How can the ecological transition also become a democratic transition? What role can energy communities, public participation, and environmental justice play in this process? 

Presentation

This conference, organized as part of the PRIN PNRR project "Democratizing Energy, Energizing Democracy", will bring together some of the most authoritative voices in the international debate on energy, environment, and democracy.

Keynote speakers will include John Dryzek, Stephen Elstub, and Bregje Van Veelen. Other confirmed speakers include Pierrick Chalaye, Stéphanie Déchezelles, Aurore Dudka, Ivano Scotti, Lorenzo De Vidovich, Giulia Rispoli, Massimo Cuono, Vittorio Martone, and Eleonora Piromalli, with contributions ranging from political philosophy to environmental sociology, democratic theory, and social movement research

Sessions will be held in English (September 18) and Italian (September 19), with simultaneous translation available for speakers and attendees. 
Free admission.

For information and mailing list subscription: democratizing.energy@gmail.com

Programme

18 September, 15:00–19:30

Chair: Eleonora Piromalli

• Piergiorgio Donatelli, Director of the Department of Philosophy: Institutional greetings
• John Dryzek: Ecological democracy now
• Stephen Elstub: Deliberative democracy, the climate crisis, and the role of climate assemblies
• Bregje Van Veelen: Energy democracy: From ideal to (contested) practice
• Pierrick Chalaye: Endless (green) energy for the rich, energy precarity for the rest

Coffee break

Discussion

19 September, 9:30–13:30

Chair: Stefano Petrucciani

• Lorenzo de Vidovich: Le CER nel contrasto alla povertà energetica tra nodi irrisolti e potenzialità eco-sociali
• Ivano Scotti: Pensieri, opere e omissioni: le comunità energetiche promosse dalle Curie italiane. Prime evidenze da un’indagine empirica
• Stephanie Déchezelles: (Contestazione dell’) eolico di grande taglia e democrazia: rappresentazioni, pratiche e attori delle contro-mobilitazioni energetiche
• Aurore Dudka: Donne e democrazia energetica: sfide e opportunità nelle comunità energetiche

Coffee break

Discussion

19 September, 15:00–18:30

Chair: Giorgio Fazio

• Giulia Rispoli: Storie di energia e metabolismo della biosfera nell'ecologia globale
• Massimo Cuono, Vittorio Martone: Imperativo climatico e politica del tempo: governare le transizioni
• Eleonora Piromalli: Comunità energetiche e relazioni di riconoscimento: un approccio filosofico-politico

Coffee break

Discussion

Discussants

Giulio Azzolini, Tiziana Banini, Giorgio Cesarale, Giorgio Fazio, Giovanna Gianturco, Maria Chiara Giorgi, Eleonora Montuschi, Valentina Pazè, Stefano Petrucciani