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Date and Time : 10am～12noon Nov 13th, 2025 (JST)
Venue : Seminar Room ３&４, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature(RIHN), and online
Program
10:00～10:40 am Prof. Naoko Ellis
(Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British
Columbia)
Prof. Derek Gladwin
(Associate Professor, Language & Literacy Education, University of
British Columbia)
10:00～10:40 am
Prof. Naoko Ellis
(Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia)
Prof. Derek Gladwin
(Associate Professor, Language & Literacy Education, University of British Columbia)
Title
“Relational Approaches to Energy Transition and the Practice of Energy Literacy”
Abstract:
The energy transition represents not merely a technical shift from fossil fuels to renewable sources, but also a profound sociocultural transformation that reconfigures values, identities, and collective worldviews. This talk advances a relational approach to energy transition through the framework of energy literacy, conceived as the integration of knowing, being, and doing in the pursuit of sustainable futures. Drawing on examples from the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada, this talk examines how sustainability emerges through relational and affective practices that reconfigure how energy is conceptualized and experienced, while also informing how it may be enacted across interconnected ecological and cultural systems.
10:40 am～12noon Q/A and Discussion
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