Planning and governance for social equity and citizen engagement
This includes bringing together a team of core researchers to mitigate climate change and its impacts on Indigenous lands and life.
Electrification will require an equitable transition
Planning and governance for social equity and citizen engagement focuses on planning, design, and implementation of the policy and technology roadmaps needed to achieve our goals. Our researchers will take a bold approach to transforming existing and developing new communities and to identifying stakeholders and urban processes that present both barriers and opportunities to success.
Many of the challenges to achieving efficient electrification extend beyond technological and infrastructural development, and include historical urban development processes, competing stakeholder's requirements, the need for enhanced communication between disciplines and rigid societal mechanisms that require planning for change.
The transition from fossil to renewable energy infrastructures has the potential to decentralize power and contribute positively to social equity. Working from the ground up, we will ensure that the electrification and decarbonization of society is based on active citizen engagement and participation, including adopting resilient and affordable energy systems that mitigate climate change and its impacts on Indigenous lands and life.
