Contested land – conflicts over renewable energy projects on indigenous lands

Description

An event by the Indigenous Studies Discussion Group

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Speakers/ special panel

• Alexander Dunlap (Research Fellow at Boston University Institute of Global Sustainability, Lecturer at University of Helsinki)
• Saami Council (Voluntary non-governmental organisation of the Saami Indigenous Peoples,  and connecting member organisations in Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden)
• TBC

About the speakers

Dr Alexander Dunlap. Research Fellow at Boston University Institute of Global Sustainability, Lecturer at University of Helsinki. Expert in critical work on low carbon infrastructures: research in Mexico (particularly Oaxaca), France (ZAD) and Spain (Catalonia).

Saami Council. Voluntary non-governmental organisation of the Saami Indigenous Peoples,  founded in 1956 and connecting member organisations in Finland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. More than 1,000 wind turbines (4,000 MW) are being constructed in Sami traditional herding lands between Sweden and Norway.

Moderator

• Sara Corona (University of Cambridge)

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