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Neelakshi Joshi

@njoshi.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher, urban planner and architect mostly chasing just sustainability and energy transitions; Guerilla gardening at other times (www.neelakshijoshi.com)

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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Spoiler alert: #Climate #justice might be more important than ever. Link to article:https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-026-00385-2 @ioer.bsky.social @tuuwi.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com @urbantruth.bsky.social @urbanpolitical.bsky.social
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
National, regional and local governments are increasingly moving towards the #right (hello #SachsenAnhalt). What does this mean for those working in #climate and #sustainability spaces? Sometime back @mahiryazar.bsky.social, @FayolaJacobs and I reflected on what this means for cities.
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Leibniz-IÖR Dresden @ioer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How to create a stimulating learning environment with insights into real-world #SpatialPlanning conflicts? @njoshi.bsky.social & Alejandro Mazarro know the answer - and received the AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award 2026. Congratulations! 👏🏻 👉🏻 www.ioer.de/en/press/new... @gpean-planning.bsky.social
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Scientists from the IOER honored with AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award 2026
Neelakshi Joshi and Alejandro de Castro Mazarro from the IOER have received the AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award 2026 for their course "Global Perspectives in Spatial Development". With this award, ...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A youthful democracy just flexed a muscle :-) #cjp #protest m.thewire.in/article/righ...
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Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous - The Wire
Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
MEDIA RELEASE: “The 1-Hour City Conspiracy.” If you are traditional or new media and would like to write, talk, or post about the REAL conspiracy in cities, read our media release, and send us a DM for more information. It’s already making BIG waves! And allies, please help share this. #UrbanTruth
Media release from the Urban Truth Collective on the #1HourCityConspiracy.

“The campaign exposes the truth about those lies, while revealing that the real evidence-supported conspiracy, involving many of the same well-financed actors, is the one that’s created the one hour city. Rather than having life‘s essentials close by, in this one hour city, private sector lobbying and marketing over many decades has led to government decisions that separate and spread our communities out…”
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We urge urban researchers and practitioners to pay attention to this rapidly changing #sociopolitical climate by proposing a research agenda for #urban #climate #justice that meaningfully addresses social discontents as well as anticipates and engages with #ideological #backlash.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New publication alert 📢 Cities have long championed #climate #action and #liberal #social thought. However, we argue this tide is turning fast with the growing #discontents against and the arrival of #rightwing #populists in city councils. doi.org/10.1038/s429...
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The fourth wave of climate urbanism: a research agenda for urban climate justice amid right-wing populism - npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability - The fourth wave of climate urbanism: a research agenda for urban climate justice amid right-wing populism
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Please do post resources here that can help.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
AI is a tool that can assist in writing but outsourcing #critical #thinking at a time in when its foundations are being laid is both alarming and dangerous. As instructors, we need to have more conversations on how #writing is #thinking : www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
As an instructor in #higherEd #grading term papers this year with #AI around has been something else! Broad statements, little or no engagement with classroom discussions,methods that were not used and references that don’t exist were some telltale signs #ai #hallucinations #slop
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
@leipzigerzeitung.bsky.social #energieberg
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@ioer.bsky.social @ufz.de @stadtleipzig.bsky.social @nabu.de @fffleipzig.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @ervcc.bsky.social
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Climate change #skeptic parties are are fast to sense these discontents and use it to consolidate their position in the neighbourhood. Overall, we urge city planners not to forget that people and nature are an integral part of creating a postcarbon city.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We found that discourse supporting urgent action on climate change dominates over #ecological and #social concerns. This creates #discontents with the way #urban #energy #transition is put to practice.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This choice of #location has sparked #opposition from locals and nature conservation groups despite its promise to help the city meet its climate goals.Using #critical #discourse #analysis, we studied the arguments presented for and against the project.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We delve into this #trilemma through our research at the site of a #solar energy project proposed in the city of #Leipzig, Germany. The project is located at a former landfill in #Seehausen, which over twenty years of disuse became a wildlife refuge and beloved green space for residents.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Nature, Climate or People? Which one gets preference is planning a #postcarbon #city? And how do we decide? We explore this in a recent research article: doi.org/10.1080/1354...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
You can find our article here: doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Advancing transformational leadership for climate action - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Advancing transformational leadership for climate action
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We conceptualise leadership as #relational and #collective, emphasising #reflexivity, #co-production, and #social #learning. Drawing on examples from academia and mutual-aid networks, we highlight co-leadership practices that builds #collective #capacity rather than concentrating power.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Based on a two-year collaborative inquiry, we-a group of stubbornly optimistic early career #transdisciplinary researchers, argue that dominant leadership models — rooted in charisma, hierarchy, and expertise — are ill-suited for crises entwined with #justice, #democracy, and #sustainability.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
As #authoritarian #leadership make a global comeback, what hope is there in pursuing #climate #action? Where can be begin to look for #inspiration?
