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Tuesday 4 June 2024

Tuesday 18 June 2024

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 1: STS in the context of degrowth: science and technology in the era of colonial capitalist expansion

Tuesday 18 June 2024, 17.30h (Pazo da Cultura) with Samer Abdelnour (The Univesity of Edimburg) & Annapurna Mamidipudi (Technical University of Berlin), moderated by Tess Doezema (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona)

  What critical approaches to innovation can we mobilize to think with and for degrowth? Putting in conversation critiques from disparate sites that are not typically centered in conversations on …

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 2: Introduction to Ecological Economics and Degrowth

Tuesday 18 June 2024, 18.30h (Pazo da Cultura) with Joshua Farley (University of Vermont), Giorgos Kallis (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) & Brototi Roy (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona), moderated by Alexandra Köves (Corvinus University of Budapest)

  Degrowth, ecological economics, post-development. Concepts that relate to each other, overlap in terms of social goals, engagement and in many other perspectives. But how? And what are the …

Wednesday 19 June 2024

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 3: The politics of Materials and the plastic industry

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 11.00h (Plenary tent) with Ekaterina Chertkovskaya (Lund University) & Alice Mah (University of Glasgow), moderated by Vincenzo Pavone (CSIC)

  In this plenary, Ekaterina Chertkovskaya and Alice Mah will lead us into the politics of materials and the plastic industry. The dialogue will address the emerging problems of plastic and similarly …

Thursday 20 June 2024

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 4: What Circular Economy?

Thursday 20 June 2024, 11.00h (Plenary tent) with Kersty Hobson (University of Cardiff) & Hans-Christian Eberl (European Comission, responsible for Circular Economy in Horizon Europe), moderated by Andrea Genovese (Sheffield University Management School)

  The dialogue will focus on the recent Circular Economy initiatives proposed by the European Union, highlighting current limitations and potential improvements. Panelists will also discuss the …

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 5: Technology and Democracy. The Right to Repair Movement

Thursday 20 June 2024, 15.00h (Plenary tent) with Ugo Vallauri (Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Restart Project) & Blanca Callén (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), moderated by Javier Lloveras (Universidade de Vigo)

  The promotion of repair and maintenance practices is central to both degrowth and ecological economics. In recent years, the right to repair is emerging as a powerful movement against restrictive …

Friday 21 June 2024

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 6: Rethinking Innovation. Alternative approaches for people and planet

Friday 21 June 2024, 11.00h (Plenary tent) with Alejandra Boni (Ingenio – UPV), Adrian Smith (University of Sussex) & Andrea Jiménez (University of Sheffield), moderated by Aviram Sharma (Universidade de Vigo)

  Innovations are conventionally conceptualized as one of the crucial driving factors fuelling the "growth machine" of capitalism, and science and technology led "endless" economic growth. Innovations …

ESEE-Degrowth 2024 - Dialogue 7: Climate Change and Degrowth

Friday 21 June 2024, 15.00h (Plenary tent) with Julia Steinberger (University of Lausanne) & Carlo Buontempo (Director of Copernicus Climate Service of the EU), moderated by Mario Pansera (Universidade de Vigo)

  This dialogue features Dr. Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus, and Professor Julia Steinberger from the University of Lausanne, recently awarded the ERC Synergy Grant REAL. Carlo will discuss …