Events
CSS Lecture Series "After Sustainability"
Check out the flyer here. Past lectures have been uploaded on YouTube (check here for more information and links).
More and up-to-date information will be uploaded continuously.
| Day | Date | Time | Lecturer | Title |
| Wednesday | November 2nd 2022 | 6:15 PM |
Steven Yearley, Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, The University of Edinburgh Title Decarbonisation, Brexit and the “Foundation Industries”: How to make stuff like aluminium, glass and steel in a Net-Zero-oriented nation Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
| Wednesday | July 6th 2022 | 6:15 PM |
Tanja Bogusz, CSS / Universität Hamburg; Frédéric Keck, EHESS (Paris) and Michael Schnegg, Humanities Faculty / Universität Hamburg Panel Discussion "Human-Environmental Relations in Crisis. Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives" Abstract here [pdf] |
| Wednesday | February 2nd 2022 | 6:30 PM |
Pierre Charbonnier, CNRS / Centre d'Etudes Européennes of Sciences Po (Paris) Title: An environmental history of political ideas: epistemological and critical perspectives Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
| Thursday | November 11th 2021 | 6:30 PM |
Sabine Schlacke, University of Greifswald / Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) Title: Beyond climate neutrality Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
| Tuesday | July 6th 2021 | 6:30 PM |
Frank Biermann, Utrecht University / Title: From Environmental Policy to Earth System Governance? Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
| Wednesday | June 30th 2021 | 6:00 PM |
Nigel Clark, Lancaster University / Lancaster Environment Centre Title: Earthly Multitudes and the Challenge of a Self-Differentiating Planet Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
The aim of the Lecture Series is to disorient and disenchant current ecological debates and go beyond techno- and marketfixes or highly uncertain technological gambles. Instead, we will point dilemmas and contradictions in discussions on decarbonisation and green growth, and center instead on the day-to-day practices of unsustainability in economic policies, infrastructure planning, consumption patterns and global financial markets. On this basis, we wish to engage a discussion on how to re-build and reassemble a horizon for contemporary ecological thinking. Starting from an honest assessment of the current situation and our ecological entanglements, what would a possible way forward look like? How can ecological thinking be at the same time critical and empowering, to support a politics of transformation that is not rooted in magical thinking?
KlimaCampus Colloquium 2022
More and up-to-date information on the upcoming talks can be found here.
| Day | Date | Time | Lecturer | Title |
| Thursday | November 3rd | 3:15 PM |
Steven Yearley, University of Edinburgh | Has the climate crisis put an end to green ambivalence about science? |
