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Here they report on their experiences and collaborations.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Reading time: 9 minutes)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Spalte Inhalt&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/jtc.uni-halle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BAZ01850-Enhanced-NR-scaled.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;JTC Team A1 Strukturwandel &#038;<br \/>\nPartizipation: Gruppenbild \u2013 Dr. Jan Winkler, Hermine B\u00e4r, Cheyenne Wolf, Pia Kahlfu\u00df, nicht abgebildet: Felix Schiedlowski&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Group Picture_Just Transition-Workshop, Photo: Univ. 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The collaboration brought together scholars of legal studies, the social sciences, economics, environmental studies and computer science aiming at recalibrating research approaches and methodologies for <em>just transition<\/em> research.<\/p>\n<p>The participants at the two-day workshop on 10-11 April 2025, from the JTC included Jonathan Everts, Steffi Formann (online), Chiara Gemoll, Shuai Han (online), J\u00fcrgen H\u00f6pfel (online) Alexander Klose (online), Stefan Knau\u00df, Katrin Seidel, Timm Sureau, Christian Tietje and Amy Walker on-site. The CSDLP participants were Nelly Bencomo, Bilal Bilal, John Bothwell, Simona Capisiani, Giles Gasper, Mustafa Kamran, Laura Marsiliani (online), Petra Minnerop, Kate Morris, Katalin Sulyok (online) and Angelia Wang. Through 13 presentations from various disciplinary backgrounds, plenary discussions, and a collaborative mapping session, we explored diverse analytical tools to examine and understand the plural realities of transitions that are constantly being constructed, then negotiated, appropriated, or contested.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop focussed on the interlinkages between legal studies, social sciences and data science methodologies, combining quantitative and qualitative methods, normative frameworks, and empirical insights to explore both the \u2018what is\u2019 and the \u2018what ought to be\u2019 of <em>just transitions<\/em> (JTs). During our interdisciplinary dialogue, we mapped potential and limitations of research methods, searching for ways to generate holistic, practical knowledge for just transitions.<\/p>\n<p>The event aimed to address critical questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can we transcend disciplinary silos to capture the complexity of transitions?<\/li>\n<li>How can we balance technological innovation with ecosocical justice?<\/li>\n<li>What role do plurality, power dynamics, and epistemic diversity play in shaping \u201cun\/just\u201d outcomes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This blog entry discusses the outcomes, themes and implications of the workshop, offering reflections on how interdisciplinary collaboration can shape research on <em>just transitions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;#&#8221; button_text=&#8221;PDF herunterladen&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_border_width=&#8221;2px&#8221; button_border_color=&#8221;#2e2e2e&#8221; button_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;continue reading&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#2e2e2e&#8221; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; open_icon_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Weiterlesen&#8221; module_class=&#8221;weiterlesen&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#2e2e2e&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Shared Vision for Just Transitions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The collaboration between Martin Luther University and Durham University emerged from a shared understanding of the urgency of climate action and the imperative of <em>just<\/em> transitions of two teams: JTC\u2019s innovation team <em>Transregional Just Transition Governance: socio-legal and politico-economic perspectives<\/em> examines how law, governance, and socio-economic equity intersect in the shift towards a \u2018climate-neutral\u2019 world. Meanwhile, CSDLP\u2019s <em>JusTNOW \u2013 Just Transitions to a Net Zero World<\/em> investigates the pathways to decarbonisation through interdisciplinary legal and policy research.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams agree: we are at a pivotal moment. The era of fossil fuels including lignite, coal, gas, fuel, diesel, and bunker oil is ending, or must gradually end, with industry clusters declining or transitioning, making way for new economic ecosystems. Yet entrenched legacy systems impede transformation in key sectors, while energy-intensive machine learning data centres pose new challenges around ownership and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>This shared perspective unites both initiatives under a core mission: to address the systemic governance challenges of phasing out fossil fuels while safeguarding ecosocial transitions. This is articulated through multilevel governance frameworks are designed to ensure that <em>no one is left behind<\/em> or pushed further behind in the global shifts towards low-carbon, environmentally sustainable economies and societies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cross-cutting themes<\/strong><strong> for<\/strong><strong> JT Research and Pathways<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Plurality<\/h4>\n<p>The workshop\u2019s participants emphasised that just transition research must embrace plurality while critically engaging with questions of democracy in the context of value pluralism.