Dynamics of climate activism in Turkey

On the one hand, the climate movement is global, in which the so-called international summits devoted to the issue of carbon dioxide emissions. Representatives of these movements, taking part in these negotiations, create a certain discursive community, exchanging experiences and ideas. Transnational social networks also play an important role in the development and consolidation of climate activism.

On the other hand, these movements are strongly conditioned by local factors, especially economic, political (also geopolitical) and socio-cultural ones. In order to influence reality, the strategies of local movements must refer to the opportunity structures within which they operate, especially political structures. By analyzing activism in Turkey – a country at the crossroads of practices and discourses of the Global South and Global North – we hope to expand the universality of social movement theory or modify some assumptions or theses.

Project director:
dr Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach (Assistant Professor)

Project budget:
9 486,00 zł

Financing institution:
National Science Centre (NCN)

Project duration:
 04.12.2019 – 18.12.2020