Lecture Series "After Sustainability"
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 |
| Tuesday | June 25th 2024 | 6:30 PM |
Stefan Aykut, CSS / Universität Hamburg; Peter Wagner, Universitat de Barcelona and Kerstin Lopatta, CSS / Universität Hamburg Podiumsdiskussion zum Klimawende Ausblick 2024 "Die Gesellschaft der Klimawende" Abstract here [pdf] |
| Wednesday | January 24th 2024 | 6:00 PM |
Christer Pursiainen, Professor of Societal Security and Safety, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Title What is 'resilience' - and what could it be? Lessons from theory and practice Abstract here [pdf] |
| Thursday | November 2nd 2023 | 6:30 PM |
Louis Kotzé, Professor of Law, North-West University, South Africa Title Environmental Law After Sustainability Abstract here [pdf] Recording here [on Youtube] |
| 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?