Max Koch

@maxkoch
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Sociologist from Berlin. Professor in Social Policy and Sustainability at Lund University: #capitalism and its environmental and social implications, #degrowth , #postgrowth, #sustainability, #wellbeing, #climatecrisis,#politicaleconomy
Websitehttps://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-koch
LocationMalmö, Lund
Max KochDec 7
How can #autonomy be provided in #postgrowth circumstances? Our new paper discusses this: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09632719251382401
Max KochOct 4, 2025
I don't fly and I like football. About time to bring this together: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2025.2566977#abstract
Football in the climate emergency: exploring air travel reduction in the Norwegian senior national football teams

Globalization and commodification trends in football negatively impact the climate in terms of greenhouse gas emissions from leagues and international tournaments. A significant share of these emis...

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Max KochMar 30, 2025

“What have future generations ever done for us?”

We explore this and related issues at the example of #future expectations and present dispositions for social-ecological transformations in #Sweden and with the help of #Marx (Groucho) and #Bourdieu (Pierre).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328725000552?via%3Dihub&fbclid=IwY2xjawJVvqJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHe8_RcBgQOG7LvEzX0LHyofpB7HgdAdSEqTbnUfeaoY6hTwRq6S_c9F86A_aem_F-1PHkEbb-4z4eOr3TWVVQ

Show threadMax KochMar 18, 2025
Here is the subsequently updated lecture published: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.13728
Max KochMar 18, 2025
A sustainable welfare deal for a #postgrowth #Europe: A new blog on my Journal of Common Market Studies annual lecture in Lyon. https://jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/03/18/a-sustainable-welfare-deal-for-a-postgrowth-europe/
A sustainable welfare deal for a postgrowth Europe

by Max Koch (Lund University) The European Union is close to my heart. Without European integration I could not have worked and lived in three member states

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Max KochJul 28, 2024
My thoughts on democratic #degrowth planning: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15487733.2024.2383335#d1e119
Max KochJul 21, 2024
Understanding the economic, social and, especially, symbolic power of the rich to prevent social-ecological transformations. Some conceptual ideas for corresponding research:
https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.439
Structural barriers to sufficiency: the contribution of research on elites | Buildings & Cities

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Max KochMay 28, 2024
New book on #degrowth transformations out: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526173287/9781526173287.xml
Deep transformations

"Deep transformations" published on 14 May 2024 by Manchester University Press.

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Max KochNov 21, 2023
This is what our book Deep Transformations: A Theory of #Degrowth is going to look like (cowritten with the great Hubert Buch-Hansen and Iana Nesterova). It will be out in April and available open
access https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177858/
Manchester University Press - Deep transformations

Deep transformations - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Deep transformations by Hubert Buch-Hansen

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Max KochOct 25, 2023
What would #work and #SocialSecurity look like in #degrowth / #postgrowth contexts and if #sustainablewelfare principles were applied? We discuss some of the literature and present results from deliberative #citizen forums on needs satisfaction in #Sweden: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13882627231204989