On 14 December 2024, JTPac’s Emilka Skrzypek was invited to take part in the Dialogue for a Just Transition: Pacific Perspectives on the Energy Sector, and Beyond. The event was organised by the OHCHR Regional…
On 22-23 August 2023, JTPac’s Nick Bainton and John Burton zoomed into a two-day seminar on mining issues with researchers from Canada, Australia and New Caledonia. It was a great opportunity to hear from other…
On 10th July, JTPac’s Nick Bainton, Emilka Skrzypek and Pierre-Yves Le Meur a PACSEN network workshop at the University of South Pacific in the Cook Islands. PACSEN is a research network created to contribute to the…
Between 4-6 July, JTPac’s Nick Bainton, Emilka Skrzypek and Pierre-Yves Le Meur attended the 5th Pacific Islands Universities Research Network Conference in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The theme of this year’s meeting was: ‘Exploring this Sea of…
On the 1st June 2023, Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton were invited to present JTPac’s work at the University of Gottingen’s Institutskolloquium Ethnologie. The seminar presentation provided an overview of the JTPac project, but also served…
Continuing their exploration of the complex relationship between extractive capitalism and climate change in the Pacific, Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton convened a working session at the Association for Social Anthropologists of Oceania annual meeting…
You can register now to tune in to a seminar delivered by Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton titled: Double Exposure in the Pacific: Climate Change and the Energy-Extractives Nexus. The seminar will be delivered at…
Nick Bainton and Emilka Skrzypek’s article was published in The Conversation. You can read it here: https://theconversation.com/pacific-nations-are-extraordinarily-rich-in-critical-minerals-but-mining-them-may-take-a-terrible-toll-187172 For centuries, the Pacific Islands rich natural resources have been raided by mining interests with little to show…
The JTPac project report, The Justice Dimensions of Extracting Energy Transition Metals from the Pacific, has been published by the British Academy The report uses results from the Just Transitions and the Pacific project to address…
In the last week of June, JTPac’s Nick Bainton, Emilka Skrzypek and John Burton travelled to Pouembout in New Caledonia to take part in a workshop organised by the Pacific Centre for Social Responsibility and…