ENERGY, DECARBONIZATION & DEGROWTH
DEEP DIVE . ONLINE COURSE
- 4 November - 2 December 2026
- Wednesdays · 15:30–18:00 CET
- 5 live online sessions
- maximum 30 participants
- 250€
- certificate included
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A rapid transition away from fossil fuels is essential. But changing our energy sources without questioning how much energy we use, who has access to it, who controls its production, and what our energy systems are designed to achieve risks reproducing the inequalities and ecological pressures of the current system.
What could energy production and consumption look like in a society that prioritises sufficiency, equity, ecological limits and wellbeing over continuous economic growth?
Energy, Decarbonization & Degrowth is an intensive five-session online course exploring the energy transition through the lens of degrowth — bringing together questions of technology, politics, power, justice and social organisation.
TIMELINE
Nov 4th: Introduction “Establishing the central relationship between energy, economic growth, resource use, and Degrowth”
Nov 11th: Energy (In)justices and Resistance
Nov 18th: Energy Communities: lived drivers of Degrowth?
Nov 25th: From the grassroots to the ivory towers: policy change for degrowth futures
Dec 2nd: Reimagining Energy Systems
Meet the Teachers
Marula Tsagkari
Marula Tsagkari is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB). She holds a PhD from the University of Barcelona and an MSc in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management from Central European University and Lund University. She was a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and hold a Margarita Salas postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Barcelona. Her research interests lie at the intersection of energy, technology, and degrowth, with a focus on the social, political, and material dimensions of technological and energy transitions.
Christos Vrettos
Christos Vrettos works for REScoop.eu, the European Federation of Energy Cooperatives, and Electra Energy (Greece). Both organisations promote the active engagement of citizens in renewable energy production in Europe. His work focuses on advocacy around public financing, building strategies and campaigns to influence the Social Climate Fund and the multi-year EU budget.
Registrations are open
Until 26 October
Places are limited to 30 attendees. Registration will close on 26 October or once all spots are filled.
Upon successfully completing the online course, all participants will receive an official certificate issued by Research & Degrowth International.
R&Di offers two scholarships per course. Get in touch for more info.
INVESTMENT
250 EUROS
APPLY HERE