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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Our special issue, "Environmental justice in Europe, spatial dimensions", is now finalized and published in the journal Belgeo! It includes 15 articles, in EN or FR, all available in open access: journals.openedition.org/belgeo/81567.... co-edited with Sophie Moreau, Sophie Vanwambeke & Edwin Zaccaï

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'll be in Paris tomorrow for the summer school of the Sustainable Development Doctoral Society of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. I'll talk about how environmental justice went from a "research frontier to a policy solution" and what we can learn from that blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/sdds/summer-...

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Summer School in Science and Policy | Sustainable Development Doctoral Society

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📢 Do you want to make the theoretical and empirical case for meaningful social inclusion and diverse leadership in UK climate policy and action? We’re delighted to announce a fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship in the JUST Centre, based at @manchester.ac.uk 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/42gKLIH

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Très heureux d'avoir pu apporter mon petit grain de sel au documentaire Res Nullius de Thomas Jean, qui illustre avec brio les racines communes des dépossessions sociales et environnementales à l'oeuvre à Bruxelles 🇧🇪 (actuellement en salle au cinéma Aventure) www.lesuricate.org/res-nullius-...

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Res Nullius : biodiversité, aménagement du territoire et justice sociale

Un documentaire fort de sa cohérence, qui explique, réjouit et émeut.

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The @frbiodiv.bsky.social's CESAB has opened its 2026 call for synthesis research on biodiversity. 3y projects, funds 1 postdoc + 5 week long team meetings in Montpellier 🇫🇷. All disciplines eligible. Feel free to DM/email for questions. www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/calls/app...

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[Call for proposals FRB-CESAB 2026] - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité

Through its Center for Biodiversity Synthesis and Analysis (CESAB), the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research opens its 2026 call for research proposals, to fund two innovative projects relating...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Amazingly thorough live feed by @duycks.bsky.social on the landmark hearing against French fossil fuel major #Total starting today (including a double reference to French hiphop artist Orelsan 😏). Follow Sébastien for more 🤓

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🔥 ⚖️ #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in historic case against TotalEnergies, today & tomorrow, 🇫🇷 🧑‍⚖️ French court holds landmark hearing that could redefine corporate climate accountability. 📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thanks for the shout-out, Lisa! Excited to hear you've used this in class. Did the students like it?

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I'll be at the Blue & Green Justice event in Paris today hosted by @frbiodiv.bsky.social & @cnrs.fr presenting the results of the Just Conservation project (2019-23) in which we reviewed 50 years of data on the role of Indigenous people for conservation: www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/evenement...

a poster of the Blue and Green Justice event. The background shows a satellite photo of a tropical shoreline, where the ocean meets the forest, divided by a beach

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Xmas came early this year! Grateful to #IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy for their Research and Knowledge Award (including backlit award plaque ✨). It's a collective award for our work on the role of Indigenous people and local communities in conservation 🌿 #selfbrag

A photo of the award plaque and document

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 01/12/2025

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.

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The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My people have a call for papers up for #POLLEN2026 on Waste and Environmental Justice. Check it out here: nomadit.co.uk/conference/p... and feel free to reach out with questions! @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Major environmental justice win just dropped in Brussels 🇧🇪. The Constitutional Court suspends the postponement of the city's Low Emission Zone, stressing the disproportionate exposure of low-income communities and vulnerable groups www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/174...

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Constitutional Court suspends postponement of Brussels' Low Emission Zone

"This decision is a reminder that the LEZ is an essential tool for reducing pollution, protecting the most vulnerable, and ensuring healthier air for everyone."

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Very proud to see our 2021 paper in Ecology & Society on the role of Indigenous people in conservation is most cited paper of the journal for 2020-24 🔥 masterfully led by @neildawson.bsky.social. Just Conservation project funded by FRB/Cesab @nmouquet.bsky.social @googlescholar.bsky.social

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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

L'absence de solutions collectives face au changement climatique nous force dans des engrenages individualisants, amplifiants à la fois les émissions de gaz à effets de serre et les inégalités face au changement climatique. Interview de l'été ☀️ 🥵 dans Moustique mag: www.moustique.be/notre-epoque...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'll be chairing 2 important sessions at the XXVI International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) at UMons this week. This first one is a double keynote with @winterchristine.bsky.social and @julianagyeman.bsky.social! We'll talk about (in)justice, ecology, cities and... sand!

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The next EOS seminar is tomorrow with our in-house leading lady @anansoms.bsky.social presenting her latest book, Spaces for Stories (UCLouvain Press). Join us at 13:30 CEST, on site in LLN or online on Teams: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...

A screenshot of the event of the EOS seminar with An Ansoms on 22 May 2025

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

📢new paper alert, check it out in the Journal of Rural Studies! Empowering European farmers: Insights from decolonial theory and indigenous people in Latin America. Led by Lou Lecuyer (@inrae-france.bsky.social): authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktvo2eyKF...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This Thursday ! Join us at 13:30 CET in Louvain-la-Neuve (LECL93) or on MS Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... The session will be bilingual FR/EN @pyneron.bsky.social

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

New: Compounding Barriers to Environmental Justice. It has long been argued (and clearly demonstrated) that institutionalised racism is a key barrier to EJ. We illustrate 4 distinct, interrelated ways this is manifest: general, political, legal, and cultural. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Compounding barriers to environmental justice

This paper examines how environmental justice (EJ) activists and scholars experience and think about the barriers to beneficial change. It reports findings from an international study that used Q m...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We are hosting the one & only @pyneron.bsky.social at UCLouvain on 27 March. His new book, 'Seeing Like a Firm' (OUP) not only is the best thing you'll read this year, it also wins the prize of hottest book cover🔥💅 Join us on-site or online: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... (Teams link coming soon)

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

C'est demain! Rejoignez nous à 13h30 au Collège Leclercq (LECL93) à Louvain-la-Neuve ou sur Teams via teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Probably not as attractive as a paper on how to best cook egg yolk 🐣, but our Correspondence piece on climate justice is out in the February issue of Nature Climate Change @natureportfolio.nature.com trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...

