Banerjee, Aparajita
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Dr. Aparajita Banerjee
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Environmental and Resource Sociology, Public Policy
Work areas
- Just transition in energy and mobility sectors
- Social acceptance of sustainable alternate technologies
- Fair and circular value chains
- Sociology of natural resources
Regional expertise
- East Asia
- South Asia
Vita
| seit 07/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Forschungsprogramm "Umwelt-Governance" |
| 10/2019-06/2023 | College of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| 08/2010-12/2016 | School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| 08/2010-12/2016 | Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA Graduate Research Asistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Social Sciences |
| 08/2009- 07/2010 | Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Research Associate |
Refereed Publications
- Banerjee, Aparajita (2024)
Transforming the rhetoric of Just Energy Transition Partnerships into reality: the devil lies in the details
in: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 3 (8), e0000121 - Minion, Lauren / Aparajita Banerjee (2024)
“I can feel the money going out of the window”: How high energy prices evoke negative emotions in people with previous experience of homelessness
in: Energy Research & Social Science 108, article 103387 - Banerjee, Aparajita / Geertje Schuitema (2023)
Spatial justice as a prerequisite for a just transition in rural areas? The case study from the Irish peatlands
in: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 41 (6), 1096-1112 - Murphy, Enda / Patrick Paul Walsh / Aparajita Banerjee (2022)
Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals
Cham: Springer International Publishing AG - Banerjee, Aparajita / Geertje Schuitema (2022)
How just are just transition plans? Perceptions of decarbonisation and low-carbon energy transitions among peat workers in Ireland
in: Energy Research & Social Science 88, article 102616 - Härynen, Simo / Caitriona Devery & Aparajita Banerjee (2021)
Contested bogs in Ireland: a viewpoint on climate change responsiveness in local culture
in: Grit Martinez, Culture and climate resilience, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 69-95 - Banerjee, Aparajita (2021)
Jatropha bioenergy in Yucatán, Mexico: An examination of energy justice
in: Stacia Ryder / Kathryn Powlen / Melinda Laituri / Stephanie A. Malin / Joshua Sbicca / Dimitris Stevis (eds.), Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene, London: Routledge, 90-101 - Lacchia, Anthea R. / Geertje Schuitema / Aparjita Banerjee (2021)
“Following the Science”: in search of evidence-based policy for indoor air pollution from Radon in Ireland
in: Sustainability 12 (21), article 9197 - Banerjee, Aparajita / Enda Murphy / Patrick Paul Walsh (2021)
Perceptions of Multistakeholder Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: a case study of Irish non-state actors
in: Sustainability 12 (21), article 8872 - Schelly, Chelsea / Aparajita Banerjee (2018)
Environmental policy and the pursuit of just sustainability (Conclusion)
in: Chelsea Schelly / Aparajita Banerjee (eds.), Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability, London: Routledge - Banerjee, Aparajita / Chelsea Schelly (2018)
When one size does not fit all: environmental policy, social context, and social justice (Introduction)
in: Chelsea Schelly / Aparajita Banerjee (eds.), Environmental policy and the pursuit of sustainability, London: Routledge - Banerjee, Aparajita / Chelsea Schelly (2018)
Social and political inequality as challenges in technology diffusion
in: Chelsea Schelly / Aparajita Banerjee (eds.), Environmental policy and the pursuit of sustainability, London: Routledge - Schelly, Chelsea / Aprajita Banerjee (eds.) (2018)
Environmental policy and the pursuit of sustainability
London: Routledge - Banerjee, Aparjita / C. Shelly / Kathleen E. Halvorsen (2017)
Understanding public perceptions of wood-based electricity production in Wisconsin, United States: the place-based dynamics of social representations
in: Environmental Sociology 3 (4), 381 - 393 - Banerjee, Aparajita / Emily Prehoda / Roman Sidortsov / Chelsea Schelly (2017)
Renewable, ethical? Assessing the energy justice potential of renewable electricity
in: AIMS Energy, 5 (1), 768-797 - Schelly, Chelsea / Aparajita Banerjee (2016)
Soft energy paths revisited: politics and practice in energy technology transitions
in: Challenges 7 (2), article 16 - Solomon, Barry D. / Aparajita Banerjee / Alberto Acevedo / Kathleen E. Halvorsen / Amarella Eastmond (2015)
Policies for the sustainable development of biofuels in the Pan American Region: a review and synthesis of five countries
in: Environment Management 56, 1276-1294
Non-refereed Publications
- Aleksandrova, Mariya / Aparajita Banerjee / Marcelo Inacio da Cunha / Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco / Michael Brüntrup / Daniele Malerba (2024)
Fostering justice across the Rio Conventions: emerging levers for cooperation and coordination
(Policy Brief 31/2024) - Dzebo, Adis / Aparajita Banerjee / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaelle Beaussart (2024)
NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)
Bonn/Stockholm: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) - Banerjee, Aparajita / Damien Barchiche / San Bilal et al. (2024)
Building a shared agenda on green industrialization for Africa and Europe
Ukȧmȧ Policy Brief (February 2024), Paris: IDDRI - Dzebo, Adis / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaëlle Beaussart / Aparajita Banerjee (2023)
NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) / Stockholm Environment Institute - Banerjee, Aparajita (2018)
Biofuels and sustainable development in Yucatan
in: Amarella Eastmond / Julio C. Sacramento Rivero / Sam R. Sweitz (eds.), The Quest for Jatropha Biodiesel and Sustainability in Yucatan, México: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Opinion Pieces
- Sen, Amrita / Aparajita Banerjee (2024)
Why attaining gender equality is critical for climate action
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 3 June 2024 - Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Aparajita Banerjee / Susan S. Ekoh (2023)
COP28 and the road to a Just Transition
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 29 November 2023 - Banerjee, Aparajita / Geertje Schuitema (2023)
Why people in the midlands have 'little faith' in Just Transition
published on rte.ie, 14.08.2023
Projects
Highlight
“I can feel the money going out of the window”: How high energy prices evoke negative emotions in people with previous experience of homelessness
Minion, Lauren / Aparajita Banerjee (2024)
in: Energy Research & Social Science 108, article 103387
Highlight
NDC-SDG Connections: Data on updated NDC submissions (V2)
Dzebo, Adis / Gabriela Iacobuţă / Raphaëlle Beaussart / Aparajita Banerjee (2023)
Research Data on Zenodo
Highlight
Why people in the midlands have 'little faith' in Just Transition
Banerjee, Aparajita / Geertje Schuitema (2023)
published on rte.ie, 14.08.2023