Cecile Pelaudeix
EU Energy Security and Structural Transformations: Greenland and Sweden Critical Raw Materials
EU policies to fight the existential threat of climate change, accelerate energy transition and ensure energy security can be met with fierce opposition captured by the phrase ‘not in my backyard’ or ‘green colonialism’. This project interrogates the political repercussions of critical material policies. The comparison of Sweden and Greenland assesses the conditions under which the implementation of EU policies is conducive to acceptance or is associated with resistance and political shift.
Biography
Dr. Cécile Pelaudeix holds a PhD in international relations. She is a researcher, associate member at Pacte, Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA. Her expertise covers the impact of great power politics on security and cooperation in Europe, the Arctic, East Asia, South America. She also conducts research on resource governance (offshore extraction, critical materials, deep sea mining). She published in Le Monde (2026) and The Conversation (2025, 2026) on European responses to US ambitions in Greenland.
Publications
Avec le Groenland, Trump veut un trophée territorial pour son héritage personnel
Differentiated regionalism and China’s global agenda: EU, ASEAN and Mercosur between resilience and strategic autonomy
