Programme IX TIEC

Thursday, 6 June

9:00 – 9:15 Registration

9:15 – 9:30 Official Welcome

  • Dr. Victor Merino, Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies and Commissioner for Equity, Diversity and Welfare, URV.
  • Mr. Marouane Laabbas el Guennouni, TIEC Organizing Committee and AAEDAT.

9:30 – 10:10 Keynote Speach “Crossing work and planetary health: an intersectional binomial” [Abstract], Dr. Consuelo Chacartegui Jávega, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain. 

10:10 – 11:10 Panel 1. The Environmental and Labour Encounters from a Legal Perspective

Chair: Dr. Simona Fanni, Seville University, Spain.

  • Waste pickers and legal subjectivity in Latin America: from the “trash room” to the “guest room” of capitalist sociability [Abstract]. Leila Izidoro, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Ecological Whistleblowing for Worker Dignity and Voice [Abstract]. Selene Uncular, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain.
  • Navigating Heat Stress in the World of Work: An Analysis of Canadian Collective Bargaining Agreements [Abstract].  Michael Thorburn, University of Stanford, United States.
  • There just can’t be green without blue’: Social sustainability and fishers in the EU’s blue economy [Abstract]. Emily Cunniffe, Trinity College, Ireland.

11:10 – 11:30 Debate and Q&A 

11:30 – 12:00 Poster presentation and coffee break 

12:00 – 12:45 Author meets critics: “Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Work Approaches” edited by Nicolas Bueno, Beryl Ter Haar and Nuna Zekic (Oxford University Press 2024).

Editor’s presentation:

  • Dr. Nicolas Bueno, UniDistance Suisse.

Discussants:

  • Dr. Alex Moreno Urpí, Rovira i Virgili University.
  • Dr. Henar Álvarez Cuesta, University of León.
  • Dr. Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol.

12:45 – 13:15 Critical Debate: Post-Growth in Environmental/Labour Law Research

13:15 – 13:45 Poster presentation 

13:45 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 15:45 Keynote Speach “Contested Political Economy – Contested Just Transition” [Abstract], Dr. Dimitris Stevis Colorado State University, United States.

15:40 – 16:40 Panel 2. The Key stakeholders in Environmental Protection in the Labour Market and Best Practices 

Chair: Mr. Álvaro Martín Morán, Rovira i Virgili University.

  • The growing role of labour actors as environmental regulators – the case of Global Framework Agreements addressing environmental issues [Abstract]. Coralie Guedes, University of Westminster, United Kingdom.
  • Green Engagement: The Growing Interest of Employees in Environmental Advocacy and the Crucial Role of Environmental Delegates [Abstract]. Sergio Canalda-Criado, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Bridging Labor and Environment: A Comparative Study of Trade Union Roles in the Southern EU and the U.S. [Abstract]. Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.
  • Assessing the development of trade union strategies and capacities for just transition in climate policy contexts [Abstract]. Ben Crawford, London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

16:40 – 17:00 Debate and Q&A 

Side event – Local wine tasting (more details soon)

20:00 Dinner (more details soon)

Friday, 7 June

9:30 – 10:10 Keynote Speach “The Future Challenges in Labour Environmental Protection: Going Beyond Borders” [Abstract], Dr. Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

10:10 – 11:10 Panel 3. The Future Challenges in Labour Environmental Protection

Chair: Ms. Ana Flávia Trevizán, Cense & NOVA University.

  • En busca de una transición ecológica justa: la formación como elemento clave [Abstract]. Bárbara Torres, Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  • Las transformaciones del diálogo social por la transición justa [Abstract]. Bárbara Palli, University of Lorraine, France.
  • Just Transition for vulnerable workers: how climate and energy goals can facilitate regulation of social protection in the EU [Abstract]. Alberto Barrio & Beatriz Martinez Romera, University of Denmark, Denmark.
  • Unleashing Trade Unions in Green Transition: Insights from Taiwan’s Experience [Abstract]. Yu-Fan Chiu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

11:10 – 11:30 Debate and Q&A 

11:30 – 12:00 Poster presentation  and coffee break 

12.00 – 13:30 Workshop “Employment, collective bargaining & climate change“

  • Dr. Óscar Requena Montes, Valencia University, Spain.
  • Dr. Ángela Martín-Pozuelo López, Valencia University, Spain.

13:30-13:45 Official closure

Dr. Francesca Rosignoli, Rovira i Virgili University

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