When? Wednesday May 20th at 15h CET
Where? Online
A conversation about communicating economic transformation in practice, with Sara Al-Mahdi, Alvaro Alvarez Ricciardelli, Emma Panciera and Dickon Bonvik-Stone.
Ideas like degrowth, post-growth, the well-being economy, and related approaches are gaining attention across climate, democracy, and social debates. But communicating them remains challenging.
Due to the fact that they question the central role of economic growth, these ideas can feel abstract, ideological, or even threatening. For many audiences, economic growth is synonymous to jobs, stability, and progress, meaning alternatives can trigger resistance.
This panel explores what works in the real world, with practical case studies, lessons learned, and reflections on which narratives and frames help new economic thinking resonate, and which backfire
Around the world, social movements are rising up in response to the multiple crises of our time. However, only few seem to focus on the task of building concrete institutions that could challenge existing structures and change the rules of our system. The world is facing one crisis after another. From climate breakdown and mass extinction to economic instability, inequality, and injustic...
Green growth advocates praise resource efficiency for its potential to incentivize the economy and lower its ecological impact. On the other hand, the Jevons Paradox, describes multiple situations (or rebound effects) in which increased efficiency leads to further consumption (either direct or indirect) which offsets the initial ecological benefits achieved. In this piece, I join this discussio...
How migration relates to the imperial mode of living, degrowth and new internationalism We are currently facing the most severe migration crisis in history. But this is only one dimension of a broader civilizational crisis. Thus, anti-racist movements should not focus solely on issues of human mobility rights, but also build new paths of solidarity with societies in the geopolitical Global Sou...
