Seminar

Whose power? What are the pathways for energy transition in Portugal? Debate with grassroots groups, local movements and national associations.

April 22, 2025, 10h00-17h00

Room 1, CES | Alta

Programme

A critical gaze on the hegemonic energy transition policies (10h-11h, CEs, Room 1)
Mariana Riquito (PhD candidate, UvA, junior researcher, CES-UC)
Vera Ferreira (PhD candidate, ICS-ULisboa)
Kaya Schwemmlein (PhD candidate, ICS-ULisboa)
Moderator: Jonas Van Vossole (post-doctoral researcher, CES-UC)

Coffee and book exhibit (11h-11h30, CES kitchen, North-South Library)

Listening to first-hand testimonies: socio-ecological conflicts around the energy transition in Portugal. The cases of lithium mining and solar panel construction (11h30-13h, CES, Room 1)

  • Associação Montalegre com Vida
  • Movimento Juntos pelo Cercal
  • Movimento Vamos Salvar os Sobreiros
  • Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
  • Associação Povo e Natureza do Barroso

What energy transition do we want for Portugal? Debate and collective reflection between movements, associations and researchers (15h-17h, CES, Room 1)

  • Associação Montalegre com Vida
  • Movimento Juntos pelo Cercal
  • Movimento Vamos Salvar os Sobreiros
  • Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso
  • Mining Watch Portugal / Observatório Ibérico da Mineração
  • ZERO
  • QUERCUS
  • Researchers from the Universities of Coimbra and Lisbon