The Vienna study trip report is online!

The students of the master Governing Ecological Transitions in European Cities realised a COLLECTIVE INQUIRY following their study trip in Vienna last October.

This report encompasses some of the learnings they have made on the field with experts, while tying them back to the political, historical, socio-cultural and economic challenges of the city. >In fact, this work successively explores the legacies of Red Vienna and its various influences on contemporary environmental and climate policies in face of climate urgency. It also offers a sectoral analysis, looking at the echoes between the explored path dependencies and current avenues for transition in, for example, energy, mobility or biodiversity areas.

To broaden these observations, it eventually questions the governance articulations at play, interrogating the power of the private sector in driving Vienna’s ecological transition or the influences citizens may have in shaping environmental politics, while digging the narrative the city has nurtured over the years and how this has driven the authorities to foster efforts in specific sectors, while neglecting some others.

Eventually, this report aims to answer the following question: to what extent is Vienna working towards an ecologically sound and fair transition for its citizens ? Who benefits from its policies, how is it governed and what is being overlooked ?

Read their report

Watch the video realised by the students
See the Facebook study trip photo album