This event will feature the 2023 Holberg Prize Laureate Joan Martinez-Alier and other distinguished speakers. They will discuss current global challenges and the role of global political ecology to understand and tackle these.
Political Ecology is a growing topic among the environmental social sciences and environmental humanities. It covers issues in the Global North and the Global South, such as post-growth economics and environmental conflicts and injustices.
In collaboration with Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA‑UAB) and held at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC) in Barcelona, the Holberg Prize will host a discussion on global political ecology and its importance for both Northern and Southern hemispheres. The event will feature the 2023 Holberg Prize Laureate Joan Martinez-Allier, as well as a number of other distinguished speakers.
Speakers
Joan Martinez-Alier
Introduction to the theme
by Joan Martinez-Alier, Professor emeritus at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). He is also professor emeritus at Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO), and received the 2023 Holberg Prize for his ground-breaking research in ecological economics, political ecology and environmental justice.
Giorgos Kallis
Political Ecology of Economic Growth
by Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor at ICTA-UAB, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Co-director of the Post-growth ERC synergy grant REAL.
Gabriela Merlinsky
Political Ecology : Gender and Decolonization of Knowledge
by Gabriela Merlinsky, Doctor in Social Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and Doctor in Geography from Paris 8 University. CONICET researcher.
Zehra Yaşın
The Socio-Ecological Question in World Systems History
by Zehra Yaşın, Doctor in Sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Assistant Professor at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey.
Marco Armiero
Political Ecology and Environmental Humanities
by Marco Armiero, ICREA Professor at the Institute for the History of Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Past president of the European Society for Environmental History.
