This workshop is organised by CEFRES in partnership with CNRS & the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Prague, within the research project Contested energy transitions. Conflicts and Social innovations in big cities in the Czech Republic, France and Poland supported by the CNRS / CAS Tandem Program.

Date: September 22, 2025
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English

Convenor: Gilles LEPESANT, Research fellow at CNRS/CEFRES (Prague)

Program

09:15 | Welcoming speeches
Stéphane Crouzat, French Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Mateusz Chmurski, CEFRES, Director

09:30 – 10:30 | Panel discussion:
A Diversity of Approaches to Just Transition
Moderator: Gilles Lepesant, Research fellow at CNRS/CEFRES (Prague)

Just Transition: Concepts and Challenges in the Context of the EU Green Deal
Rachel Guyet, Director, Master in Global Energy Transition and Governance at CIFE (Nice/Berlin)

Unfolding the Energy Justice: Between Social Contract and Energy Equity
Michael LaBelle, Professor and Head of Department, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University

A Just Transition in International Investment Law
Monika Feigerlová, Institute of State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague)

10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break

10h45 – 12:30 Panel discussion:
The Social Climate Fund: A Tool to Achieve a Just Transition?
Moderator: Gilles Lepesant, Research fellow at CNRS/CEFRES (Prague)

The Social Climate Fund in the Czech Republic
Kristina Zindulková, Research Fellow, AMO klima (Prague)

The Social Climate Fund in Slovakia: How to Reach the Vulnerable?
Dušana Dokupilová, Senior researcher at the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Forecasting (Bratislava)

The Social Climate Fund and Just Transition in Poland
Michał Wojtyło, Public Policy Analyst, Reform Institute, (Warsaw)

12:30 – 13:15 | Lunch break

13:15 – 14:30 | Panel discussion
A Just Transition With the People?
Moderator: Rachel Guyet, Director, Master in Global Energy Transition and Governance at CIFE (Nice/Berlin)

People-centred Energy Transition: The Growing Role of Energy Communities in the UK
Danny Olsson, Head of Project, Strategy and Delivery at Community Energy Pathways, Lewes, UK

Insights into Energy Communities, Innovation Journeys to Address Energy Vulnerabilities Across Europe
Florian Hanke, Senior Consultant for Energy Transition and Climate Protection, PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH

14:30 – 15:00 | General discussion and concluding remarks:
How to Achieve a Just Transition in Europe?