<\/p>\n<p>As transitions are not a national but international endeavours, Katrin Seidel and Timm Sureau advocate for a <strong>transregional approach<\/strong> to capture the interconnected, multiscale nature of transitions within a globally plural legal landscape. It also stresses the ethical imperative of striving for actually <em>just<\/em> outcomes, focusing on how transitions are designed, implemented and experienced. Thus, legal frameworks and policies cannot be analysed in isolation; they must be situated within local political power dynamics, economic incentives, and community needs.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding transitions as process-oriented, actor-centred phenomenon necessities qualitative, empirical methods \u2013 e.g. ethnography, case studies, and fieldwork \u2013 that reveal how diverse actors negotiate context-specific meanings for \u2018justice\u2019 and \u2018transition\u2019: This lens reveals JT\u2019s promises and limits, fostering a processual understanding of law and governance. It bridges gaps between formal legal frameworks and the legal practice, ensuring transitions are evaluated with their political, economic, and social justice dimensions. By starting from legal pluralism as a fact, JT research moves beyond dichotomies \u2013 such as \u201ctop-down\u201d vs. \u201cbottom-up\u201d \u2013 to address the interconnected, often uncanny realities of ecosocial change.<\/p>\n<h4>Interdisciplinarity<\/h4>\n<p>Embracing plurality means thinking beyond disciplinary silos. Just Transition research is inherently interdisciplinary, yet disciplinary silos often impede its full potential. Spanning economic, legal, political, social, geographical and environmental, and natural and material sciences, JT demands a departure from \u2018traditional\u2019 academic disciplines and policy frameworks that isolate knowledge within rigid boundaries. Our workshop underscored the limitations of such siloed thinking and methodologies, revealing how fragmented approaches risk exacerbating inequalities or overlooking systemic injustices. To address the multifaceted nature of just transition, research must integrate deductive, inductive, and mixed methods, bridging \u201claw in the books\u201d with \u201claw in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Tensions, Ethics and Reflexivity<\/h4>\n<p>Just transition research demands scholars to work with inherent conflicts between competing values \u2013 such as growth vs. sustainability or individual vs. collective rights. Central to this endeavour is the ethical imperative to avoid reinforcing existing power imbalances while maintaining self-awareness to avoid reinforcing existing power imbalances. As notions of \u201cjustice\u201d permeate every stage of research \u2013 from design and participation to implementation \u2013 self-awareness, reflexivity and ethics are key for navigating these tensions responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Simona Capisiani\u2019s philosophical exploration of the \u2018right to liveable space\u2019 have proposed an ethical framework for addressing climate im\/mobility in a principled way, arguing that justice requires not only resource redistribution but also recognition of diverse worldviews. She emphasis procedural justice \u2013 ensuring, for example, inclusive decision-making \u2013 is as important as normative understandings of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Stefan Knau\u00df advocates for balancing ecological and social justice through <em>transformative learning<\/em>, a concept integrating educational, environmental concerns, and social justice principles. By modifying <em>Ethical Value Analysis<\/em> for JT research through refocus on \u2018principles\u2019 rather than abstract \u2018values\u2019, he frames \u2018sustainability\u2019 as an inherent normative and conflictive principle encompassing ecologic, economic, social dimensions.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Inclusion, Participation and Equity<\/em> <em>in Just Transition Pathways<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Inclusion was identified as prerequisites for democratising transformative potential of JTs. Sociocultural responsive methodologies \u2013 including gender-sensitive and Indigenous knowledge system \u2013 were highlighted by Wang as essential tools for centering marginalised voices in shaping transition pathways. Bilal Bilal\u2019s quantitative analysis of CO\u2082 emissions, for example, highlighted the urgent need for climate policies that address the disproportionate impact of pollution on low-income communities, reinforcing the link between environmental harm and systemic inequality.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions are also centered on the socio-political-tech dimensions of JT, emphasising class-based politics and the feasibility of intersectional inclusivity. For example, Amy Walker\u2019s human-geographic ethnographic research on communities affected by just transitions revealed how top-down policies often fail to align with lived realities, exposing tensions between institutional agendas and lived experiences. Her work stresses the importance of participatory methods that amplify marginalised perspectives, ensuring transitions are not only ecologically sound but socially grounded.