Anke Schaffartzik Thursday 28th June, 12.00 – 13.30, ICTA-UAB In the 21st century, global resource use has grown at unprecedented rates. Based on the concept of social metabolism and the tools through which it can be measured, this presentation will delve into the international patterns underlying current high levels of growth in material resource use….
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Ecological macroeconomics
Simone D’Alessandro Thursday 28th June, 10.00 – 11.30, ICTA-UAB Ecological macroeconomics is a new endeavour to strengthen the ecological foundations of macroeconomics and shift its focus to living well within planetary boundaries (Jackson 2011; Hardt and O’Neill, 2017). Ecological macroeconomics relies on holistic analyses of our economic system, by considering factors such as environmental pressures,…
Degrowth in the global South? – workshop
Julien-François Gerber Tuesday 25th June, 15.00 – 17.00, ICTA-UAB Ecological economists have had relatively little to say about ‘beyond growth’ approaches in the global South. Most of them simply do not believe that such approaches apply there. Are they right? There seems to be a general agreement that national metabolisms should be downsized and stabilized…
The EJAtlas: Ecological distribution conflicts as a force for Sustainability
Joan Martínez-Alier Wednesday 27th June, 10.00 – 11.30, ICTA-UAB The lecture will be based on a collective article recently published in Sustainability Science. Can ecological distribution conflicts turn into forces for sustainability? This paper addresses in a systematic conceptual manner the question of why, through whom, how, and when conflicts over the use of the…
Introducing and critically discussing degrowth
Giorgos Kallis Tuesday 26th June, 12.00-13.30, ICTA-UAB This will be a discussion session. Students will be expected to read in advance the bibliography below. The session will then be devoted to a Q&A session around the core ideas presented in the readings. Students who will not be able to read the bibliography will unfortunately not…
Direct democracy and degrowth
Christos Zografos Monday 25th June, 12.00 – 13.30, ICTA-UAB The class will focus on presenting and discussing the potential and challenges of direct democracy as a process that can facilitate a transition towards degrowth futures. Direct democracy is a collective decision-making process favoured by many advocates of degrowth – and more in general, advocates of…
Lecturers – coming soon
Coming soon! For the moment you can check past editions: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Related events – coming soon
Events related to degrowth and environmental justice taking place during summer will be published here. More info soon!!! Just to have an idea of similar events in the past 3 years, you can check it up here: 2015, 2016, 2017
Bibliography 2014
Program 2017
You can download the program 2017 here.