John Gaventa is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and a member of its Power and Popular Politics Cluster. He has written extensively on issues of power, citizen action, inequality, and most recently, just transitions. He is co-author with Gabe Schwartzman of Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley (2026 forthcoming, University of Illinois Press).