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Degrowth Summer School 2015
Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice 2015 We have the pleasure of inviting you to the second edition of the summer school on degrowth offered by ICTA and Research & Degrowth, this year with environmental justice as a special focus. The summer school will take place between the 6th and 16th of July at the premises…
Course Structure and Description 2014
Program Outline General framework of the course: Morning sessions – standard classes of 1h 30 min each with questions and answers, with 30 minutes pause in between. Afternoon sessions – interactive workshops where: July 5th -9th (SOURCES): work in small groups on key questions and messages of the morning lecture July 10th – 21st (FOCUS ARES):…
Ines Omann – Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
Ines Omann, Senior Researcher, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research Ines Omann (born 1972, Austria) is currently working as a senior researcher at the UFZ (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research) in Leipzig. After obtaining her masters in economics and systems sciences she worked as research fellow at the Institute of Technology and Regional Policy, Joanneum Research, Graz,…
David Barkin – Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
David Barkin, Emeritus Researcher, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana David Barkin is Emeritus Researcher of the Mexican System of Researchers and Distinguished Professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. He works on the topic of construction of post-capitalist societies and contributes to their consolidation.
Accommodation
Accommodation Accommodation is provided for students from the Erasmus Program. Other participants should organise their stay independently. Students from partner universities/Erasmus Program will stay at the nearby Vila Universitària. Twin rooms in four people apartments are provided. For more information about the accommodation provided please see the Vila Universitària information page. How to get there…
Martínez-Alier, J. (2012) Environmental Justice and Economic Degrowth: An Alliance between Two Movements. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Isssue 1, Pages 51-73.
Martínez-Alier, J. (2012) Environmental Justice and Economic Degrowth: An Alliance between Two Movements. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Isssue 1, Pages 51-73. Ecological Economic, Social Metabolism and Political Ecology: The flows of energy and materials in the world economy have never been as large as they are today. This increased metabolism causes more and more…
Van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Kallis, G. (2012) Growth, A-Growth or Degrowth to Stay within Planetary Boundaries?Journal of Economic Issues. Volume XLVI, Issue 4, Pages 909-919.
Van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Kallis, G. (2012) Growth, A-Growth or Degrowth to Stay within Planetary Boundaries?Journal of Economic Issues. Volume XLVI, Issue 4, Pages 909-919. Abstract: The environmental sustainability of economic growth has been subject to much debate for many decades. Recently, two alternatives to the growth paradigm have been put forward:…
Kallis, G., Kerschner, C., Martinez-Alier, J. (2012) The economics of degrowth. Ecological Economics. In Press. Available online 21 September 2012.
Kallis, G., Kerschner, C., Martinez-Alier, J. (2012) The economics of degrowth. Ecological Economics. In Press. Available online 21 September 2012. Abstract: Economic degrowth is ecologically desirable, and possibly inevitable; but under what conditions can it become socially sustainable? How can we have full employment and economic stability without growth? What will happen to public spending…
Sekulova, F., Kallis, G., Rodríguez-Labajos, B., Schneider, F. (2013) Degrowth: from theory to practice. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 1-6.
Sekulova, F., Kallis, G., Rodríguez-Labajos, B., Schneider, F. (2013) Degrowth: from theory to practice. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 1-6. Abstract: The collection of articles reviewed in this editorial presents an eclectic sample of the best contributions from the Second international conference on degrowth, exemplifying recent debates in the field and touching on different…