zealand broadcasting commissioner. Her blog is here

Where have all the adults gone?

A new generation’s protest is part of a deeper political sea-change in Europe. But a London student demonstration - and witnessing a democracy that seeks to protect itself from its own young children - convince Bronwyn Hayward that this movement needs older people too.

By Bronwyn Hayward

/ 10 Dec 2010