ENERGEO
Energy Activisms at the Crossroads of Environmental Disasters and Un/sustainable Development in the Global South
Description

This research plan proposes a research agenda concerning the impact of sustainable development strategies vis-à- vis economic growth, offering a longitudinal empirical study of the issue of environmental sustainability in the Global South, with particular focus on Portuguese-speaking Africa and South America, and how they couple environmental vulnerability (droughts, flooding, pollution) with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals, and at the same time promote largescale extractivist development projects (e.g. oil, Liquified Natural Gas and hydrocarbons, mining) which have significant environmental impact. How do governments, civic society and development agencies understand and handle the conflict between the expectations and desires of development stemming from the emerging extractivist ventures, and on the other hand the catastrophes induced by fossil fuel induced climate change? What are the strategies towards the production of social consensus being developed on behalf of stakeholders, and what are the reactions on behalf of the communities affected by both processes, as well as by civic society at large? In what terms is civic society mobilizing in response – indigenous knowledge and/or transnational networks?
In response, we promote the concept of ‘energy activisms’ as framework for the study of contemporary civic mobilizations in the intersection of environmental concerns and demands for energy and sustainable economy as fundamental citizenship and sovereignty rights. 

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Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
CRIA-Iscte Research Group Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography Leader 2022-09-01 2028-08-31
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Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Ruy Blanes Associated Researcher (DA); Integrated Researcher (CRIA-Iscte); Principal Researcher 2022-09-01 2028-08-31
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência_Iscte. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.

Energy Activisms at the Crossroads of Environmental Disasters and Un/sustainable Development in the Global South
2022-09-01
2028-08-31