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Ruth Bookbinder

@ruthbookbinder.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Birmingham Visiting Research Fellow | University of Leeds Just transitions, rent-seeking and institutional change

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Alex Beresford @alexberesford.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Interested in just transitions and climate politics in Africa? If so we have a panel at ECAS2025 in Prague you could join. The panel explores demands for justice in African responses to the climate crisis…..

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Analysing rent-seeking practices at Eskom sheds light on the wider political economy of South Africa's energy sector and where barriers to reform emerge. Understanding these dynamics is critical as the country continues to debate and negotiate its energy transition.

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Ruth Bookbinder @ruthbookbinder.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My first sole-authored publication and free to read: Politicising energy transitions: the political economy of reducing dependence on coal in South Africa’s minerals energy complex www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Politicising energy transitions: the political economy of reducing dependence on coal in South Africa’s minerals energy complex

Proposals to reduce South Africa’s dependence on coal-generated electricity have repeatedly stalled despite growing internal and international pressure to decarbonise electricity generation. Where ...

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