EcoJust

Ecologically and Socially Just Sustainability Transformations Research Platform (EcoJust) is a cross-departmental research platform at Södertörn University. EcoJust brings together about 40 researchers with the aim of advancing theoretical and empirical research where the areas of ecological justice and social justice overlap, and across a range of sustainability issues, places and contexts. The research question we focus on is “How can innovative theoretical and practical approaches to knowledge co-production be combined productively to bridge currently disparate discourses and practices of social and ecological justice across a range of sustainability issues, places and contexts?” EcoJust is organized in six research Learning Hubs and three cross-cutting research dimensions focused on theoretical, methodological and conceptual aspects: Six Learning Hubs: 1. The Global South 2. Forest and land-use 3. Water 4. Rural spaces 5. Climate and energy, and 6. Urban areas Three cross-cutting research areas; 1. Conceptualizing social and ecological justice (asking what and why questions), 2. Collaborative knowledge-action methodologies & sustainability impacts and pathways (developing strategies of working together across disciplines), 3. Cultural dimensions (exploring and communicating these topics through cultural activities and the arts). EcoJust Secretariat: ecojust@sh.se