Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport
As cities across the Global South confront the urgent challenge of reducing carbon emissions, low-carbon mobility transitions have become central to planning and policy agendas. Yet these transitions are often framed in narrow, technocratic terms—focused primarily on electric vehicle adoption—while overlooking the complex social, economic, and political realities that shape informal transport systems.
This webinar explores the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems that underpin everyday mobility across much of the Global South. It asks: Who drives the agenda for electric mobility? What forms of knowledge inform—or are excluded from—policy? And how can these transitions become more inclusive, context-sensitive, and just?
Bringing together researchers from diverse regions, the session will critically examine how popular transport systems can be transformed in ways that are both environmentally sustainable and socially equitable.
Date: 26 June 2025, 12:30
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Dr Gaurav Mittal (University of Oxford), Dr Varsolo Sunio (University of Asia and the Pacific), Dr Sandy Mae Gaspay (University of the Philippines Diliman), Dr Herrie Schalekamp (Mtracs Educational Institute for Knowledge Creation & Dissemination), Dr Rutul Joshi (CEPT University, India), https://csud.climate.columbia.edu/people/jacqueline-m-klopp (Columbia University)
Organiser contact email address: gaurav.mittal@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Host: Transport Studies Unit (TSU) (Transport Studies Unit (TSU))
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-ev-fix-rethinking-low-carbon-transitions-in-popular-transport-tickets-1365755293849?aff=oddtdtcreator
Audience: Public
Editor: Kirsty Ray