Pluralizing the just transition

Pluralize is a 5-year research project funded by the EPSRC (originally awarded through the ERC) that aims to identify principles and practices of just transitions that can be applied in China. 

China, as the world’s second largest economy, largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and leading producer and user of renewable energy, will shape global transition trajectories. Also, the Chinese leadership has adopted agendas for ambitious socio-environmental reform, likely to produce significant social impacts. Yet, the justice implications of these agendas are uncertain and understudied.

PLURALIZE constitutes the first systematic attempt to bring together philosophical principles, historical analysis, contemporary policy, and foreign investment flows to explore just transitions in urban China. The project not only seeks to expand the geographical scope of just transitions research, but to construct a new theoretical toolkit that can transform our understanding of just transitions.