Edited by Pietro de Perini and Paolo De Stefani
This volume presents nine state-of-the-art analyses prepared by Ph.D. students at the University of Padova and beyond. Through an interdisciplinary lens, these contributions interrogate the frontiers of digital vulnerability, the “self-exploitation” and ethnicized hierarchization of migrant labor, and the legal hurdles of ecocide. By deconstructing the “physics” of energy transitions and confronting the postcolonial “participation-power gap” in the UN’s performative reviews, the research demands a decolonization of the knowledge-power nexus. From “anticipatory design” as a survival mechanism in the Anthropocene to the threats of “techno-feudalism,” this volume offers a comprehensive roadmap for reconstructing a just, dialogic, and sustainable global horizon.
Content
Sofia Riva, An Interdisciplinary Review of Digital Vulnerability for Migrant and Diasporic Groups
Chenda Wu, The Labour Exploitation of Chinese Migrant Workers in Italy: ‘Self-Exploitation’ and Labour Law Compliance
Anna Romanovych, Human Relationships with Nature: Climate Change and the Crime of Ecocide
Marta Vischi, The Energy Transition Available for Use: A Review of How It is Used in Research
Mehmet Çağlar Akyiğit, Towards a Pluralistic and Psychologically Grounded Framework of Social Justice for the Eco-socio-political Development of the Younger Generations
Barbara Rinaldi, The Role of Future Thinking in Supporting Adolescents in Planning Their Future Career Paths
Joseph Tendai Ruzvidzo, Beyond Theatre: Structural Barriers & Practical Pathways to Postcolonial Reform in UN Human Rights Mechanisms
Tancredi Marini, Political Culture, International Democracy, and Human Rights. A Literature Review
Clelia Vettori, On the Importance of Addressing Western Propaganda: A Literature Review
