Call for Thematic Dossier: "Sustainability, Law and Energy Transition"

2024-05-31

Dialogue between the various areas of knowledge and the law is a constant necessity. The principle of legality (in both the public and private sectors) indicates that the implementation of technological advances involves the construction of regulatory innovations, decisions that respect fundamental rights and the analysis of legislative proposals that may have an impact, in the case of this proposal, on the energy transition.

The energy transition is a necessity linked to the very realization of fundamental rights for living beings on the planet. However, its effects can be felt by everyone until the adjustments are made.

In this sense, this call seeks to identify research that reflects on the energy transition through the prism of law and sustainability, focusing on the protection of individuals and nature.

Especially considering the scenario in which the state does not have the necessary financial resources to make progress on the energy transition in the desired timeframe, the call proposes research aimed at regulatory innovation in this area. By working in the field of laws, decrees and resolutions, at state level, but studying their interfaces with international and domestic legislation. The proposal has deep links with the SDGs: 16 - Peace, justice and effective institutions; and 7 - Affordable and clean energy, with repercussions on SDG 1 - Eradicating poverty and 10 - Reducing inequalities.

Focus:

  • Role of Regulatory Agencies;
  • Energy Deprivation and Poverty;

Articles written in English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and French will be accepted.

 

Dates of the editorial process:

Submission period: May 31 to July 18, 2024

Publication date: October 2025

 

Proponent editors:

  • Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes (FACAMP-Brazil)

Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, specializing in Constitutional Law and Civil Procedural Law, both from PUC-Campinas. Specialization in Didactics and Pedagogical Practice in Higher Education from Centro Universitário Padre Anchieta. Master's and Doctorate in Political and Economic Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Professor at the Mackenzie Presbyterian University Law School, Campinas campus, where he is coordinator of complementary activities and internships. Professor at the Faculdades de Campinas - FACAMP.

  • Tatiana Vanessa González Rivera (UNAM-Mexico)

Full-time Associate Researcher “C” at the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Member of the CONAHCyT National System of Researchers, level I. PhD in Law and Globalization and Master in Law from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado del Morelos. Graduated in Law with a specialization in Economic Law from the Universidad Centroamericana de Nicaragua. She is currently a member of the International Center for Research and Information on Public, Social and Cooperative Economics (CIRIEC-Mexico) and the Scientific Council of CIRIEC-International; she also collaborates in the coordination of the NODESS Morelos Solidarity and Cooperative Project, endorsed by the National Institute of Social Economy, Mexico, and is the coordinator of the International Seminar on Critical Economic Thinking (CRIM-UNAM and the Social Economy Laboratory of the University of Zaragoza, Spain).

  • Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva (UNICAMP-Brazil)

He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Goiás (1994), a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (1997) and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (2001). In 1999 he took part in a sandwich doctorate program at the University of Alberta - Canada, and in 2008 he was a visiting professor at the Technical University of Denmark - DTU. He is currently a full professor at the State University of Campinas. He has experience in the field of electricity, energy efficiency, energy management and conservation. He coordinates the Sustainable Campus project and GGUS - Unicamp's Sustainable University Management Group. He received the Zeferino Vaz academic excellence award from UNICAMP in 2012. Received the 2021 Technology Personality Award in the “Sustainable Energy” category from the São Paulo State Engineers' Union - SEESP. He received the Diploma of Socio-Environmental Merit from Campinas City Hall in 2023. He is a member of the State Energy Policy Council, CEPE-SP, with the Secretariat for the Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics, SEMIL-SP. He coordinates the São Paulo Center for Energy Transition Studies, CPTEn-FAPESP.

  • Samuel Mendonça (PUC de Campinas-Brazil)

Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Education, leader of the research group Politics and Foundations of Education (CNPq), Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Educação of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. CAPES Consultant, Education Area for the 2017-2020 Quadrennial. Principal Researcher at CPTEn - Centro Paulista de Estudos sobre a Transição Energética. Evaluator for the Ministry of Education's PNLD. CNPq 2 Research Productivity Fellow CA Education. Assistant Editor of the legal journal Trabalho e Desenvolvimento Humano - Journal of the Regional Labor Prosecutor's Office of the 15th Region. Post-doctorate from FE-USP. PhD in Philosophy of Education from Unicamp, Master's Degree (Ethics), Licentiate and Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from PUC Campinas. He is the author of Aristocratic Education in Nietzsche: individual achievement (Maryland: GlobalSouth, 2018). He organized the books: The school: philosophical problem and The school: public question, with Prof. Dr. Silvio Gallo from Unicamp, in 2020.