[voew-listserver] LAST MINUTE Call for Papers: ESEE 2015 Special Session: Degrowth and Technology
- From: "Melf-Hinrich Ehlers" <melf-hinrich.ehlers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: voew-listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:07:49 +0200
Dear Colleagues,
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LAST MINUTE Call for Papers
Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics 2015 in Leeds,
30 June - 3 July 2015
Special Session: Degrowth and Technology
Just like in the Ecological Economics community, two opposing positions
with respect to technology are emerging in the Degrowth community: 1) The
critical perspective is sceptical about technological development as it is
seen to drive economic growth and cause environmental and social problems.
2) The enthusiastic perspective appreciates new technologies, such as open
source programmes or DIY renewable energy production, for expanding human
potential and protecting the environment through improved access to
knowledge and energy, for example.
As technologies usually meet controversy a number of questions arise: What
technologies are needed for a Degrowth society? How do these technologies
look like? Who decides on what technologies we need? How should we make
use of them? The session aims to open the floor to an explorative
discussion about such questions tackling the role of technology in a
Degrowth society.
We would cordially invite those interested in contributing to the debate
to send us an abstract on work that is either in progress or planned, for
consideration in our Special Session at next year’s Ecological Economics
Conference in Leeds. Abstracts should be sent to petra.waechter@xxxxxxxxxx
no later than Tuesday the 28th of October 2014. We aim to inform you about
the acceptance of the abstract to our Special Session by the end of next
week.
Looking forward to your submissions
Petra Wächter
Melf-Hinrich Ehlers
Christian Kerschner
Melf-Hinrich Ehlers
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät
Fachgebiet Ressourcenökonomie
10099 Berlin, Germany
email: melf-hinrich.ehlers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
skype: melfHE
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