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Sophie L. Van Neste

Looking for students or interns

Areas of expertise

Environment, climate and political action , Collective action , Environmental policies , Governance , Inequality , Political commitment , Political participation , Post-carbon transition , Relationships with places and territories

  • Associate Professor
  • Holder of Canada Research Chair in Urban Climate Action

Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre

385 Sherbrooke Street E.
Montreal, Quebec H2X 1E3
Canada

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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