with Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor and Head of Department, Department of International Development London School of Economics and Political Science

Wind power has expanded quickly in Brazil, while solar power lags there and both wind and solar power have struggled to take off in South Africa. I argue that four different political economies - climate change, industrial policy, consumption and distribution, and siting - help account for energy transition. However, coalitions are being built on each of these at the same time, potentially interlocking to reinforce or counter-balance each other. The presentation will examine how these processes work in Brazil and South Africa to create distinct national political economies of energy transition.

Kathryn Hochstetler is Professor and Head of the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published widely on environmental and energy political economy in Brazil, South America, and South Africa. Her most recent book is Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa (Cambridge 2021).

Thursday 4 May from 10 to 12 am

ULB - Campus du Solbosch
AY.2.112 - Building A, door Y, 2th floor, room 112
Avenue Jeanne 44
1000 Bruxelles

Free entrance.

For more information, please contact Marie-Line.Furst@ulb.be