The Repúblicas of Coimbra, in collaboration with the Ecology and Society Lab working group of the Centre for Social Studies (ECOSOC-CES), are promoting a workshop on Climate Crisis and Epistemic Justice. The proposal aims not only to address the climate transition from a critical perspective, but also to discuss how different forms of knowledge are recognised or marginalised.

The event will feature ECOSOC researchers Jonas Van Vossole, Djamila Andrade and Gustavo Garcia, who will bring fundamental reflections on the environmental and ecological challenges linked to inequalities stemming from the class, colonial and patriarchal structures inherent in capitalism, and how these are reflected in the discourse and production of knowledge. The workshop is part of the reactivation of (Re)esistências em 2025, an intense cultural programme organised by the Repúblicas de Coimbra, which will take place between 17 and 28 March, reviving the tradition that began in the 1990s and has been interrupted since 2012.

The session will take place in the Paços da República dos INKAS (Rua da Matemática, nº 2, RC) and will be a space for debate and the collective construction of knowledge. Aimed essentially at the student public of Coimbra, this workshop reflects the commitment of ECOSOC and the Republics of Coimbra to strengthen initiatives of resistance and critical thinking, reinforcing the role of university spaces in critical learning and social transformation.

Bio notes 

Jonas Van Vossole: Belgian sociologist, economist and political scientist. His research interests include democracy, social movements, social protest, critical political science, political ecology and political economy. He is a researcher at CES and co-ordinator of the Ecology and Society Lab (ECOSOC). His current research project – “Nature and Labour” - aims to understand and propose trade union democracy as an alternative to the democratic and ecological crisis of capitalism.

Djamila Andrade: Mozambican engineer and sociologist. She is a PhD candidate in the “Human Rights in Contemporary Societies” doctoral programme at CES - University of Coimbra, is a member of ECOSOC and researches topics such as ecofeminisms, feminist political ecology and agroecology.

Gustavo Garcia: Engaged academic, educator and apprentice organiser from the islands of Puerto Rico. Co-coordinator of the Ecology and Society Lab (ECOSOC-CES), he has a transdisciplinary background in socio-environmental sciences, combining political ecology, environmental planning and public policy with decolonial studies of Latin America and the Caribbean. His work focuses on transformative eco-social initiatives and movements, bridging the concepts of commons and commoning, self-management, insurgent ecologies, environmental/climate justice movements and just transitions.