Industrial Relations for a Just Transition: Labour Trajectories in the Energy Sector Europe

In this incisive book, leading experts investigate how innovative industrial relations practices can support a just energy transition. Employing empirical case studies, they identify key patterns, challenges and enabling factors that inform policy design and contribute to embedding social justice within Europe’s green transition. With perspectives from across EU Member States, the book evaluates initiatives implemented at company, sectoral and institutional levels. Chapters examine the energy transition as a systemic transformation affecting employment, skills, work organisation, regional development and socio-environmental sustainability. The authors emphasise that industrial relations and a structured social dialogue are crucial determinants of both the legitimacy and the societal acceptance of ecological transformation processes. This book will be of great value to scholars of industrial relations and labour studies, sustainability transitions and environmental governance. Policy makers will also benefit from its actionable recommendations for supporting the design of effective just transition strategies.