Virtual Forum: Beyond Green Colonialism? Rethinking Power and Justice in Energy Transitions

Call for Papers
Virtual Forum: Beyond Green Colonialism? Rethinking Power and Justice in Energy Transitions
Journal: Political Geography
Publisher: Elsevier
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2026

Overview
This Virtual Forum examines how power, justice, and inequality shape energy transitions in the global rush to decarbonize. It asks whether ideas of colonialism and coloniality help explain the resource scramble, dispossession, and unequal exchange that can accompany “green” transitions, or whether those concepts are sometimes stretched too far. The forum invites critical work that clarifies when these terms illuminate power dynamics and when they may obscure them.

Scope
The issue welcomes reflections on the evolving meanings and uses of colonialism and coloniality in energy transitions. It is especially interested in how green energy, sustainability, and climate policy intersect with dispossession, extraction, justice, and uneven development. The call is grounded in political ecology, climate justice, energy justice, postcolonial and feminist science studies, and critical theory.

Submission Information
Manuscripts may be submitted any time before 31 December 2026. Authors should submit through Editorial Manager and select “VSI: Beyond Green Colonialism” as the article type. Questions about topic suitability can be directed to Ms. Johanna Tunn at Johanna.tunn@univie.ac.at. Papers that pass initial screening will undergo peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

Guest Editors

• Ms. Johanna Tunn — University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

• Dr. Adryane Gorayeb — Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.

• Dr. Filippo Menga — University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.

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