Join us for our next IUSD guest lecture on Monday 18 May, 13h15 in room 9.06 of the K1 building or online: https://unistuttgart.webex.com/unistuttgart-en/j.php?MTID=m656ef54311afc02a88041b3a1f0ea0de. Rowan Mataram will talk about decarbonising energy systems in the South.
The Lecture
Energy systems raise key questions around infrastructure, coordination, and justice across rural and urban contexts, and between the global North and South. This lecture will examine these issues in the context of energy transitions towards decarbonised energy systems, unpacking the injustices and extractivism within our energy systems, and then the potential pathways towards just and equitable energy transitions. Through the lenses of energy democracy and deprivatised energy provision, the lecture will explore how different forms of public and collective ownership — from community energy initiatives to state-led transitions and public-public partnerships (PuPs) — can support more equitable decarbonisation pathways. Drawing on examples from the Global South, it will highlight both the challenges and possibilities of system-wide public ownership for delivering just energy transitions.
The Lecturer
Rowan Mataram is a Senior Project Officer at the Transnational Institute. Her work focuses on research, coalition building and trainings, with the topics spanning just & democratic global energy transitions, postgrowth economies and democratic public services. Rowan has also started a PhD, which explores ‘the role of public ownership in decarbonising energy in the global south’. Her work will examine the role of the state in securing socially just, low-carbon futures. Whilst investigating possibilities for overcoming high-consumption and carbon-intensive energy pathways through policy and governance.
