Climate Activism in Central Europe
HAS Center for Social Sciences Institute for Political Science
Description of the event
Climate movements such as Fridays for Future or Extinction Rebellion mark a new epoch of ecological movement and ecological politics. Instead of local problems, the global interdependence is emphasized more clearly, in addition to sub-political solutions, established politicians and institutions are called for urgent political action. This new wave of ecological activism is also remarkable for its references to a generational political consciousness. Workshop participants will present their research projects and possible findings on environmental and climate activism in Austria, Germany, Hungary and Poland. As part of the program Hungarian climate activists will be invited to present their organizations. At the workshop the possible outputs and continuation of the project will be also discussed.
The event was funded by the Osztrák-Magyar AKCIÓ Alapítvány
Venue
HAS Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Political Science
1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán str. 4. 'T' building 2nd Floor
Schedule
10:00 Welcome, presentation of the project
Dániel Mikecz, Dániel Oross, HAS Centre for Social Sciences
Climate consciousness, grassroots and political action, chair: Dániel Oross
10:30 What it takes to rebell? From environmentalist political identification to climate activism among Hungarian students
Dániel Mikecz, HAS Centre for Social Sciences
11:00 Transformation of Environmental Grassroots under changing opportunities in Hungary
Aron Buzogány, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Szabina Kerényi, HAS Centre for Social Sciences (presenter)
Gergely Olt, HAS Centre for Social Sciences
11:30 Coffee break
Regional contexts, chair: Dániel Mikecz
12:00 Climate activism and protest contexts in Eastern and Western Europe: Austria and Hungary
Aron Buzogány, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
12:30 Climate activism and protest contexts in Eastern and Western Europe: Germany and Poland
Piotr Kocyba, Chemnitz University of Technology
13:00 Sandwich lunch
Movement innovations, chair: Aron Buzogány
14:00 Transnational Aspects of protest research: Transnational networks and communication
Daniela Neubacher, Andrassy University Budapest
14:30 Democratic innovations of European climate movement activists
Dániel Oross, HAS Centre for Social Sciences
(End of academic program)
15:00 Project outputs and funding opportunities
Piotr Kocyba, Dániel Mikecz
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Meeting with representatives of the Hungarian Fridays For Future and Extinction Rebellion groups