Challenges in transitioning to the postgrowth era: the super-rich
I'm thrilled to invite Prof. Max Koch to give a seminar on his recent work. Max will give a presentation titled "Challenges in transitioning to the postgrowth era: the super-rich", followed by time for questions and discussion. The seminar will take place in Holling. As a preparation, you may (but do not have to) read this recent publication: Koch, M. (2025). Europe in the Postgrowth Era: Towards a Sustainable Welfare Deal. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 63(6), 1665–1684. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13728 Max Koch is a professor in Social Policy and Sustainability at the School of Social Work at Lund University. His research spans a range of topics, with a focus on Sustainable Welfare, Postgrowth, and more recently the role of Elites. Here is a selection of some of his recent works: Büchs, M., Trappmann, V., Moran, G., & Koch, M. (2026). Perspectives on Social and Justice Issues in Climate Policy – Comparing the Just Transitions, Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Literatures. WIREs Climate Change, 17(1), e70041. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.70041 Paulsson, A., Koch, M., Islar, M., & Raphael, R. (2026). Autonomy within limits: Post-growth and social imaginaries of work, education and democracy. Environmental Values, 35(2), 115–133. https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719251382401 Koch, M., Emilsson, K., Lee, J., & Johansson, H. (2024). Structural barriers to sufficiency: The contribution of research on elites. Buildings and Cities, 5(1), 268–282. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.439 Buch-Hansen, H., Koch, M., & Nesterova, I. (2024). Deep transformations: A theory of degrowth. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526173287 Koch, M. (2022). Social Policy Without Growth: Moving Towards Sustainable Welfare States. Social Policy and Society, 21(3), 447. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000361 Fritz, M., Koch, M., Johansson, H., Emilsson, K., Hildingsson, R., & Khan, J. (2021). Habitus and climate change: Exploring support and resistance to sustainable welfare and social–ecological transformations in Sweden. British Journal of Sociology, 72(4), 874–890. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12887 Koch, M., Lindellee, J., & Olsson, J. A. (2021). Beyond the growth imperative and neoliberal doxa: Expanding alternative societal spaces through deliberative citizen forums on needs satisfaction. Real-World Economics Review, (96), 168–183. http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue96/Koch-et-al96.pdf I hope to see as many people there. Please RSVP if attending in person, so that we know roughly how many people will attend. If you cannot make it, feel free to listen in online: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/66097244806
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Wilhelm Wanecek