Aaron Maltais
Biographic Data
| ID | 1616751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Maltais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Maltais |
| SIGNATURE | MALTAIS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4557-0069 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Designing fair and politically viable transport transitions: A framework for transition assistance policies in higher-income countries
Decarbonising the transport sector is essential for meeting climate targets, but the policies required can disproportionately burden vulnerable groups and trigger political resistance. This paper develops a practical framework to help policymakers design Transition Assistance Policies (TAPs) that both promote fairness and enhance public support for low-carbon transport transitions. The framework is based on an integrative literature review across…
Who is most at risk of losing out from low-carbon transition in the food and transport sectors in Sweden? Equity considerations from a consumption perspective
The low-carbon transition requires policies and behaviour changes that affect people's consumption habits. However, the impacts of the transition are likely to be experienced unevenly by consumers. Failing to account for these differences puts at risk the prospects of a just transition. This paper investigates the demand-side aspects of a just low-carbon transition, with a focus on the transport and food sectors in Sweden. It combines footprint a…
Too risky – The role of finance as a driver of sustainability transitions
The finance sector has a long track record of engaging with sustainability issues, and policymakers and sector representatives agree that a transition to sustainability needs to be mirrored by rapidly expanding financing. Based on in-depth interviews with a broad range of actors in the Swedish finance sector, we show that despite a strong recognition of the challenges, the sector remains cautious towards risk. We explore what motivates the sector…
The Demos and Its Critics
The “demos paradox” is the idea that the composition of a demos could never secure democratic legitimacy because the composition of a demos cannot itself be democratically decided. Those who view this problem as unsolvable argue that this insight allows them to adopt a critical perspective towards common ideas about who has legitimate standing to participate in democratic decision-making. We argue that the opposite is true and that endorsing the …
Failing International Climate Politics and the Fairness of Going First
There appear to be few ways available to improve the prospects for international cooperation to address the threat of global warming within the very short time frame for action. I argue that the most effective and plausible way to break the ongoing pattern of delay in the international climate regime is for economically powerful states to take the lead domestically and demonstrate that economic welfare is compatible with rapidly decreasing GHG em…
Global warming and the cosmopolitan political conception of justice
Within the literature in green political theory on global environmental threats one can often find dissatisfaction with liberal theories of justice. This is true even though liberal cosmopolitans regularly point to global environmental problems as one reason for expanding the scope of justice beyond the territorial limits of the state. One of the causes for scepticism towards liberal approaches is that many of the most notable anti-cosmopolitan t…
Too risky – The role of finance as a driver of sustainability transitions
The finance sector has a long track record of engaging with sustainability issues, and policymakers and sector representatives agree that a transition to sustainability needs to be mirrored by rapidly expanding financing. Based on in-depth interviews with a broad range of actors in the Swedish finance sector, we show that despite a strong recognition of the challenges, the sector remains cautious towards risk. We explore what motivates the sector…
The Demos and Its Critics
The “demos paradox” is the idea that the composition of a demos could never secure democratic legitimacy because the composition of a demos cannot itself be democratically decided. Those who view this problem as unsolvable argue that this insight allows them to adopt a critical perspective towards common ideas about who has legitimate standing to participate in democratic decision-making. We argue that the opposite is true and that endorsing the …
Failing International Climate Politics and the Fairness of Going First
There appear to be few ways available to improve the prospects for international cooperation to address the threat of global warming within the very short time frame for action. I argue that the most effective and plausible way to break the ongoing pattern of delay in the international climate regime is for economically powerful states to take the lead domestically and demonstrate that economic welfare is compatible with rapidly decreasing GHG em…
Global warming and the cosmopolitan political conception of justice
Within the literature in green political theory on global environmental threats one can often find dissatisfaction with liberal theories of justice. This is true even though liberal cosmopolitans regularly point to global environmental problems as one reason for expanding the scope of justice beyond the territorial limits of the state. One of the causes for scepticism towards liberal approaches is that many of the most notable anti-cosmopolitan t…
Who is most at risk of losing out from low-carbon transition in the food and transport sectors in Sweden? Equity considerations from a consumption perspective
The low-carbon transition requires policies and behaviour changes that affect people's consumption habits. However, the impacts of the transition are likely to be experienced unevenly by consumers. Failing to account for these differences puts at risk the prospects of a just transition. This paper investigates the demand-side aspects of a just low-carbon transition, with a focus on the transport and food sectors in Sweden. It combines footprint a…
Global warming and the cosmopolitan political conception of justice
Within the literature in green political theory on global environmental threats one can often find dissatisfaction with liberal theories of justice. This is true even though liberal cosmopolitans regularly point to global environmental problems as one reason for expanding the scope of justice beyond the territorial limits of the state. One of the causes for scepticism towards liberal approaches is that many of the most notable anti-cosmopolitan t…
Failing International Climate Politics and the Fairness of Going First
There appear to be few ways available to improve the prospects for international cooperation to address the threat of global warming within the very short time frame for action. I argue that the most effective and plausible way to break the ongoing pattern of delay in the international climate regime is for economically powerful states to take the lead domestically and demonstrate that economic welfare is compatible with rapidly decreasing GHG em…
The Demos and Its Critics
The “demos paradox” is the idea that the composition of a demos could never secure democratic legitimacy because the composition of a demos cannot itself be democratically decided. Those who view this problem as unsolvable argue that this insight allows them to adopt a critical perspective towards common ideas about who has legitimate standing to participate in democratic decision-making. We argue that the opposite is true and that endorsing the …
Who is most at risk of losing out from low-carbon transition in the food and transport sectors in Sweden? Equity considerations from a consumption perspective
The low-carbon transition requires policies and behaviour changes that affect people's consumption habits. However, the impacts of the transition are likely to be experienced unevenly by consumers. Failing to account for these differences puts at risk the prospects of a just transition. This paper investigates the demand-side aspects of a just low-carbon transition, with a focus on the transport and food sectors in Sweden. It combines footprint a…
Too risky – The role of finance as a driver of sustainability transitions
The finance sector has a long track record of engaging with sustainability issues, and policymakers and sector representatives agree that a transition to sustainability needs to be mirrored by rapidly expanding financing. Based on in-depth interviews with a broad range of actors in the Swedish finance sector, we show that despite a strong recognition of the challenges, the sector remains cautious towards risk. We explore what motivates the sector…
Designing fair and politically viable transport transitions: A framework for transition assistance policies in higher-income countries
Decarbonising the transport sector is essential for meeting climate targets, but the policies required can disproportionately burden vulnerable groups and trigger political resistance. This paper develops a practical framework to help policymakers design Transition Assistance Policies (TAPs) that both promote fairness and enhance public support for low-carbon transport transitions. The framework is based on an integrative literature review across…
Political science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works)