Introduction to Degrowth
Thursday 6th Feb, 6pm
Lecture Theatre 4, Appleton Tower
Degrowth is a new term that signifies radical political and economic reorganization leading to drastically reduced resource and energy throughput. Related scholarship critiques the ideology behind the dogma of economic growth; contributes to documentation of negative material, social, and ecological effects of growth; and assesses alternatives to growth-based development. (Kallis et al., 2018)
Degrowth Edinburgh organising members: Elliot Hurst (PhD student, University of Stirling), Lisa Howard (PhD student, University of Edinburgh), Nicolas Zehner (PhD student, University of Edinburgh), and Martin Krobath (Degrowth practitioner, based in Edinburgh)
Martin Krobath, who previously worked at Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie - a leading German degrowth organisation - will give an introductory presentation. This will be followed by a panel Q&A session, answering your questions. At the end of the evening we will map out some of the degrowth ideas that we would like to continue through a new reading group. All welcome, no matter whether the idea of degrowth leaves you feeling a vague mix of confusion and excitement, or you have been following degrowth debates for a while.
Questions/queries before (and after) the event, please contact degrowth.edi@protonmail.com
If you would like to read a little bit about degrowth before coming along, the following are useful introductions –
- Kallis, G., Kostakis, V., Lange, S., Muraca, B., Paulson, S., & Schmelzer, M. (2018). Research On Degrowth. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 43(1), 291–316. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025941