Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently discussed the “Extinction Rebellion” — a group of climate activists holding public demonstrations in the U.K. — for The World in 2:00, Talk Media News’ flagship world news radio broadcast. During the interview, Delina expressed support […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Energy Politics titled “The Politics of Energy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.” In his chapter, Delina explores the politics surrounding the 7th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG7), which calls for […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently discussed his newest book, Climate Actions: Transformative Mechanisms for Social Mobilisation, at a Pardee Center seminar on January 31, 2019. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, gives an overview of global climate change action and explores ways […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a lecture titled “Wartime Mobilisation and Rapid Climate Change” hosted by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies program. The lecture was based in large part on Delina’s first book, Strategies for Rapid Climate Mitigation (Routledge […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently convened a small group of Boston-based academics and practitioners for a full-day workshop at the Pardee Center to explore emerging research opportunities related to making clean energy transitions better. The participants shared their ongoing work and […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored a paper with Prof. Benjamin Sovacool laying out an epistemic and governance agenda for advancing sustainable energy transitions and energy access. The article, published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, gives an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals and […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored his third book, titled Climate Actions: Transformative Mechanisms for Social Mobilisation. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, gives an overview of global climate change action and explores ways to mobilize groups and individuals to become […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently co-authored a paper on the nexus of extreme weather events and social conflict in the Philippines for the Journal of Peacebuilding & Development. The paper, co-authored by Rufa Cagoco-Guiam, a retired professor of at Mindanao State […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, authored a recent paper titled “Energy democracy in a continuum: Remaking public engagement on energy transitions in Thailand” in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. In the paper, Delina explores how to achieve sustainable energy transitions “inclusively, fairly, and […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, authored a recent perspective article titled “Can Energy Democracy Thrive in a Non-democracy?” in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science. In the paper, Delina argues that energy democracy — the idea of citizens leading energy transitions in small groups of households […]