Call for Papers: Green Transitions—The Kunshan Workshop
Submit abstracts for EFAN conference at Duke Kunshan University exploring green transitions across Asia. Deadline: January 1, 2026.
The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University invites graduate students, scholars, artists, and activists to submit abstracts for the third Environmental Futures in Asia Network (EFAN) conference. The workshop will take place at Duke Kunshan University from June 18–20, 2026, and will feature a keynote address, thematically organized panels, and a local field excursion.
This year's workshop theme is "Green Transitions," exploring how green transitions are designed, implemented, and envisioned across Asia's varied landscapes. Asia is a critical site for studying energy transitions due to its rapidly evolving political economies, diverse ecologies, and long histories of resource extraction.
The organizers are requesting proposals of unpublished research from academics and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences whose work can help illuminate pathways to low-carbon, equitable futures in Asia.
Possible panel or paper themes include: tracing the history of green development and technology; interrogating green capitalism and greenwashing; moving beyond carbon capitalism; reflecting on energy justice issues; tracking the politics of air, atmosphere, and breathability; exploring hydrospheric and oceanic transformations; considering gender, race, class, and disability within green transitions; building post-carbon cities and infrastructures; recognizing carbon-corporeal entanglements; imagining fossil-fuel-free futures; engaging communities influenced by green transitions; methodological approaches to studying energy transitions; supporting artistic, activist, and practice-based engagements; attending to the ecological footprint of digital infrastructures; and exploring deep earth ecologies and rare earth politics.