Why does moving beyond growth require moving beyond capitalism (and how might we get there)?
Room ARC/014, the Alan Maynard Auditorium, Alcuin Research Resource Centre, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Event details
The York Policy Engine (TYPE) Lecture
Join us to hear from Dr Donnie Maclurcan, Director of Strategy for the Post Growth Institute, who will explore the hidden reasons post-growth futures must be post-capitalist, and how a transition to a post-growth economy represents our best option in response to the threat of social and ecological collapse. Come ready for an experiential presentation, where the diagnosis of what's problematic opens unexpected possibilities for systems change that can involve us all.
Donnie’s unusual career has included working as a freelance journalist, documentary producer, maths teacher, refugee and Indigenous rights activist, telephone counselor, homelessness support worker, property manager, exercise physiologist, and consultant for 500+ social enterprise projects, across 38 countries. Along the way he completed a PhD assessing nanotechnology’s global implications, coached the Fijian sailing team, held the Guinness World Record for the fastest run across Australia, and became an affiliate professor of economics at Southern Oregon University and adjunct professor with the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney. Establishing the Post Growth Institute in 2010, his professional focus is designing frameworks, methodologies and experiences for creative collaboration and collective liberation, along with an intuitive model for a post-capitalist market economy that builds on what’s already working.
The event will be chaired by Professor Kate Pickett, author of The Good Society and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York.
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Venue details
Wheelchair accessible
No hearing loop