1st colloquium for early career researchers
March 23, 2012
2.30 p.m. – Opening of the colloquium: Klaus Wiegandt Founder and Chairman of the Forum for Responsibility, former Spokesman of the Management Board of METRO AG
14.45 – Lecture: Consumption and production in industrialized nations: a central problem on the way to sustainable development Klaus Wiegandt
16.00 – Lecture: Post-growth economics Prof. Dr. Niko Paech, Associate Professor at the Chair of Production and Environment (PUM) at the University of Oldenburg
17.00 – Lecture: The political culture of a post-growth economy Dr. Reinhard Loske, Chairman of the Study Group for Global Future Issues of the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, Head of the “Sustainable Germany” research group at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (1992-1998), Member of the Bundestag (1998-2007), Senator for the Environment, Construction, Transport and Europe of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (2007-2011)
18.00 – Podium – Discussion
09.00 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 Economic Research
10.00 a.m. – Lecture: Wanting to have. On consumption and other phenomena of prosperity Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich Professor of Art Studies and Media Theory at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, author, lecturer, consultant
11.30 a.m. – 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)
2 p.m. – Lecture: The Culture 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
from 3.30 p.m. until the evening: Workshops on the topic “How do we move CONCRETELY into the post-growth society?”
09.00 – 11.00 a.m. – Continuation of the workshops
11.00 – 13.30 Presentation of the workshop results Moderation: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer Managing Director of FuturZwei. Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit, Professor for Transformation Design, University of Flensburg