A screenshot of the webpage of the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Le jeudi 20/2, @dr-pierre-andre.bsky.social et Axel Gosseries (FNRS) présentent leur livre "La justice climatique" (Que Sais-je?, 2024) à EOS: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts.... Rejoignez-nous (sur place/Teams) ! (une collab avec le Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Crise Ecologique)

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice

A screenshot of the article "Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research" on the website of the scientific journal Nature Climate Change

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

C'est vendredi ! (On commence à 13h30, pas 14h)

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Patient M. POLEPOLE @polepole1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

186 académiques s'opposent au Projet du gouvernement Degryse sur la hausse des frais d'inscription pour les étudiants non-européens en Belgique, dénonçant l’impact sur la diversité et la précarité des étudiants des Suds (1/2) www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...

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"Nous appelons à maintenir la tradition d'accessibilité et d'ouverture de l'enseignement supérieur aux étudiants internationaux"

Académiques attachés au maintien d'un modèle d'enseignement supérieur accessible, interculturel et riche de sa diversité, nous dénonçons le projet du gouvernement Degryse d'augmenter les frais d'inscr...

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

A starter pack for people studying how human affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at global scale, across terrestrial and marine realms & conservation challenges. Sounds like Global Ecology ! sure I missed many people, reply to be added, and share to spread ! go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

New conservative government of Wallonia (francophone Belgium) slashes funding for conservation of #biodiversity by 75%. Mass extinction? What mass extinction? ☠️☠️

Screenshot of an article on the website of the Belgian daily Le Soir with the title: "Wallonia slashes its budget for biodiversity"

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An Ansoms @anansoms.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Excited to join this new initiative #UCLouvain - perspectives from the global south and north on environment and climate

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Nous lançons un tout nouveau centre de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales de l'environnement à l'#UCLouvain ! 👀🤓🌻 Rejoignez-nous pour le séminaire inaugural d'EOS avec Eloi Laurent (Sciences Po/Stanford) le 6 décembre prochain. Inscriptions: ttps://forms.office.com/e/5KbpErzZPe #HelloESR

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

⏰ 2 weeks left to submit your abstracts for our special issue on environmental justice in Europe!

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

🚨Call for papers 🗒️ Special issue on environmental justice in Europe (spatial dimensions) in #Belgeo, Belgian journal of geography (free of charge,💎diamond #openaccess). Info: journals.openedition.org/belgeo/70085 w/ Sophie Vanwambeke (UCLouvain), Sophie Moreau (@UGustaveEiffel) & Edwin Zaccai (ULB)

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2025 - 4 « La justice environnementale en Europe, dimensions spatia...

La justice environnementale en Europe, dimensions spatiales L’analyse de la justice environnementale met l’accent sur la répartition inégale des coûts et des bénéfices environnementaux et cherche à...

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2025 - 4 « La justice environnementale en Europe, dimensions spatia...

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Check out our first CESABINAR which was given by @bcoolsaet.bsky.social and Neil Dawson from the former #CESAB group JustConservation : Linking theories and practices of justice in biodiversity conservation : equity in conservation practice enhances conservation effectiveness bit.ly/4bc37g1 🧪🌍🦤🦑

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Cesabinar #1 - JUSTCONSERVATION

💻 CESABINARS a new series of online seminars, launched by the FRB-CESAB this year. The aim of these seminars is to present the main results of the working g...

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

We are hiring 3 PhD students (sociology, management, and human geography) for a transdisciplinary research project on circular economy + environmental justice in Brussels. Check it out & circulate: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/236430. Deadline for applications is 19 August 2024.

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3 PhD research fellows (sociology, management, and human geography) in a research project on “Just Transition in the Circular Economy” | EURAXESS

Short Summary At UCLouvain, are seeking to recruit 3 PhD research fellows in the following areas

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

We are at it again, people! Great funding opportunities for those working on all things biodiversity & conservation. We are very much interested in SSH-driven research! And you get to work in wonderful Montpellier! Do reach out with questions.

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

I will be joining the @ESG_Project gang tomorrow for a roundtable discussion on environmental justice in Western Europe. All very welcome to join by registering through the link below 👇

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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Please consider the CfP below for a panel on 'Political ecology of Roma environmental vulnerability in Europe' I am organising w/ Anwesha Dutta for the #Pollen24 @PolEcoNet Conference in Lund next year. If interested, send us your abstract by December 12 #EnvJustice #EnvRacism #Roma #vulnerability

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Brendan Coolsaet @bcoolsaet.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

We are late to the game, but Mathilde Gingembre and I are calling for papers on "Just transitions and rural environmental justice in Europe” for #POLLEN2024 in June, 2024 (Lund, Sweden) brendan.coolsaet.eu/pollen2024/ Deadline for abstracts is 10 December!

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