CONTESTED_EXTRACTIVISM. Contested Geographies of Extractivism in Europe and Latin America
Is a Europe-Latin America staff-exchange network that investigates how “green” transitions reconfigure extractive regimes and their territorial effects. The project will (i) map multi-scalar extractive value chains, from sites of extraction to ports, processing hubs, firms and finance; (ii) analyse governance and conflicts, tracing how laws, corporate strategies and public policies shape distributional impacts on communities, with attention to gendered and Indigenous perspectives; and (iii) co-develop reparative pathways with civil society and public authorities to reduce harm and support just transitions. Outputs include open tools and datasets, case syntheses and typologies, policy briefs aligned with the European Green Deal and the Critical Raw Materials Act, and transmedia storytelling to broaden uptake. Staff gain transferable skills and durable networks within and beyond academia; communities and public bodies gain evidence and tested options to advance just and sustainable transitions.