Energy Justice Festival
Exploring justice in the energy transition - May 16, 2025
About the event
Join us for the Energy Justice Festival (EJF) on the 16th of May 2025 and take a deep dive into the world of energy transition! It promises to be an exciting event bringing together practitioners, researchers, and artists. Expect to engage, get inspired and share your knowledge on how to ensure a fair energy transition. The event is organized by ‘JustETrans’, a collaboration research project of Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.
Attend the event
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- Date: 16 May 2025
- Time: 09.30 – 17.30
- Location: PLNT Langegracht 70 2312 NV Leiden
- Register here
Ensuring a just energy transition
The EJF is all about discussing modelling and decision-support tools, social justice and public participation. How do we ensure that decision-making on future energy infrastructure reflects local values? How do we prevent our clean energy efforts here from creating negative impacts elsewhere? And what tools can be used to support decision-making for a just and effective energy transition? Explore all these important, pressing questions and more at the EJF!
What can you expect?
• International case studies: learn about successful methods for integrating justice into energy transition models.
• Best practices: learn about successful methods for integrating justice into energy transition models.
• Future outlooks: gain insights into how justice in energy transitions can evolve through policy and practice.
• Creative outlets: interactive workshops and games, an Art, Action and Aspiration Gallery and Exhibition, and a student competition.
And: meet other people during the breaks! There will be drinks and snacks afterwards.
Welcoming contributors such as:
Heleen de Coninck (keynote)
Professor on Social-Technical Innovation, Climate Change and System Transitions at TU/e and Radboud University, vice-chair of the Netherlands Scientific Climate Council, coordinated two IPPC Special Reports.
Marjolein Bot
Program Director System Integration Topsector Energy with a wide range of decision-makers, innovation managers, changemakers and others in industry, universities, NGO’s and government, leading initiatives and building coalitions in the Netherlands and beyond.
Kees Vendrik
Politician and economist. Currently chair of Nationaal Klimaat Platform, previous member of First and Second Chamber for GroenLinks, and head economist at Triodos Bank.
Kirsten Jenkins
Dr Kirsten Jenkins is a lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society within the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) subject area of the School of Social and Political Science. Dr Kirsten Jenkins’ work focuses on how energy transitions affect society and create issues of injustice and she has a range of work underway related to COP26 themes. She is part of the Energy, Environment and Sustainability group in SPS.
Program Energy Justice Festival
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Registration & walk in |
| 10.00 – 10.05 | Word of welcome by Eefje Cuppen and Igor Nikolic |
| 10.05 – 10.30 | Plenary speech by Heleen de Coninck |
| 10.30 – 11.05 | Talkshow interview with Marjolein Bot, Kees Vendrik and Kirsten Jenkins incl. Q&A |
| 11.05 – 11.25 | Coffee break |
| 11.25 – 12.15 | Breakout sessions 1, games and exhibition |
| 12.15 – 13.25 | Lunch & Recap |
| 13.25 – 13.55 | Speakers corner / Photo essay competition by GOSSA |
| 13.55 – 14.45 | Breakout sessions 2, games and exhibition |
| 14.45 – 15.15 | Coffee break |
| 15.15 – 16.05 | Breakout sessions 3, games and exhibition |
| 16.10 – 16.30 | Closing plenary & Recap |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Drinks |
For who is this event?
Anyone who is interested in or working in the energy transition is welcome! This event is particularly interesting for:
• scientists working on energy transition modelling and/or social justice
• practitioners, including modellers and policy makers
• any one in civil society, such as members of energy cooperatives or NGOs
• students interested in just and sustainable energy transitions.
Good the know
| Participant profile | Entrance fee |
| JustETrans-partner organisation | Free admission |
| Energy (transition); Industry, Governance, Citizen’s initative | Free admission |
| Energy (transition) Researcher | Free admission |
| Delft or Leiden University Colleague | Free admission |
| Delft or Leiden University Student | Free admission (Student spots limited to 20) |
| Other visitors | €55 |
| No show penalty | €25 |
No show-fee: Please note that a no-show fee of € 25,- applies for cancellations that are not communicated at least 48 hours before the event.
Let’s get in touch!
Do you have any valuable insights to share? Would you like to contribute through a presentation, lecture, or workshop? Then we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out to us via email at info@justetrans.nl.