
Areas of expertise
Collective action , Environment, climate and political action , Environmental policies , Governance , Inequality , Political commitment , Political participation , Post-carbon transition , Relationships with places and territories
- INRS Professor
- Chairholder of Canada Research Chair in Urban Climate Action
Phone
514 499-4042
E-mail
Sophiel.vanneste@ucs.inrs.ca
Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre
385 rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal, Québec H2X 1E3
CANADA
My research is on the following topics :
- the role of cities in energy and climate transitions
- critical urban studies and the intersection of social and ecological struggles
- collective and contentious action against or in transition away from automobility
- affective & territorial dimensions of the opposition to pipelines
- place making / place-framing – trajectories of political engagement