Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce a call for papers for a workshop on ‘EU climate neutrality and democratic resilience in turbulent times’ at the Nordic Environmental Social Science (NESS) Conference in Uppsala 9-11 June 2026. This workshop invites fully drafted manuscripts that address the following questions, among others: * How can the EU accelerate decarbonization while exercising global leadership in multilateral climate diplomacy amid a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape marked by crises, turbulence, and shifting power constellations? * How does the interaction between EU institutions (European Parliament, European Commission and the Council) impact the European Green Deal (EGD)? * How will the EGD be reshaped by the shift in focus to competitiveness as reflected in the EU’s Industrial Clean Deal? * How have institutions of democratic governance at multiple governance levels across the EU evolved to respond to the challenges of the climate crisis and implementation of the EGD? * To what extent can democratic innovations within the climate sphere serve to strengthen and reinvigorate democratic governance more broadly? * To what extent will the Fit for 55 legislation and updated 2040 climate and energy framework deliver a just transition while ensuring the EU’s climate goals are met? We invite full papers from different theoretical and methodological approaches across disciplines of political science, law, sociology, EU and sustainability studies and economics, and particularly contributions from early career researchers. The workshop aims to foster dialogue across disciplines and methods for an interdisciplinary and integrated understanding of how the EGD can achieve decarbonization and societal transformation in turbulent times. Please find the full call here: https://www.uu.se/en/department/earth-sciences/research/natural-resources-and-sustainable-development/ness2026/workshops The deadline for submissions is the 8th of December 2025. We look forward to receiving your submissions! All the best, Jana Gheuens, Matilda Miljand, and Diarmuid Torney