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Angelia Wang further argued that JT agendas must expand beyond economic and environmental metrics to safeguard cultural heritage and intergenerational equity. She calls for a shift from \u201cpreservation\u201d to \u201cco-design\u201d in just transitions\u201d, integrating discourse analysis to create an \u201cecology of diverse knowledge systems\u201d that includes gender-responsive and culturally sensitive approaches.<\/p>\n<p>The role of digitalisation in transitions also came under scrutiny. Ghulam Mustafa Kamran called for a Human-Centered AI discipline, urging machine learning systems designed to \u201camplify and augment\u201d human capabilities rather than displace them. He emphasises equity, privacy, and cognitive autonomy, and need-based design, while Nelly Bencomo explored the role of AI and digital twins in accelerating transitions and warned against exclusionary risks in AI driven transitions. She stressed the ethical imperative to co-design data inputs with local communities, ensuring that datasets reflect diverse knowledge systems. Bilal Bilal reiterated the need for international cooperation rooted in climate equity. His quantitative analysis of CO\u2082 emissions in high-emission countries revealed the urgency of aligning energy policies with social justice principles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Looking Ahead:<\/strong> <strong>Building on Collaborative Momentum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Durham workshop demonstrated the transformative potential of collaboration in addressing complex plural realities of Just Transitions. By centering interdisciplinarity, multiplicity and ethics, the event highlighted how actionable knowledge can merge when legal, social, and technological perspectives converge. Participants agreed: JT research must move beyond \u2018technical\u2019 fixes and market-driven logics, prioritising participatory governance and equitable power redistribution. Only by embedding inclusion \u2013 from data collection to policy design \u2013 can transitions address historical injustices and foster systemic change.<\/p>\n<p>JT research must thus embrace uncertainty, fostering a culture that views plurality, tensions, conflicts and setbacks not merely as obstacles but as catalysts for conflict resolution and innovation. This approach requires interdisciplinary collaboration that challenge hegemonic narratives \u2013 such as the assumption that decarbonisation inherently equates to justice \u2013 and prioritises equity in both process and outcome. Only by dealing with ethical and methodological complexities can JT research illuminate pathways that reconcile systemic transformation with deeply rooted ecosocial concerns. Bridging legal, social, and technological perspectives and thereby recalibrating approaches and methodology to just transition research through interdisciplinary dialogue, and participatory research offers a blueprint for future collaborations. As we move forward, the cross-cutting themes, research questions and tools developed during the workshop will guide and deepen our joint efforts to reimagine <em>ecosocial <\/em>transitions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Next Steps for collaboration:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Conducting the International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/research\/institutes-and-centres\/csdlp\/news-and-events\/events\/2025\/just-transitions-to-net-zero-second-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Conference on \u2018<strong>Just Transitions to a Net Zero World<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/research\/institutes-and-centres\/csdlp\/news-and-events\/events\/2025\/just-transitions-to-net-zero-second-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em><u>\u2019<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/a><u> (<\/u>9-10 October 2025) at Durham University to discuss key challenges:<br \/>(1) Interdisciplinary Research for Conceptualisations of Just Transitions,<br \/>(2) Digital and Technical Infrastructures for Just Transitions,<br \/>(3) Financing Just Transitions,<br \/>(4) Science for Just Transitions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Creating integrative methodological toolkits:<\/em> Building on the workshop\u2019s focus on inductive, deductive, and participatory methods, we will develop toolkits tailored to JT research. These tools will be tested in case studies across sectors, such as the chemical industry (as explored by Alexander Klose and J\u00fcrgen H\u00f6pfel).<\/p>\n<p><em>Expanding Interdisciplinary Networks<\/em>: Establishing a European Union network for interdisciplinary knowledge sharing of JT, proposed by <u>Steffi Formann to <\/u>pool strategies and competencies across sectors, fostering collaboration between natural and social scientists.<\/p>\n<p>By sustaining this momentum, our collaborative efforts will focus on expanding transnational research partnerships, analysing emerging governance structures, and developing strategies to integrate <em>ecosocial<\/em> considerations. The complexity of Just Transition challenges necessitates iterative, evidence-based approaches. 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