This seminar brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore how infrastructures—often designed to serve people and environments—can have adverse and even harmful effects on marginalised groups and communities. From climate adaptation projects like tidal parks and green corridors, to technological innovations such as decarbonised systems and regional production, infrastructures can unintentionally deepen existing inequalities or create new cleavages.

The event will be conducted under the aegis of the Sector Plan Societal Inequality and Diversity, the UrbanScapes cluster of the Centre for Space, Place and Society (CSPS) at Wageningen University, and the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) at the University of Amsterdam.

We very warmly welcome students, PhD candidates and staff members interested in infrastructure, inequality, and environmental justice to attend and participate in the discussion.

Speakers: Stephanie Ketterer, Jannes Willems, Fieke Jansen, Robert Coates,  Sumit Vij, Karen Paiva Henrique, Milan Babic and Kei Otsuki