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SUMMARY:Research Seminar in Sociology of Law with Eric Brandstedt & Georgia
  de Leeuw
DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: anna.lundberg@soclaw.lu.se\n\n&nbsp\;Attend the semina
 r online via Zoom&nbsp\;“And We Get Nothing in Return”Reciprocity in t
 he Rural/Urban Divide in the Swedish Green TransitionAn ethically defensib
 le transition to a sustainable society depends on public support for trans
 formative changes. However\, green energy infrastructure has been critique
 d and resisted for the impact they have on various vulnerable groups. Rese
 arch and policy have started to integrate social sustainability and justic
 e dimensions into transition efforts. The initially narrow focus on worker
 s in fossil industries has been widened to include other adversely affecte
 d groups and individuals\, such as spatially impacted communities. To furt
 her broaden this perspective\, the countryside is an interesting site of i
 nquiry\, since it is commonly targeted for green energy production. We the
 refore study countryside sentiments about the green transition by examinin
 g a rural municipality in mid-Sweden\, where rural residents see plans for
  an expansion of wind and solar energy as incompatible with countryside va
 lues. We show that rural residents display a deep-rooted sense of exclusio
 n relative to centralised decision-making. Structural urban-rural power dy
 namics and grievances about disproportionate allocations of harms and bene
 fits are perceived as aggravated by green investments. Here\, these invest
 ments and the centralised decision-making that they are a result of are re
 garded as dismissive of contributions generated in the countryside\, such 
 as food production in times of crisis. This article speaks to the literatu
 re on local governance and transition justice by examining how the energy 
 transition is compatible with rural efforts to build a vibrant countryside
 . We contribute a novel reading of the justice dimensions in rural-urban p
 ower imbalances in the green transition as a matter of reciprocity\, or la
 ck thereof.Eric Brandstedt is a senior lecturer in Human Rights Studies an
 d an associate professor in practical philosophy. His research focuses on 
 climate justice\, intergenerational justice\, human rights and political p
 hilosophy.Georgia de Leeuw holds a PhD in Political Science\, with a disse
 rtation focusing on iron ore extraction and the transition to hydrogen-bas
 ed steel in Northern Sweden/Sápmi. She is now a postdoctoral researcher i
 n the project “A Just Transition to a Sustainable Municipality” (JUSUM
 U) working with Eric Brandstedt. The project focuses on grievances in tran
 sition designs at the local level and on how perceived injustices can be a
 ddressed. Grievances pertain to transportation\, energy infrastructure\, a
 griculture\, wetlands\, and uranium mining.\n\nMer information om händels
 en: https://www.sam.lu.se/evenemang/research-seminar-sociology-law-eric-br
 andstedt-georgia-de-leeuw
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LOCATION:Room M331\, 3rd floor\, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18 (House M)\, Lund a
 nd online.
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