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AWIs4Future @awis4future.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026
Sehr interessantes Paper über ein anderes Verständnis und eine andere Praxis von Führung im Klimaschutz – eine, die auf Reflexivität, Koproduktion und sozialem Lernen basiert - geschrieben von Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem TRACTION collective: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Advancing transformational leadership for climate action - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Advancing transformational leadership for climate action
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Henning Schoenenberger @schoenenberger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Leadership for climate action, sharpened: an open-access piece argues we need transformational leadership approaches that match the speed/scale of climate risk. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #ClimateAction #OpenAccess #ClimateLeadership
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Advancing transformational leadership for climate action - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Advancing transformational leadership for climate action
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Leibniz-IÖR Dresden @ioer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@njoshi.bsky.social hat den #ScienceSlam am Freitag gwonnen. 🎉 Wir gratulieren! 🎉 Kernbotschaft ihres Vortrages war, dass die größte Herausforderung unserer Zeit ist, eine Brücke zwischen Fakten und Weltbildern wieder aufzubauen. #LivableFuture #JustTransition #Science4Peace #FrauenkircheDresden
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Leibniz-IÖR Dresden @ioer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Schaut Freitag (14.11.) vorbei bei #Science4Peace in der Frauenkirche Dresden! Für uns ist Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social am Start. Wir drücken die Daumen! #LivableFuture #JustTransition 👉 www.science-slam.com/termine/dres...
Portraitaufnahme von Neelakshi Joshi. Rechts im Bild Logos der Veranstaltung, UNU Flores, der Technischen Sammlungen Dresden und der Stftung Frauenkirche Dresden. Im Vordergrund drei Schriftzüge: Dresden, 14 November, Neelakshii Joshi, Urbane Klimagerechtigkeit.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do get in touch if you need more information or just propose directly through the conference page. The deadline is Dec 5, 2025. We look forward to your contributions!
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Noura Wahby and I are collecting experiences from diverse contexts that will be woven together to re-construct desert imaginaries and socioecological energy transitions. The panel will lay the foundation of a collective article in the Journal of Political Ecology.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Deserts, perceived as "empty" spaces, become prime locations for large-scale solar and wind projects, raising critical questions about water use, land governance, indigenous and more-than-human rights. This panel examines the energy-water nexus in energy transition projects across desert regions.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Call for contributions for the @pollenetwork.bsky.social Conference 2026 in Barcelona #pollen20206 Consider submitting your contribution to our panel on: Desert Imaginaries and Socio-Ecological Justice: exploring the Energy-Water Nexus in energy transition: nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
globaltapestryofalternatives.org/newsletters:...
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Navigating Autonomy, Energy and Ecology in Ladakh, India
Neelakshi Joshi is a postdoctoral researcher, associated with Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, working on the socioecological impacts of energy transitionsalternatives
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A lot has been said about #Ladakh and Ladakhis in the last few days. For those who know the region and it's people understand the demand for autonomy. For others, @ashishkothari.bsky.social and I provide a glimpse of how Ladakh's demand for autonomy is tightly linked to its ecology and energy future
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Great reporting!
