Looking forward to mine and Martin Mahony's sessions on 'New and critical geographies of innovation' at #RGSIBG22 tomorrow morning with these fantastic papers. Join us to discuss how geographers can and should respond to problematic dominant approaches to innovation.

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Looking for some podcasts for the winter months? We have created a playlist with episodes featuring authors and editors of "Degrowth & Strategy" discussing the book and specific chapters. Tune in! ⬇️ open.spotify.com/playlist/5QMqY…

Voor elke hectare landbouwgrond in Nederland gebruiken we elders in de wereld twee hectare, vertelt akkerbouwer en onderzoeker Meino Smit. Het moet drastisch anders, volgens hem. ‘Ik ben bang dat het anders niet meer goed komt met ons land.’ vn.nl/meino-smit-lan…

Really looking forward to the final event of this year's Urban Futures Studio Mixed Classroom -- 'Rural Utopias'. Join us the afternoon of Jan 25th in Utrecht to explore possible ways out of rural deadlocks: RSVP here: uu.nl/en/events/rura… @UUCopernicus

🌱 New OA paper on 'unlearning in sustainability transitions' with @DrGiuseppeFeola Hens Runhaar and Ellen Moors 🧐 We examined entangled learning and unlearning in CSA farms as food collectives based on solidarity. 📖 Available via: doi.org/10.1016/j.eist…

Existing “solutions” to inflation either sabotage working people or sabotage climate goals. But there is another way: with universal public services, we can solve the cost-of-living crisis directly and achieve our climate goals at the same time. newstatesman.com/spotlight/cost…

De bodem 🌱 🐛 🐌 Prachtig! Genoten van de voorpremiere in filmhuis Slachtstraat.

What a day for degrowth in the Netherlands! Impressive performance of Jason Hickel this afternoon in de tweede kamer (yes you can (re)watch it now! ) and >600 people in Tivoli tonight 🙌 A movement for post-capitalist transition, Let's go NL! Big thanks to Commons Network!

Can’t wait for our Urban Futures Studio summer school! Join us for an exciting week exploring how alternative forms of engagement can help us navigate the conflicts of today & reimagine more collective futures. Rolling deadline until May 1st, so apply soon! utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/social…

Lecturing can be so good. We just had a really passionate real-talk dialogue between me, Laura van Oers and around 180 students about all the different ways change might actually happen, and how hard it is, based on an adapted version of the DRIFT X Curve.

15-17 May #BeyondGrowth2023 🐌 I am super excited for 3 days of degrowth discussions at the European Parliament. Unfortunately joining online but great to see so many interesting topics and panelist featured in the programme 🎉 Check out panels & livestream: beyond-growth-2023.eu

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Opgewekt liet Rutte zijn vierde kabinet vallen. Zijn kompas is het afgesteld op macht en hij moet in de afgelopen weken hebben ingeschat dat een val nu het meest opportuun is. Daarmee stranden alle grote ambities van Rutte IV. @coenvdven buff.ly/43fcJCr

The 14th IST Conference kicks off tomorrow with the ERC Day on Positionality in Research. Super excited for what's in store! In addition to classic paper, plenary & poster sessions, don't miss engaging discussion platforms, a photo exhibition & inspiring installations! #IST2023

Professor Mark Swilling closing just #IST2023 keynote with the quote “To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.” — Raymond Williams

It's a wrap! 💫 This week's conference has been the best experience with this amazing organizing team :) #IST2023 STRN No troubles only bubbles!

My dear friends and I developed a workshop to (1) analyse the capitalist barriers to transformation in our food system and then (2) strategise how to dismantle them, using a degrowth perspective. The toolkit is freely available; more info here Undisciplined Environments undisciplinedenvironments.org/2023/09/28/a-w…

Fantastic opportunity to join us Urban Futures Studio to do your PhD on the role of emotions in climate politics. Working with wonderful colleagues @godsandsods, Jesse Hoffman & @maartenhajer. Apply here by Nov 17! uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Ever wondered what your pension gets up to when you’re not looking?​ Meet Oblivia Coalmine 🔥​ #FrackingHell