Local Action through the theoretical lens: A journey into Green Deal experiments
Starting October 2nd, you will have the opportunity to join a series of short online coffee talks exploring how community-based social experiments can inform, challenge, and strengthen the implementation of the European Green Deal. Across five thematic sessions, leading researchers will share insights from 24 experiments across Europe, emphasising different perspectives in social sciences and humanities (SSH) priority themes and their relevance for implementing the Green Deal.
Each coffee talk, taking place from 10 to 10.30 AM on every Thursday in October, is paired with the release of an analytical report from the researchers, which offers an evidence base for researchers, policymakers, NGOs, practitioners, and communities interested in building a fairer and more inclusive transition.
The webinars
How can an intersectional approach inform the EU Green Deal?
Presents findings and recommendations on embedding Gender and Intersectional diversity into local actions supporting the European Green Deal.
Presenters: Aggeliki Aggeli (Aalborg University Copenhagen), Pia Weisser (WECF)
Reflections by: Dr Marielle Feenstra (75inQ)
Experiments in inclusion for a just Green Deal
Explore how social innovation experiments can work to foreground the participation of communities that have faced historic inequalities and marginalization.
Presenter: Zareen Bharucha (Anglia Ruskin University)
Governing the European Green Deal: how local experiments can help
Investigates what the Green Deal means to local actors, what kinds of governance innovations can arise through social experiments, and what happens when we do things differently.
Presenter: Emily Gray (University of Galway)
Reflections by: Dr Jeanne Moore (National Economic and Social Council, Ireland)
The world in transition: rethinking societal challenges and the response of local experiments
Explore how localised efforts can be scaled, supported, and integrated into more cohesive, multi-level policy responses across Europe.
Presenters: Mónica Truninger and Antje Disterheft (ICS ULisboa)
From grassroot to mainstream: Navigating Geographical Challenges in Grassroots Scaling
Engage on how to enhance the impact of transformative grassroot initiatives and create more favorable (policy) conditions for transformative change.
Presenters: Symke Nieboer (DRIFT)
Why Join?
The online coffee talks are designed for researchers, policymakers, NGOs, and community practitioners across Europe who want to stimulate shared action on the European Green Deal benefitting from social science and humanities insights and community experiences.
The event series is taking place a few months ahead of the launch of a ‘Shared Green Societies’ forum to bridge the gap between evidence, practice, and policy, and fosters collaboration across sectors and disciplines. This forum will celebrate its launch event in Brussels on 28 January, 2026.
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CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Professor Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Professor Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.