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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB)

Urban Environmental Justice & Green Gentrification with Dr. Panagiota Kotsila and Prof. Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski

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Dr. Panagiota Kotsila and Isabelle Anguelovski from ICTA-UAB will speak in the webinar Urban Environmental Justice & Green Gentrification in the series on Just Sustainability Transitions, organised by Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) and Vital Cities & Citizens (VCC) at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam 


Speakers: Prof. Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski and  Dr. Panagiota Kotsila, ICTA-UAB researchers


Date: Thursday, 17 Jun 2021
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
CEST/GMT+2
Online. 
Participation is free of charge, but registration is necessary (via this link ).


How do we approach environmental justice in the city? How can we understand and address the tensions and potential synergies between ecological sustainability and social justice?

Sustainable and just cities are human settlements that strive to enable life – not only in the present but also for the future, not only for humans, but also of and with non-human beings and nature. Most importantly, sustainable and just cities ensure access to what enables  people and societies not only to survive but to thrive and flourish, in an equitable manner and in balance with the natural environment. But how exactly do we approach justice in the urban context? What may be the tensions between ecological sustainability and social justice, and how do we address these? 

In this webinar, we invite Dr. Panagiota Kotsila and prof. Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski lfrom the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ) to share their research on urban environmental justice and green gentrification. 

More specifically, Panagiota Kotsila will discuss how to approach environmental justice in the urban context and share examples on some of the main drivers of injustice in the context of urban sustainability, as identified in the UrbanA project on #SustainableJustCities. Isabelle Anguelovski will discuss insights from the the GreenLulus project  on #GreenGentrification,  as well as share a recently published report about Policy and Planning Tools for Urban Green Justice.

In between the talks, there will be room for discussion in smaller groups for participants to share their experiences, insights and questions around urban environmental justice and green gentrification, followed by a plenary Q&A session in which participants can share their questions with the speakers. 

The webinar will be facilitated by Karlijn Schipper Frank van Steenbergen  and Flor Avelino, who will also share more information about the UrbanA project on #SustainableJustCities  and how you can be part of the UrbanA community. During the webinar, artist Carlotta Cataldi  will be present to harvest the insights from the webinar in a graphic illustration.


Programme 

  • 12:00-12:15: Introduction with Karlijn Schipper, Frank van Steenbergen & Flor Avelino
  • 12:15-12:35: Talk “Drivers of Urban Environmental Injustice” by Dr. Panagiota Kotsila 
  • 12:35-12:50: Group discussion round #1
  • 12:50-13:10: Talk “Green Gentrification” by Prof. Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski
  • 13:10-13:25: Group discussion round #2
  • 13:25-13:50: Q&A + plenary discussion
  • 13:50-14:00: Closing & follow up
     

The event is organized by the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) and Vital Cities & Citizens (VCC) at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in collaboration with the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ) and the UrbanA project on #SustainableJustCities.

This event is part of a webinar series on #JustSustainabilityTransitions that aims to deepen, translate and connect knowledge on transformative change towards more just and sustainable societies, in energy and other domains. 

Participation is free but you do need to register ahead of time via this link. People can register until the 15th of June via this link, after which they will receive confirmation emails with the zoom link.