Join us as we welcome Dr. Jennie Stephens to speak with us about the Climate Justice Universities Union. She will also examine the emerging impacts of artificial intelligence on climate, justice-centered transitions, and the future of collective climate responsibility.
Speaker:
“Jennie C. Stephens is a climate justice scholar-activist and feminist focused on transformation toward a more just, healthy, and stable future for all. She is Professor of Climate Justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and on the coordinating team of the Climate Justice Universities Union. Her research, teaching, and community engagement focus on confronting climate obstruction and integrating transformative social justice, feminist, anti-racist, decolonial perspectives into climate and energy policy, fossil fuel phaseout, the renewable energy transition, energy democracy, gender in energy and climate, and climate justice in higher education” (JENNIE C. STEPHENS, Bio, https://www.jenniecstephens.com/).
Actions
- Join the Climate Justice Universities Union!
- Read the Climate Justice Universities Union statement and discuss it with colleagues or classmates.
- Ask questions about how AI tools are being implemented on your campus and who benefits from them.
- Advocate for transparent, justice‑aligned policies around AI use in teaching, research, and administration.
- Encourage your institution to align with the CJUU’s principles of democratization, decarbonization, and decolonization.
- Sign petitions or statements calling for ethical tech use, fossil‑free investments, or justice‑centred policies.
- Use digital tools more intentionally.
Resource List
CJUU Website Links:
- Climate Justice Universities Union
- ClimateUni Statement on AI
- Resource: Resisting AI
- Resisting GenAI & Big Tech in Higher Education
Other Websites:
Readings:
- C. McGeown, S. Sheehan, J.C. Stephens, J. Barry. 2024. The Climate Justice Universities Union: Reclaiming the Transformative Power of Higher Education. Read Here.
- Stephens, J.C. 2024. Climate Justice and the University: Shaping a Hopeful Future For All. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universitie
- The Growth–Environment Debate
- Doughnut Economics
- Deepening relational capacity to confront the polycrisis in higher education and beyond