The Institute for Degrowth Studies and Professor Max Koch of Lund University welcome you to a lecture with degrowth researcher Timothée Parrique on February 3, 15-17.00 at Socialhögskolan, room 208.

Tim will talk about 'Recipes for Utopia: Policies and Pathways for Degrowth' (see the abstract below). He defended his PhD thesis on degrowth at Clermont-Ferrand in December, which was devoted to 'The Political Economy of Degrowth' and is also a co-author of the 'Decoupling Debunked' report.

Description:

"Degrowth yes, but how? How to think about the transition from a growth economy to a degrowth society? To start a discussion about strategies for social-ecological transformation, I will present an inventory of the policies mobilised by degrowthers. As I will argue, existing proposals are too vague, sometimes incongruent and incoherent, and often poorly structured – in short, no good enough for application. To remedy this shortcoming, I will offer a policy agenda for degrowth centred around the three themes of property, work, and money. Going from theory to practice, I will translate the values and principles of degrowth into 9 goals, 31 objectives, and a diversity of policy instruments – a sort of Sustainable Degrowth Goals. More than a political programme to change a system, I will attempt to demonstrate that degrowth can become a full-fledged alternative to capitalism."