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Katie Sandwell Programme Coordinator

Our people — Staff member

Katie Sandwell joined TNI in 2016 and has worked on municipal cannabis policy, corporate concentration, and human rights, among other issues.

Katie Sandwell

She holds a Master of Environmental Studies degree from York University, Canada focusing on food sovereignty and local food movements, and has worked with and supported movements around the world. She coordinates and supports work at TNI on a range of issues related to climate, environmental and agrarian justice; public alternatives; energy democracy; land and territories; fair trade medicinal plants; agroecology and food sovereignty.

Latest work

  • History in Action A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History

    History in Action is a five part history podcast of the major moments and trends shaping the international left over the last 50 years, as seen through the eyes of the people involved at TNI.History in Action is available at the links below and on Spotify, TuneIn, AudioBoom and many other podcast platforms.

    Dossier by
    • Susan George
    • Peter Weiss
    • Cora Weiss
    • John Cavanagh
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Anthony Barnett
    • Susan Buck-Morss
    • Ariane van Buren
    • Manuel Pérez-Rocha
    • John Berger
    • Isabel Letelier
    • Orlando Letelier
    • Eqbal Ahmad
    • Basker Vashee
    • Fred Halliday
    • Hilary Wainwright
    • Walden Bello
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Gonzalo Berrón
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Jun Borras
    • Fiona Dove
    • Arun Kundnani
    • Dorothy Grace Guerrero
    • Howard Wachtel
    • Brid Brennan
    • Satoko Kishimoto
    • Sol Trumbo Vila
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Lucía Bárcena
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Abir Kopty
    • Hamza Hamouchene

  • History in Action - Part 5 2020-onward! - A counter history by the Transnational Institute

    History

    History in Action Part 5 guides us through the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscored by increasing corporate power and social injustices—from healthcare privatization and vaccine disparities to the militarization of borders. We talk about green colonialism and the people hijacking the transition to renewable energy for their own profits. We talk about Gaza. Insights from diverse activists and scholars emphasize the need for a collective, just transition and highlight the historical and ongoing struggles for social justice, for international solidarity and for systemic change.

    Podcast by
    • Arun Kundnani
    • Niamh Ní Bhriain
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Lucía Bárcena
    • Walden Bello
    • Sol Trumbo Vila
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Dorothy Grace Guerrero
    • John Cavanagh
    • Achin Vanaik
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Manuel Pérez-Rocha
    • Fiona Dove
    • Abir Kopty
    • Hamza Hamouchene
    • Susan George

  • Digging Deeper Conversations on Mining and Just Transitions

    Just Transition

    We urgently need to phase out fossil fuels and reshape the global economy to deliver climate justice. But switching to renewable energy means we need new materials, and mining companies are jumping on this to make big profits, reinforcing old colonial patterns. From lithium to niobium, a new mining boom is happening, driven by speculative demand.How can we fight for a truly just transition without fueling more exploitation? Could alternative approaches reduce or eliminate the need for new extraction? What does this shift mean for frontline, rural, and Indigenous communities? Is “just” mining even possible, and if so, what campaigns or demands can support it?This new series of conversations is aiming to explore challenging questions around mining and the energy transition, and the solutions that transnational social movements are putting forward.

    Dossier by
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Yukari Sekine
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Key documents

  • Dismantling Green Colonialism Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region

    • Middle East and North Africa
    • Just Transition
    • Energy Democracy
    Book by
    • Hamza Hamouchene
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Joanna Allan
    • Hamza Lakhal
    • Mahmoud Lemaadel
    • Manal Shqair
    • Karen Rignall
    • Saker El Nour
    • Razaz H. Basheir
    • Mohamed Salah Abdelrahman
    • Mohamed Gad
    • Asmaa Mohammad Amin
    • Chafik Ben Rouine
    • Flavie Roche
    • Jawad Moustakbal
    • Adam Hanieh
    • Imane Boukhatem
    • Christian Henderson
    Green Colonialism book cover

  • From Crisis to Transformation What is Just Transition?

    • Just Transition
    • Climate Crisis
    • Anti-racism
    Primer by
    • Kali Akuno
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Jaron Browne
    Cover orange, white title

  • A View from the Countryside Contesting and constructing human rights in an age of converging crises

    • Just Transition
    • Climate Crisis
    Policy issues by
    • Katie Sandwell
    • Angélica Castañeda Flores
    • Lyda Fernanda Forero
    • Jennifer Franco
    • Sofia Monsalve Suárez
    • Andrea Nuila
    • Philip Seufert