Labour and social-ecological transitions: Université de Fribourg
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INVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
Prof. Dr. Patrick Bottazzi
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, CH
Jeudi 03.05.2018 à 08h45
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle n°2.226.1)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
Labour and social-ecological transitions:
Contemporaneous societies are challenged by necessary transitions to more
socially and ecologically sustainable development. An assumption is to say that
this could be facilitated by a change in the way labour is socially perceived,
valuated, institutionalized and practiced. The result of which could lead to more
“contributive justice” a concept considering labour as a meaningful resource per
se, that should be more equally distributed and not only as an instrumental mean
for more consumption and unlimited economic growth. My presentation will first
propose a theoretical exploration of some of the links between labour and social-
ecological transitions. I will then give an overview of some past and present
researches, in particular a recently approved SNF project: “Why do we work?
Assessing sub-Saharan farmer’s motivations and labour in agroecology
(AgroWork)”.
Fribourg, le 23 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄTINVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
Dr Robert S. Emmett
Environmental Studies, Roanoke College, Virginia, USA
Jeudi 03.05.2018 à 09h45
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle n°2.226.1)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
“Pipelines and Publics in the Endless
Mountains”:
The fracturing of political culture in the U.S. is creating casualties of environmental
injustice through energy choices made nominally on behalf of the greatest public good.
As part of a wider exploration of cultural adaptations in the late fossil fuel era, I will
present a case study of public debate around a proposed natural gas transmission
pipeline in Southwest Virginia. The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project represents
one of dozens of natural gas transmission lines proposed or under construction from
North Carolina to New York. These would bring fracked natural gas from the Utica and
Marcellus formations to domestic and foreign markets. Yet MVP also poses unique
challenges: it will cross over 300 miles of rugged topography, including karst formations
(sinkholes, limestone caves), major tributaries of the New River, and the viewshed of
the Appalachian Trail. Over the last five years, advocacy and resistance to the MVP
project has taken shape through lawsuits, land art, impact statements, documentary
films, and public forums. The region it would span gains more economically from
outdoor recreation tourism each year; it stands to gain less than it may lose from
“flyover” infrastructure. Thus MVP represents a paradigmatic case for evaluating claims
to justice and public interest at two scales: on behalf of the nation, pursuing elusive
“cleaner” fuel independence; and, on behalf of planetary climate justice, providing a
“bridge fuel” to rapidly developing countries. Who then belongs to the public served by
this energy infrastructure? And how might cultural forms from land art to community
forests help us imagine alternative futures?
Fribourg, le 23 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄTINVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
SNSF Prof. Elisa Fornalé
World Trade Institute, University of Bern, CH
Jeudi 03.05.2018 à 11h00
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle n°2.226.1)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
Environmental Change and Human Mobility:
A Challenge of Chance?
Outline: The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted in September
2016 by the United Nations, marked a timely recognition of “the adverse effects of
climate change, natural disasters (some of which may be linked to climate change), or
other environmental factors”, in combination with other factors, as drivers of migration.
This political declaration, by promoting the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe,
Orderly and Regular Migration in 2018, represents a turning point for enhancing
international cooperation and identifying actionable commitments. A debate on
adaptive migration strategies developed during the thematic discussions, and it is
planned to take up this theme in the adopted version of the Compact. While it is difficult
to predict how individuals will be affected, the protection of present and future
generations against these challenges have propelled the formulation of new concepts
(e.g. common concern, sustainable development and global commons) (Cançado
2015). International efforts to identify effective governance mechanisms and practices,
which aspire to call for worldwide cooperation have been on the rise (Guild 2017).
The presentation will introduce the current conceptualization of environmentally
induced migration by taking a closer look at the emerging transition to “migration as
adaptation“. It aims to explore how the current discussion on environmental changes
and its impact on humans has brought about both new theoretical and empirical
opportunities to expand knowledge, claims, and experiment with new spaces of political
intervention.
Fribourg, le 23 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄTINVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
Dr. Wallimann-Helmer
Advanced Studies in Applied Ethics, Center for Ethics, University of Zurich, CH
Vendredi 04.05.2018 à 08h45
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle 0.026)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
Justice in Decarbonizing Transitions
– The Case of Negative Emission:
Climate change is expected to lead to rising sea levels, higher frequency of
natural hazards, extended phases of drought, and many other negative impacts.
To minimize these threats, the COP 21 in Paris agreed that the global mean
temperature must be kept “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels”. Reaching
this target requires not only heavy cuts in emissions. In order to achieve the
necessary negative emissions the capture and storage of carbon dioxide is
crucial too. This paper investigates the considerations of justice that are relevant
to the fair governance of carbon capture and storage technologies. I argue that
such governance requires that the risks associated with them are distributed fairly
and that their ethical evaluation and just compensation demands the appropriate
involvement of those most directly affected.
Fribourg, le 23 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄTINVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
Dr. Olivier Ejderyan
Transdisciplinarity Lab, Dep. of Environmental Systems Science,
Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research - Supply of Electricity, ETH Zurich, CH
Vendredi 04.05.2018 à 09h45
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle0.026)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
The techno-politics of geothermal energy:
solutions or new questions for sustainable energy
transitions?
Many governments around the world are embracing geothermal energy as a key
strategy for low-carbon energy production. This requires drilling into the earth
crust to capture heat from water circulating in aquifers or to create heat reservoirs
through hydraulic fracturing or chemical stimulation. These technologies come
with various risks and many projects have faced public opposition. Such
contestations are driven not only by a rejection of technologies themselves.
Rather, technical issues are intertwined with controversies about legitimacy,
procedures, or environmental justice.
In this talk, I present the developments of geothermal energy in Switzerland and
Europe as the result of such socio-technical arrangements. I highlight that
geothermal energy is supported by discourses that rely on different normative
conceptions of what counts as sustainable energy, which then translate into
different technical options. I discuss the implication of addressing these
conceptions and what they mean for my own inter- and transdisciplinary research
on sustainability transitions.
Fribourg, le 23 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
MATHEMATISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND MEDIZINISCHE FAKULTÄTINVITATION
Conférence donnée dans le cadre de la procédure d’appel en
Humanités environnementales
Dr. Kerstin Krellenberg
Helmholtz Center f. Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig, DE
Vendredi 04.05.2018 à 11h00
Auditoire des Géosciences (PER 07, salle 0.026)
Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine de l’Université de Fribourg
Cities and climate change: of urban
vulnerability and sustainable development:
Cities are presenting both, multiple challenges but also hold a range of
opportunities, and are increasingly seen as drivers of sustainable development.
Given the enormous challenges of Global Environmental Change, climate
change is seen as added pressure on the existing ‘bundles’ of stress in cities.
The presentation takes this up and starts with an introduction to the concept of
urban vulnerability which sees human action and social structures in the city as
integral to the environment. Research findings concerning theoretical,
conceptual, and methodological considerations of urban vulnerability will be
presented in the light of climate change, urban sustainability transformations and
the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This revolves around a discussion on
complexity science, user-centered approaches as well as innovations in
response to socio-environmental-technical challenges.
Fribourg, le 03 avril 2018 Prof. Ch. Bochet, Doyen et
Président de la Commission d’appel
FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE MÉDECINE
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