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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)

19:30

  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)

20:30

  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)

13:00

  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)

13:00

  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)

17:00

  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)

13:00

  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)

17:00

  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 …