Ways out of the growth society
Colloquium series on the fundamental questions of life
March 25, 2012
5.30 pm – Opening of the colloquium Klaus Wiegandt Founder and Chairman Forum for Responsibility
5.45 pm – Lecture: Consumption and production in industrialized nations A key problem on the road to sustainable development Klaus Wiegandt
6.45 pm – Lecture: Phenomena of affluence Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich Professor of Art Studies and Media Theory at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, author, lecturer, consultant
March 26, 2012
09.00 -10.30 a.m. – Lecture: After the leading culture of waste Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer Managing Director of Futur Zwei & Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit, Professor of Transformation Design, University of Flensburg
11.00 -12.30 – Lecture: Decoupling: Are steady growth and ecological sustainability compatible? Dr. Bernd Sommer Social scientist, research associate at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI), advisor to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
14.30 -16.00 – Lecture: The Economy of the Commons Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner Professor of Political Science, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE), Deputy Chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change, University of Duisburg-Essen
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 27, 2012
09.00-10.30 – Lecture: The political culture after growth Dr. Reinhard Loske Chairman of the Study Group for Global Future Issues of the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, Head of the research group “Sustainable Germany” at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (1992-1998), Member of the German Bundestag (1998-2007), Senator for the Environment, Construction, Transport and Europe of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (2007-2011)
11.00 -12.30 – Lecture: The importance of the labor market after growth Prof. Dr. Hans Diefenbacher Associate Professor of Economics at the Alfred Weber Institute of the University of Heidelberg, Deputy Director of the Research Center of the Protestant Study Community/Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (FEST) in Heidelberg
14.30-16.00 – Lecture: The Economy of the Commons Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner Professor of Political Science, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE), Deputy Chairman of the German Advisory Council on Global Change, University of Duisburg-Essen
16.30 – Summary of the day and discussion
March 28, 2012
09.00-10.00 a.m. – Lecture: The great transformation – the path to sustainable development Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind Economist, President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Professor at the University of Wuppertal, Chairman of the Association for Ecological Economy Research
10.00-11.00 a.m. – Lecture: The path to a post-growth economy Prof. Dr. Niko Paech Associate Professor at the Chair of Production and Environment (PUM) at the University of Oldenburg
11.30-13.00 – Panel discussion Who will shape the post-growth society? Moderation: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer Participants: Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind Prof. Dr. Niko Paech Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch
13.00 – Closing remarks Klaus Wiegandt