WHO WE ARE:

The Institute for Degrowth Studies is a non-profit organization founded with the aim of spreading knowledge about degrowth, creating and/or supporting activities aligned with degrowth, providing opportunities for our members to learn more about degrowth, and fostering collaboration both locally and internationally with other degrowth groups and organizations that share similar values.

THE GROUP AND HOW WE ARE ORGANIZED:

Our organization is entirely shaped by what our active members want to do and the collective capacity we have as a group. This means that our activities and level of engagement may vary from semester to semester. We are an international group so the language is English. Our backgrounds are very mixed and everyone who sympathizes with the values and principles of degrowth are most welcome (see more under About Degrowth). We meet January to midsummer, and mid-August to December and have our annual meeting in October. At the annual meeting those who are paying members (20SEK/year) have a vote.

We have both active and passive members in our organization: Right now (spring 2025) we are about 15 active member and we meet approximately every other week (see calendar) to organize our activities — both internal and public once. The topics to these activities are always related to degrowth but vary widely depending on what our active members we find interesting and relevant to spend time on.

To organize our work, we create smaller working-groups were those who want to engage for each specific event/activity come together. A working group can exist for a very short time or for longer times, thus we do not provide any info on the webpage about which working groups are active right now.

Active members meet in person in Malmö. We try not to be hybrid (except for our annual meeting).

Membership fee: 20 SEK/year.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:

Becoming active member: At the beginning of each semester, we organize an introduction for those interested in becoming active members, but you can get involved at any time! At our meeting you will get more info about which working group that are active right now. If your are interested in becoming an active member but missed our introduction, please contact us on: degrowthmalmo@riseup.net

Becoming passive member: Passive members means that you are on our info-list and will get emails from us when we have a public event comming up. Please contact us on: degrowthmalmo@riseup.net and let us know that you want to get our info-emails. Also follow us on social media (see HOME).

If you live remotely but want to be part of our group: You do not have to live in Malmö to become active member in our group. As long as you are willing to show up in person on our meetings, you can live remotely and still be an active member. If that is not an option: Become a passive member, you will get our email when we have a public event going on. Sometimes we offer something hybrid or even entirely on-line. Also, follow us on social media.

PREVIOUS AND Current activities:

After organizing the 6th International Degrowth Conference we have arranged study circles and study visits, lectures, workshops, film screenings, and projects. We have also collaborate with a number of other civil organisation for public events and activities.

The best way to find out about our current activities is to go to the event page and see what is coming up.

Interested in collaboration?

Are you an organisation that want to collaborate with the Institute for degrowth studies? We are open to event and other collaborative proposals, so do get in touch with ideas if interested.

Contact: degrowthmalmo@riseup.net.

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