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Do have a look and and if you would like to, do try playing these games. The game material is #openaccess : zenodo.org/records/1489...
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Speaking as a river — a guide for implementing multispecies role-playing games
General Information This is a guide for the application of multispecies role-playing games as a tool in education, transdisciplinary research or participatory governance. Four game materials are prese...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Through role-playing, we challenge human-centered planning, make the presence of more-than-human voices audible and visible and finally, hope to leave our players with #creativity and #courage to question established planning norms.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Should other-than-human species be the subjects of #justice? If yes, then how do we make it happen? We explore this challenge through #multispecies #roleplaying games tested on four urban planning scenarios: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Designing multispecies role-playing games: From human-nature partnerships towards multispecies justice - npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability - Designing multispecies role-playing games: From human-nature partnerships towards multispecies justice
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We will discuss: ⚡ How green energy projects reproduce extractive logics 🌐 The geopolitical dynamics shaping these frontiers 🛡️ The resistance of communities on the ground and their pluriversal approaches
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
📅 Date: June 19, 2025 at 2PM GMT 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 📘 Event details: globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:geof:03 🌎 About the series: globaltapestryofalternatives.org/events:geof:... #GreenColonialism #EnergyJustice #GlobalTapestryOfAlternatives #Pluriverse
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Join us on June 19th for a vital conversation on the Geopolitics of Green Colonialism. Hosted by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, we explore how the energy transition is impacting so-called “cold regions” like the Arctic and Ladakh (India) — turning them into emerging green sacrifice zones.
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Climate justice is social justice!
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Deadline extended to 30.03. Consider applying!
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🚨 Summer School 2025 alert 🚨 Justice in an Interlinked World: Revisiting Rural-Urban & South-North Relationships in Sustainability Transformations 🌍⚖️ 📅 09-11 Sept 2025 📍 Location: Dresden, Germany 🎯 For mid-career scholars (www.ioer.de/en/press/new...) 📝 Apply by: 15 March 2025
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Just sustainability in an interlinked world? – Apply now for Summer School for mid-career scholars
Under the heading "Justice in an interlinked world: revisiting rural-urban and South-North relationships in sustainability transformations", a Summer School in autumn 2025 will be dedicated to questio...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
P.S. Check out our 2023 Summer School insights for inspiration! 👀👇 📸 Event report: www.leibniz-sustain.de/mainnavigati... 📸 Collective document: zenodo.org/records/1376...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Organised in collaboration with: 🌿 IOER @ioer.bsky.social 🌿 JUPITA - SIG on Justice, Power & Transformative Action @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 🌿 ZALF @zalf.bsky.social sky.social 🌿 Ju-ST (STRN Thematic Group Equity & Justice) 🌿 Leibniz Research Network Knowledge for Sustainable Development
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
💡 Key Speakers: 🔹 Flor Avelino 🔹 Elia Apostolopoulou @eliapos.bsky.social 🔹 Neha Mungekar
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🚨 Summer School 2025 alert 🚨 Justice in an Interlinked World: Revisiting Rural-Urban & South-North Relationships in Sustainability Transformations 🌍⚖️ 📅 09-11 Sept 2025 📍 Location: Dresden, Germany 🎯 For mid-career scholars (www.ioer.de/en/press/new...) 📝 Apply by: 15 March 2025
ioer.de
Just sustainability in an interlinked world? – Apply now for Summer School for mid-career scholars
Under the heading "Justice in an interlinked world: revisiting rural-urban and South-North relationships in sustainability transformations", a Summer School in autumn 2025 will be dedicated to questio...
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Our very timely paper is a pushback in the face of backlash against both #energy #transitions as well as #equity #diversity and #inclusion on the global stage. We advocate for meaningful engagement with #intersectional inequality to transform the energy system. Do check it out!
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Neelakshi Joshi @njoshi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Along with @ashishkothari.bsky.social, we further delve into what #socioecologically #just #energy #transitions look like in Ladakh, India and argue that political autonomy is critical for #pluriversal visions of energy transition to flourish in the future: doi.org/10.1177/1942...
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