BrIAS Seminars: Katza Dosa

Описание: 05.03.2026

Dr. Katza Dosa presents on "Children as Climate Citizens – Presentism with Long-Term Interests."

Abstract: 
Based on her book, Kata Dozsa presents the concept of “children as climate citizens” across three key avenues of participation: climate governance, grassroots youth social movements, and climate litigation. Presentism is a defining feature of children’s climate citizenship: children living today are directly and disproportionately affected by climate change, with immediate and future consequences for their rights, well-being, and everyday lives. At the same time, these experiences are framed within a broader set of long-term considerations: rather than identifying children solely through vulnerability, they are recognised as political and legal actors whose meaningful participation in decision-making and knowledge sharing contributes to sustainability and the protection of democratic values in society. (Dozsa, K (2023) Children as Climate Citizens. Routledge.)

Bio: 
Kata Dozsa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Brussels School of Governance where she conducts empirical research in the Curiae Virides project on transnational ecological litigation. She has also worked as adjunct professor at Vesalius College BA Programme in International Law and held a Summer School on Climate Change Litigation in 2024. She holds a PhD in law from University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on children’s rights, intergenerational justice and climate change. Kata Dozsa is the author of the book “Children as Climate Citizens” (Routledge, 2023), and she has numerous publications, including in the 2020 and 2023 editions of the European Yearbook on Human Rights. She was awarded the 2022 Sustainability Research Award for her contribution to climate change policy-development in Belgium.