The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
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Economic growth can’t reduce inequalities; it merely postpones confronting exploitation. The emergence of interest in degrowth can be traced back to the 1st International Degrowth Conference organized in Paris in 2008. At this conference, degrowth was defined as a “voluntary transition towards a just, participatory, and ecologically sustainable society,” so challenging the dogma of economic gr...
In a recent article with Stefan Drews, we discussed why degrowth might be an unfortunate name and slogan for the alternative economics movement. We listed several expressions that could possibly be better, but we were also upfront about their disadvantages. Here I propose a new term that might combine the advantages of the word degrowth with those of its more positive alternatives. For an asse...
Endlich habe die EU wieder Stärke und Einigkeit gezeigt, endlich sei sie wieder in der Lage, ihre Außengrenzen zu sichern, so die offiziellen Verlautbarungen nach dem Deal mit dem türkischen Präsidenten Erdogan im März. Doch die „Schließung der Balkanroute“ und der Pakt mit der Türkei sind tatsächlich eine Schande für Europa. Es ist ein Triumph der Zyniker, ein Kniefall vor den Rassisten in der...
