Name: Mapping Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Frontlines of Extractive Industries
Start: 2026-03-13T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-13T17:30:00-04:00
Location: ASEC 202

April 2025
Political Ecologies of Oil Conflicts in Ecuador’s Yasuni Amazon Forest

April 22, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Lurie Conference Room

Explore how benefit-sharing policies, public participation, and indigeneity influence natural resource conflicts in the Ecuadorian Amazon with Danilo Borja, a researcher and practitioner who tackles energy justice, clean energy, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and environmental remediation.
September 2025
Reflections on the Energy Transition: Where are we and where are we headed?

September 18, 2025 @ 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons

Leading scholars and policy experts will discuss the current state and future of the global energy transition, including questions of climate, energy, and extractive industries.
March 2026
Mapping Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Frontlines of Extractive Industries

March 13, 2026 @ 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time

ASEC 202

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities steward nearly one billion hectares of tropical forests across four major forest basins. Yet their lands face unprecedented pressure from oil, gas, mining, and other […]

April 2025

September 2025

March 2026