Partners

Institut für Soziologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Political scientist, Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Institut für Soziologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika e.V. und Beirat von Kooperation Brasilien e.V. (KoBra)

Institut für Soziale Ökologie, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt/Wien

Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut (ABI) Freiburg

former Director of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Instituts (ABI) Freiburg

Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn

Seminar für Wissenschaftliche Politik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Facheinheit Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Department of Business and Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR)

tobias.haas@mtmedia.org

Bio

Degree in economics and political science at the FU Berlin and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), doctoral tehsis about the political economy of the energy transition in Germany and Spain in a European context at the department for Political Economy and Economic Education at the Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen. Since 2017, he is a research fellow at the Environmental Policy Research Centre, FU Berlin.

Research interests

International Political Economy, Political Ecology, socio-ecological transformations, EU, climate, energy, transport and resource politics

Recent publications

Haas, Tobias; Jürgens, Isabel (2019): VW begrünt? Der Kampf ums Automobil. In: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 9/2019, pp. 13–16.

Haas, Tobias (2019): Comparing energy transitions in Germany and Spain using a political economy perspective. In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 31, pp. 200–210.

Haas, Tobias (2019): Struggles in European Union energy politics: a gramscian perspective on power in energy transitions. In: Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 48, pp. 66–74.

 selena.herrera@gmail.com

Bio

Degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM, Spain), Master in Bioenergy at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL, Portugal), and Doctor degree in Energy Planning with emphasis in Environment at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brasil). Researcher at the Grupo de Estudos do Setor Elétrico (GESEL) at the Institute of Economics of the UFRJ (Brasil).

Research interests

bioeconomy, environmental and social impact assessment, global sustainability governance, biofuels and other renewable energies

Recent publications

Castro, Nivalde de; Herrera, Selena (2019): Transición energética mundial. Revista Energia Bolivia, Edición 69.

Herrera, Selena (2018): Plan de Desarrollo Regional Sostenible: Contribución Innovadora de la Central de Belo Monte (Brasil) y su Evaluación Realista. IX Congreso Internacional en Gobierno, Administración y Políticas Públicas - GIGAPP, in Madrid (Spain).

Herrera, Selena (2013): A Polêmica Sustentabilidade dos Biocombustíveis. Revista ADvir n.º 31 - Geração e Disponibilidade Energética Sustentável para o Futuro: Hidroeletricidade, Energia Eólica, Solar e Nuclear, Petróleo e Biomassa, ASDUERJ, pp. 65–76, 15. ISSN 1518-3769.

gysli@leeds.ac.uk 

Bio

Master Degree in International Relation at the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali- LUISS Guido Carli, Rome (Italy); Fellow Researcher of the Group Bioeconomy and Inequalities. Since 2016, PhD student at the School of Geography of the University of Leeds (England); title: “Land concentration and landgrabbing in Europe”.

Research interests

relations between property regimes of land, use patterns and global dynamics of contemporary capitalism

Recent publication

Lipari, Samadhi (2020): Industrial-scale wind energy in Italian southern Apennine: territorio grabbing, value extraction and democracy. In: Scienze del Territorio, no. 8, pp. 154–169. https://doi.org/10.13128/sdt-11810External link.

philippe_porto@hotmail.com

Bio

Graduated in law at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2014) and obtained a masters degree in Sociology and Law Universidade Federal Fluminense (2017). Currently PhD student at the Graduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA) of the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, with a grant from the Brazilian research institution CAPES.

Research interests

Environmental law, environmental sociology, environmental legislation, protected areas and socio-ecological conflicts.

Recent publications

PORTO, P. S. S. (2019): Processos e sentidos sobre meio ambiente e ruralidades em disputa no contexto de atuação do INEA na APA Macaé de Cima (RJ). IX EPED - Encontro de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito.

PORTO, M. F. S. ; PORTO, P. S. S. (2017): Ecologia política da água: conflitos ambientais no Brasil e defesa dos comuns. In: Pedro Roberto Jacobi; Ana Paula Fracalanza; Vanessa Empinotti. (Org.). Governança da água no contexto da escassez hídrica. 1ed.São Paulo: IEE-USP,UFABC e GovAmb, v. , pp. 114–146.

penhaluciano@hotmail.com

Bio

Geographer and PhD candidate at the graduate programme for Geography at the Pará State University (Brazil). From Oct., 1^st, 2019 until Apr., 1^st, 2020, he is a Research Fellow at the Group Bioeconomy and Inequalities. He is promoted by the Brazilian national programme for scientific cooperation in the Amazon area (PROCAD AMAZÔNIA) of the Brazilian research funding CAPES.

Research interests

hydroelectric power stations in the Amazon area, Economic Geography, Political Geography, Energy-Geopolitics, energy transition, construction and land planning, Industrial Geography

Recent publications

Macedo, M.; Penha, L.; Medeiros, G.; Silva, M. (2019). “A Territorialidade do Extrativismo Vegetal no Maranhão: analise econômica do buriti na Comunidade Serra da Cinta, Sitio Novo”. Capítulo do livro Produção Espacial e dinâmicas socioambientais no Brasil organizado por Silva, C.; Quaresma, C.; Silva, J. Belém (Brasil), GAPTA/UFPA, pp. 147–166. ISBN 978-85-63117-41-0.

