Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation
BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW
Conceptualizing Environmental Justice in the Legal and Regulative System: An International Empirical and Normative Perspectives
Schedule, June 13-15, 2023
Bar-Ilan Law Faculty Building 306, Room 100 (1st floor)
PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 13
10:00-10:15 – Get-together, Greetings and Introduction
10:15-11:00– Session 1: Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Legal Considerations from a South African Perspective
Oliver Ruppel, Gratz University, Faculty of Law
Comment: Oren Perez, Bar -Ilan University, Faculty of Law
11:00-11:45 – Session 2: Conceptualizing Environmental Justice within Multicultural-Divided States: The Case of Israeli Legal and Regulative System
Manal Totry- Jubran, Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law
Comment: Orr Karassin, The Open University, Public Policy and Environmental Regulation
11:45-12:00Coffee Break
12:00-12:45– Session 3: Sustainable Investment in Vulnerable Communities through Citizen-Led Energy Infrastructure. A Med and Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective
Christian Fernando Iaine,Luiss University, Law Department
Comment: Shira Bukchin- Peles, The Hebrew University,Department of Geography
12:45- 14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 – Session 4:Renewable Community Energy: A View from Europe
Elena De Nictolis,NYU,Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy, and Land Use Law
Comment: Sumudu Atapattu, University of Wisconsin, Law School
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00– Round Table on: Environmental (in)Justice in Waste Management: Snapshot from Israel
Mahmoud Freg, Saed Eisa, Itay Biton, Lior Zach
Wednesday, June 14
10:00-10:15 – Get-together, refreshments
10:15-11:00 – Session 5: For Whom the Trains Roll? An Equity Analysis of Access to Rail in Israel
Orit Rotem, Bar Ilan University, Department of Geography and Environment
Comment: Shai Stern, Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law
11:00-11:45– Session 6: TBD
Benoit Mayer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
Comment: Itamar Mann, Haifa University, Faculty of Law
11:45-12:45 Brunch
13:00- 17:00 Environmental (in)Justice Tour in the city of Jaljulia
Thursday, June 15
10:00-10:15 – Get-together, refreshments
10:15-11:00– Session 7: The Linkage of Research, Policy and Civic Society Activity in Addressing Environmental Justice Policy – The Case Study of Israel
Carmit Lubanov, The Association of Environmental Justice in Israel(AEJI)
Comment: Ori Sharon, Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law
11:00-11:45– Session 8: The Climate Change Turn in Human Rights
Doreen Lusting, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law
Comment: Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Bar- Ilan University, Faculty of Law
11:45- 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-12:45 –Session 9:Racial Capitalism and Climate Justice
Sumudu Atapattu, University of Wisconsin, Law School
Comment: Anat Tchetchik, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Geography and Environment
12:45-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-14:45 – Session 10: Mind the Gap: The Role of Path Dependency in the Mismatch Between Articulated and Actual Planning Policies in Israel
Nurit Alfasi, Ben-Gurion University, Department of Geography and Environmental Development
Comment: Avital Margalit, Sapir College, Law School
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00Round Table on: Local Challenges on the Struggle on Environmental Justice
Lihie Iuclea, BDO Israel, Amit Bracha, Adam Teva Va Denm, Maisa Totry, Truman Institute
16:00-1630 Closing Remarks
18:00 – Farewell dinner in Tel Aviv (for participants) - details TBA
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