One Day Symposium—Environment, Society, and Justice
International Colloquium “Environment, Society, and Justice—Global Perspectives”
21.07.2026 10:00 – 16:30
Location: Rachel Carson Center, fourth floor, Conference Room, Leopoldstr. 11a, 80802 Munich, Germany
Series Convener: Christof Mauch
In this one day international symposium we will discuss recent and groundbreaking research on environmental justice and related topics with doctoral students, visiting scholars, and fellows from different parts of the world and from different disciplines. The symposium is open to everybody.
There will be a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:00.
Nuria del Viso Pabón (FUHEM Ecosocial Foundation / Speak4Nature) on “Environmental Peace: A Bridge Concept Between Ecological Justice and Peace Research”
Philipp Wagner (University of Freiburg) on “EU-Promoted Renewable Energy Infrastructures and the Transformation of Space in Tunisia”
Eduardo Saad (University of São Paulo) on “War and Peace in the Amazon: Peacebuilding and a New Framework for Environmental Justice”
Javier Puente (Smith College) on “Builders, Miners, and Terrorists: Dynamite, Explosive Development, and Ecological Injustice in Peru”
Yuen Chun Genevieve Leung (King's College London) on “Institutional Complementarities in German Plastic Recycling”
Claudia Boscolo (University of Liverpool) on “Representations of the Desert in Literary Imaginaries: From Sacred Threshold to Hyperobject”
María Eugenia Marichal (Universidad Nacional del Litoral) on “Human Right to Food in Argentine Regulation”
Gonzalo Luciano Bailo (Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales) on “Regulation of Native Plants in Argentina: Access and Protection”
Esther Rutter (University of Leeds) on “‘A Uncommon Type of Book’: The Power of Women's Illustrated Nonfiction in Storying Postwar Landscapes, 1951–1968”
Jaime Vindel Gamonal (Instituto de Historia of Consejo de Investigaciones Cientificas) on “Imagining the Energy Transition: Environmental History, Cultural Narratives, and Renewable Futures in Spain”
The symposium is open to all members of the RCC as well as the wider public—everyone interested is warmly invited.