27 April 2022 | 19:00
Leading ecological economist and political ecologist and ICREA research professor of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Professor Giorgos Kallis will be the guest of the tenth program of the seminar series “A Common Horizon for Humanity and the Planet”. The seminar will be broadcasted live on the Cappadocia University YouTube channel on Wednesday, April 27 at 19:00 (Turkish Time). Professor Kallis’s research focuses on environmental justice, political ecology and degrowth among others. He is the author, co-author or editor of many books including “Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era” (2014, Routledge), “In Defense of Degrowth” (2017), “Degrowth” (2018, Agenda Publishing), “Limits Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care” (2019, Stanford University Press), “The Case for Degrowth” (Wiley, 2020). The book “Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era” was translated into Turkish under the title of “Küçülme: Yeni Bir Çağ İçin Kavram Dağarcığı” (Metis, 2020). Prof. Kallis’ will deliver his speech titled “Rethinking Limits to Growth” to be followed by a question and answer session moderated by Dr. Ethemcan Turhan from the Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, University of Groningen.