Published article “Intersectionality in youth climate activism as educational practice: political, pragmatic, and pedagogical dimensions”

The latest article published by the JustFutures project is entitled “Intersectionality in youth climate activism as educational practice: political, pragmatic, and pedagogical dimensions”, and was published in the journal Frontiers in Education on January 1, 2025.  This work is part of Task 5 of the project (understanding on-the-ground experiences of collective action) and investigates the value of intersectionality practices developed by the School Strike for Climate in two Portuguese cities. The study reinforces the potential of intersectionality in political socialization and collective learning, challenging hegemonic educational practices.

Below, you can find the final version of this work. You can also access it via this link.

Anabela Carvalho presents at the conference “Enhancing Sustainability: Bridging Corporate Practices with Academic and Popular Discourse”

As a hegemonic “macro-narrative,” the idea of sustainability continues to dominate environmental discourses in contemporary societies. At the conference “Enhancing Sustainability: Bridging Corporate Practices with Academic and Popular Discourse,” held from December 18 to 20, 2024, at the University of Naples L’Orientale, analyses of multiple cases were presented in which the concept has been used vaguely, ambiguously, or purely for promotional purposes, along with some exceptions. Anabela Carvalho was one of the keynote speakers at the event and addressed the political imaginaries of different climate activism groups in Portugal and their reconstruction in the media. In a presentation co-authored with Tânia R. Santos and Daniela Ferreira da Silva, she demonstrated how the most transformative visions have been placed by the media outside the boundaries of what is considered acceptable or reasonable for addressing climate change. The conference program can be viewed here.

Daniela Ferreira da Silva presents in the course ´Communication, Science, and Environment`

Daniela Ferreira da Silva presented in the course ‘Communication, Science, and Environment’ on 16 December 2024. The course, coordinated by Anabela Carvalho, is part of the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences program at the University of Minho. Her presentation summarized the different tasks within the JUSTFUTURES project and highlighted some outputs from collaborative workshops with young people on political agency and climate change, which were held between July and September 2024.

Published article “Political Imaginaries in the Climate Movement: Youth-Led Groups Constructing Plural Views of the Future”

The scientific article “Political Imaginaries in the Climate Movement: Youth-Led Groups Constructing Plural Views of the Future” was published on November 6, 2024, in the journal Sociological Research Online. Developed as part of Task 2 of the JustFutures project (analysis of young people’s narratives on climate change), the article presents an analysis of the political imaginaries of four climate activist groups in Portugal – Climáximo, Greve Climática Estudantil Portugal, Ambiental-IST and LIDERA a Década do Clima – through a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of texts published on their websites and social media. The analysis shows the plurality of political imaginaries of youth-led climate groups and their commitment to exploring alternative ways of governing climate change.

Below, you can find the final version of this work. You can also access it through this link.

Published article “Prioritising communities: barriers to climate activism and political imagination among minoritised youth groups”

The scientific article “Prioritising communities: barriers to climate activism and political imagination among minoritised youth groups” was published on November 4, 2024, in the journal Journal of Youth Studies. Developed as part of Task 4 of the JustFutures project (eliciting imaginaries of climate and the future), the article presents an analysis of how minoritized young people (with a migrant background and/or underserved communities in Portugal) conceive their involvement with climate change issues, the barriers that constrain their engagement with climate activism and the challenges in the political imagination of the future. The findings suggest that minoritized youth would like to have a voice in political debates about climate change and that more inclusive dialogues about climate futures could help bridge existing territorial and social divides.

Below, you can find the final version of this work. You can also access it through this link.