Penha, L.; Silva, M.; Almeida, C. (2018) “Dinâmica territorial da extração mineral na Amazônia brasileira: análise da Compensação Financeira da gipsita em Grajaú/ Ma”. XII Bienal del Coloquio Transformaciones Territoriales: Interrogantes y desafíos en las territorialidades emergentes em Bahía Blanca (Argentina).

Silva, M.; Penha, L.; Bezerra, L. (2018) “Desdobramentos da questão agrária no sul do maranhão, Brasil: reflexões preliminares de um estudo em Grajaú”. XII Bienal del Coloquio Transformaciones Territoriales: Interrogantes y desafíos en las territorialidades emergentes em Bahía Blanca (Argentina).

har2naghita@yahoo.com

Bio

Holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kassel, Germany and since July 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Social Inequalities” at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany.

Research interests

Labour rights, labour relations and gender. Her current research focuses on labour relations in Indonesian oil palm plantations.

Recent publications

Sinaga, Hariati (2021): „Buruh Siluman: The Making and Maintaining of Cheap and Disciplined Labour on Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia“. In: Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (Eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 175–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_9External link.

Sinaga, Hariati (2020): Competitive Pressures and Labour Rights. The Indonesian Oil Palm Plantation and Automobile Sectors. In: Scherrer, Christoph (Eds.): Labour and Globalization, Vol. 19. Augsburg/München: Rainer Hampp Verlag. https://kobra.uni-kassel.de/bitstream/handle/123456789/11558/LaborAndGlobalizationVol19.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yExternal link.

vtoledolopez@gmail.com

Bio

Degree in International Relations by Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA), Doctor in Social Sciences by University of Buenos Aires (UBA); Diploma in Agrarian Social Studies in Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO). Postdoctoral fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) in the Group of Political Ecology of the Institute of Studies for Social Development of the National University of Santiago del Estero (INDES FHCSyS/UNSE-CONICET). Asociated to Grupo de Estudios Ambientales del Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani (UBA).

Research interests

Political ecology, environmental conflicts and justice, agrofuels and impacts of agribusiness.

Recent publications

Toledo-López, Virginia; Tittor, Anne (2019): Contradicciones en torno a las innovaciones y certificaciones en el sector de la bioenergía en Argentina. In: Letras Verdes. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioambientales 26, pp. 87–110. https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/letrasverdes/article/view/3896/2873External link.

Schmidt, Andrea Mariana; Toledo López, Virginia (2018): Agronegocio, impactos ambientales y conflictos por el uso de agroquímicos en el norte argentino, Revista Kavilando, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 162–179.

Toledo López, Virginia (2018): Progresión del agronegocio, biodiesel y despojo en el Gran Chaco. In: Revista del CISEN Tramas/Maepova, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 151–171. [online] http://ppct.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php/cisen/index

Projeto Nova Cartografia Social Da Amazônia

Universidade Federal do Pará

Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos (NAEA)

Universitário, Belém, Brazil

Research interests:
new social cartography, territorial struggles, social movements, ethnicity, colonialism, citizenship

Lecturer in Sociology & Social Anthropology

Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Heritage

University Malaysia Sabah

Kota Kinabalu

Research interests:
Borderland Studies, International Migration, Labour, Ethnic Identity

Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP)

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC)

Rondeau 467 2º Piso (5000) Bº Nueva Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Research interests:
Public Policy, Citizenship, Environmental Justice, Environmental Rights, Climate Change, Social Movements

Center for Urban and Regional Studies -CEUR / CONICET-.

Saavedra 15. Floor 6th. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Research interests:
Public Policy, Family Farming, Agroindustry, Innovation and Technology, International Trade, Labour Markets, Conosur

Professor in Social Science, Sociology and Geography

Human Science Faculty

Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Studies on Latin America

Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, Km 12 - Cidade Universitária

Caixa Postal 364- Dourados-MS (Brasil) - CEP 79804-970

Research interests:
State Theory, Public Policy, Social Movements, Democracy, Latin America

Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Social Anthropology Programme

Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Heritage,

University Malaysia Sabah

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Research interests:
Urban Poverty, Fishing Community, Child labour

Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA)

Amazonian Institute on Family Farmers (Instituto Amazônico de Agriculturas Familiares - INEAF)

Campus Universitário do Guamá
66075-110 Belém/Pará, Brazil

Research interests:
Land grabbing; Territorial conflicts; traditional communities in the Amazon Basin

Professor in Pedagogy and Social Science

Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes

R. José Francisco Raposo, 1140 - Jardim Parateí

08900-000 Guararema - SP

Research interests:
Popular Education, Rural Education, Agrarian Reform, Social Movements, Latin America

Projeto Nova Cartografia Social da Amazônia

Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA), Universidade do Estado do Maranhão(UEMA)- Brazil

Research interests:
new social cartography, territorial struggles, social movements, participation, diversity, Amazon region, agricultural strategy, sustainable development

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Graduate Center for Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA),

Research Interests:
Agroindustry, familiar agriculture, science and technology, innovation, competitiveness, Mercosur, economic sociology, market dynamics