Lucas Chancel: What kind of ecological transition for what kind of society?
Description
Why is the history of energy so closely linked to that of social inequality? How can we frame debates on energy transition in light of conflicts over wealth distribution?For thousands of years, the use of energy has shaped human societies, structuring their hierarchies and power relations. Its control is a vehicle for emancipation as much as it is a tool of domination. Ownership of energy resources and infrastructure is a battleground for social, political, and geostrategic struggles. Depending on who owns energy, radically different societal choices can arise.But how has the link between energy and inequality developed since prehistoric times? By combining the results of research in economic history, archaeology, and climate science, Lucas Chancel seeks to show how, over the long term, the technical and political frameworks that determine energy use are linked to the distribution of wealth among individuals, social groups, and nations.The history of energy cannot be reduced to its technical dimension, nor to the sum of past political choices. It opens up a diversity of possible futures, where the decoupling of energy consumption, material resources, and prosperity is inseparable from the question of social justice.This book advocates for an ecological transition based on a collective reappropriation of energy. Drawing on experiences of wealth redistribution from the past century, it outlines an alternative to ecological disaster and extreme inequality through the development of new forms of public and participatory ownership in the 21st century.
Biography
Lucas Chancel is a professor at Sciences Po Paris, at the Center for Research on Social Inequality, and co-director of the Laboratory on Global Inequality at the Paris School of Economics. He has taught at Harvard University in the United States.
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Mercredis des Savoirs
Workshops with a variety of active pedagogy themes during which your children will develop their sense of observation, analysis and critical thinking through experiments, scientific games and extraordinary discoveries. Practical Who are the workshops for? The workshops are aimed at children aged between 9 and 12. The number of children per workshop is limited to 12 to ensure optimal learning. What are the workshop themes? Workshops enable children to discover science and technology through a variety of themes: water pollution, astronomy, electricity, cinema and history. When do the workshops take place? Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - Stellar ScapeWednesday, November 13, 2024 - Tour of the astronomical observatoryWednesday, December 11, 2024 - Small travelling museum of technologyWednesday, January 15, 2025 - BeesWednesday, February 19, 2025 - Perfumes in historyWednesday, March 26, 2025 - Health of our rivers: in peril?Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Colors in historyWednesday, May 14, 2025 - Birds and batsWednesday, June 11, 2025 - ElectricityWhat time do the workshops take place?Workshops run from2:00pm to 4:00pm with reception from 1:30pm and childcare until 4:30pm. What are the fees for the workshops? Participation in all workshops costs65€* per child (50€* for children of UNamur staff members). This price includes supervision, materials and a snack for each Wednesday. *Decreasing rate after each workshop passed.Who organizes the workshops? The workshops are organized by the Confluent des Savoirs, UNamur's research outreach and dissemination unit. The team, experts in the transmission of knowledge, works in collaboration with university researchers to offer workshops in which your children question, reflect and experiment while having fun!
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Public defense of doctoral thesis in languages, literature and translation - Manon HOUTART
Jury members
Prof. David VRYDAGHS (President), UNamurProf. Denis SAINT-AMAND (Promoter, Secretary), FNRS - UNamurProf. Olivier BELIN, Sorbonne UniversitéProf. Anne REVERSEAU, FNRS - UCLouvainProf. Anne-Christine ROYERE, Université de ReimsYou are cordially invited to attend this defense.The proclamation will be followed by a drink at the Salle académique.
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