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SUMMARY:GEF Talks at Green Academy (Komiža)
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to build counter-power in a time of monsters? As Europe faces growing insecurity\, climate collapse\, democratic backsliding and profound shifts in the global order\, the Green European Foundation joins the 10th edition of the Green Academy with a series of GEF Talks exploring the political ideas and strategies needed to shape a Green response.\nAbout the event\nFrom 21–26 August 2026\, the Green European Foundation joins the Institute for Political Ecology and partners for the 10th edition of the Green Academy\, taking place on the island of Vis\, Croatia\, under the title “Life in the Time of Monsters: Building Counter-Power”. \nEstablished in 2010\, the Green Academy is an educational and discussion platform centred on political ecology\, bringing together debates on degrowth and post-growth\, the commons\, ecological transition\, municipalism and public services. Over the years\, it has become an international meeting point where green and progressive scholars\, practitioners\, researchers\, politicians and activists exchange knowledge\, experiences and political strategies. \nWith this tenth edition\, the Green Academy seeks to collectively explore green and left responses to a political moment characterised by growing insecurity\, ongoing wars and conflicts\, climate collapse and profound shifts in the global order. The Academy will provide a space to examine different strands of green-left political thought and action\, and to explore how to build the forms of counter-power needed to inspire\, empower and strengthen progressive politics across Europe. \nThroughout the Academy\, the Green European Foundation will contribute a series of GEF Talks and workshops that connect current Foundation projects with the Academy’s overarching themes. From demographic futures and Greens in government to Europe’s contested green transition\, the rise of the far right and the relationship between technology and democracy\, these sessions will bring together researchers\, policymakers and Green actors from across Europe to exchange experiences\, challenge assumptions and collectively reflect on the political strategies needed for the years ahead. \nProgramme\nYou can find the GEF Talks sessions below. The full Green Academy programme is available here on the Institute for Political Ecology’s website. \nFriday 21 August 2026 \n21:00–23:00 | Opening Debate – Do Monsters Smell Flowers? (EN) \n\nInga Rademacher – Professor of International Political Economy\, School of Policy and Global Affairs\, City St. George’s University of London\nAsad Rehman – Chief Executive\, Friends of the Earth Europe\nMeryem Almaci – Member\, GEF Board and Member of Flemish Groen Party\nSabrina Fernandes – Brazilian writer\, economist and climate activist\n\nThe official opening debate of the Green Academy explores how progressive movements can respond to today’s multiple crises while imagining new forms of political action and hope. \nSaturday 22 August 2026 \n11:30–13:30 | GEF Talks – Lecture: The Far Right as an Economic Monster (EN) \n\nInga Rademacher – Professor of International Political Economy\, School of Policy and Global Affairs\, City St. George’s University of London\n\nThis workshop examines the economic narratives underpinning the contemporary far right and explores progressive alternatives capable of challenging them. \n21:00–23:30 | GEF Talks – Greens in Government. A Participatory Session on Navigating  Power and Anchoring the Transition (EN) \n\nFlorent Marcellesi – Senior EU Consultant\, former Member of the European Parliament and former co-chair of the Spanish Greens Equo\n\nThis interactive GEF Talk presents the framework and first insights of the Green European Foundation’s “Greens in Government” project. The project examines the institutional\, organizational\, and societal anchoring of Green participations in regional and national governments. Designed as a participatory session\, this workshop brings together research perspectives and political experiences to focus on: the modalities of entry\, renewal\, or exit of governments by the Greens; the institutional and human imprint they leave on public administration; their ability to build trust\, as well as long-term political and social legitimacy; the evolution of Green political identity\, strategy\, and internal dynamics under conditions of power; their ability to adapt and navigate external conditions and major political\, social\, and cultural trends during different election cycles. Participants will actively contribute to sharing practices and collective learning for Greens in power. \nMonday 24 August 2026 \n10:00–11:30 | Keynote \n\nEmma Holten – feminist debater\, online humans rights activist and editor of Friktion magazine\n\n11:30–13:30 | GEF Talks – Deal or No Deal: The Contested Futures of Europe’s Green Transition (EN) \n\nAgata Meysner – Board member\, Green European Foundation and Co-Founder\, Generation Climate Europe\nSofia Martínez – GEF Fellow & International Relations Manager\, Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía \nPablo Sanchez – Local and Regional Government Officer\, European Public Services Union\nModeration: Jamie Kendrick – Head of Policy\, Green European Foundation\n\nEurope’s Green Deal has entered a new political phase. This panel explores the contested futures of Europe’s green transition; speakers will sketch out the contradictory trends defining the current movement and look ahead to key struggles for European green politics. \nTuesday 25 August 2026 \n11:30–13:30 | GEF Talks – Europe Is Ageing – Who Cares?  (EN) \nThinking with the Green European Journal‘s latest print edition\, Life Lines.\n\nEmma Holten – feminist debater\, online humans rights activist and editor of Friktion magazine\nSilvana Briones Piedrafita – Technical Advisor on Information\, Office of the Spanish Minister of Social Rights\, Consumer Affairs\, and the 2030 Agenda\nJelena Miloš – Member of Parliament\, Možemo! (TBC)\nModeration: Alessio Giussani – Editor in chief\, Green European Journal\n\nDrawing on the latest edition of the Green European Journal\, this roundtable examines demographic change\, ageing societies\, care\, migration and intergenerational justice from a political ecology perspective. \nTime TBC  | Tech & democracy (EN) \n\nJan Philipp Albrecht – President\, Heinrich Böll Stiftung\nRenata Ávila Pinto (TBC) – CEO\, Open Knowledge Foundation\nModeration: Seden Anlar (TBC) – Journalist\, Climate Communicator\n\nPracticalities\nDate: 21-26 August 2026 \nLocation: Komiža\, Vis island\, Croatia \nLanguage: English and Croatian \nThis is an invitation-only event with limited capacity. For more information please contact carlotta.geremia@gef.eu or lana@ipe.hr. \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Institute for Political Ecology and with financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/gef-talks-at-green-academy-2026-komiza-croatia/
LOCATION:Komiža\, Komiža\, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
CATEGORIES:Summer university
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