Homa Publica – International Journal on Human Rights and Business, published by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and ranked Qualis A4, the first international journal on the subject in Latin America, invites submissions for the special issue of the second semester of 2025, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Tchenna Fernandes Masoand Prof. Dr. Emiliano Maldonado.

Dossier: Just Energy Transition, Popular Resistance, and Accountability of Transnational Corporations

The climate emergency and the global race for decarbonization have made the energy transition a central issue on political, economic, and social agendas. However, this transition is not neutral: it mobilizes disputes over territories, resources, and rights, reconfiguring relations between states, transnational corporations, and peoples historically affected by exploitation projects.

The challenge is to build a just energy transition that does not repeat colonial logics of exploitation or deepen socio-environmental inequalities. To this end, it is essential to value popular resistance, the leadership of indigenous peoples, quilombolas, peasants, traditional communities, and social movements, as well as to debate mechanisms for holding transnational corporations accountable, which often benefit from “green” expansion without addressing human rights violations.

This dossier from HOMA Magazine seeks to bring together critical and interdisciplinary reflections on:

• Paths to a fair and inclusive energy transition;
• The role of popular resistance in defending territories and rights;
• Experiences of holding transnational companies accountable for socio-environmental violations;
• Challenges and limits of global governance in the face of the climate crisis;
• Feminist, decolonial, and Global South perspectives on energy, climate, and justice.
• New frontiers of capitalist expansion over territories in Brazil in the face of the energy dispute; 

We invite researchers, activists, community leaders, and professionals from different fields to submit articles, essays, experience reports, and reviews that strengthen a critical and pluralistic agenda for thinking about socio-environmental justice in the context of the energy transition.

 

Coordination:

Prof. Dr. Emiliano Maldonado

Prof. Dr. Tchenna Maso

 

Submission deadline: January 10, 2026

Submission guidelines: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/about/submissions