Social Justice and the Environment

Friday, 11 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES003 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)
RC18 Political Sociology

Language: English

This session explores research on social justice and the environment with examples from around the world.
Session Organizer:
Jo LINDSAY, Monash University, Australia
Oral Presentations
Revitalizing the Just Transition Discourse: Historical Experiences from the U.S. and Germany
Jeehyun LEE, South Korea
Environmental Justice and Power Dynamics in Taiwan’s Energy Transition
Chiao-Chi CHEN, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Exploring Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Wetland Communities Under Climate Change: Insights from Three Wetland Types in Tropical Floodplain Ecosystems of Barak Valley, Assam, Northeast India
Tapati DAS, India; Samim BORBHUYAN, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011, India; Mamtaz KHANAM KHANAM, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011, India; Borsha Rani PAUL, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011, India; Tahir Hussain BARBHUIYA, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar-788011, India
Precarious Labor and the Performative Politics of Climate Governance in the Anthropocene: A Comparative Study of Texas, Florida, and Washington State
Monika PAREEK, Florida State University, USA
Food Insecurity, Environmental Justice, and the Perpetuation of the Food Desert, Food Swamp, and Supermarket Redlining Myths in Low-Income Communities of Color in the United States
Dorceta TAYLOR TAYLOR, Yale University, USA; Ashley BELL, ASHLEY, Yale University, USA
Hot and Wet: Just Adaptations to Extreme Heat and Flooding in Two Global Cities
Fransha DACE, Yale University, USA
Climate Change and Disadvantaged Groups: A Case Study of Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience of Dalits in Kuttanad, Kerala
Silpa Rajeevan SILPA RAJEEVAN, India
Distributed Papers
Just Transition - Urban Energy Transition and Social Inequality
Nadine HAUFE, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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