What would Science, Technology and Innovation look like in a world not driven by the endless pursuit of economic growth? What exciting futures would begin to take shape if we harnessed technological and scientific advances for something other than growth alone? What new worlds might we be able to conceive if human wellbeing and the natural environment were the primary focus of innovation?
Here at the Post-Growth Innovation Lab, these questions lie at the heart of our work. Our research strives to address the important dilemmas that face Science, Technology and Innovation within the context of a post-growth world. Innovating without growth means using interdisciplinary thinking to reimagine a new future: a future sensitive to the needs of the different stakeholders who will inhabit it, and able to address the economic, ecological, sociopolitical, and gender-based inequalities that affect us all.
Adrián Almazán
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Data: Luns,18 de marzo de 2024
Hora: 12:00 h
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Marko Monteiro
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Data: Luns,12 de marzo de 2024
Hora: 11:00 h
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Yousaf Nishat-Botero
from University of London
Matthew Thompson
from University College London
Data: Mércores, 6 de marzo de 2024
Hora: 11:00 h
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Prof Srinjoy Mitra
University of Edinburgh
Data: Martes,20 de febreiro de 2024
Hora: 11:00 h
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A snail, after adding a number of widening rings to the delicate structure of its shell, suddenly brings its accustomed building activities to a stop. A single additional ring would increase the size of the shell sixteen times. Instead of contributing to the welfare of the snail, it would burden the creature with such an excess of weight that any increase in its productivity would henceforth be literally outweighed by the task of coping with the difficulties created by enlarging the shell beyond the limits set by its purpose. At that point, the problems of overgrowth begin to multiply geometrically, while the snail’s biological capacity can at best be extended arithmetically.