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🎨"Post-Growth Planning is in need of creative methods for collectively imagining new futures". Sofia Greaves on arts-based methods, housing, community - and: stories, experiences, emotions, in environmental engineering? ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W7NYk5-XsA #postgrowthplanning #podcast

Becoming a Post-Growth Planner #29: Sofia Greaves

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Christian Lamker 🇪🇺1d ago

City of the Commons or City of Commodities? ⁉️ How urban commons and social movements struggle for a radically democratic creative city in Groningen. Bart Popken (GSSI, Italy / University of Groningen) in the 'Where is Urban Politics?' series in Groningen 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itg_X9zVGX0

City of the Commons or City of Commodities? (Bart Popken)

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Christian Lamker 🇪🇺1d ago

DIE ZEIT 1d ago

Krieg im Nahen Osten: Bundespräsident Steinmeier nennt Irankrieg "völkerrechtswidrig"
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-03/krieg-naher-osten-frank-walter-steinmeier-johann-wadephul-voelkerrechtswidrig-iran-usa-israel?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Krieg im Nahen Osten: Bundespräsident Steinmeier nennt Irankrieg "völkerrechtswidrig"

Frank-Walter Steinmeier spricht von einem "Völkerrechtsbruch" beim Irankrieg. Auch Johann Wadephul findet klare Worte: Das US-Vorgehen sei befremdlich und irritierend.

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Christian Lamker 🇪🇺2d ago

🏙️ 🙅‍♂️'Institutional activism within the local state: exploring ambitions for deep transformation in Amsterdam'. Line Kvartborg Vestergard in a short interview for #PlanningDynamics26 (by Ferry van Kann & me in Groningen) about her paper with Benedikt Schmid. 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8W9igNhSY8

Interview: Institutional activism within the local state (Line Kvartborg Vestergaard)

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Christian Lamker 🇪🇺6d ago

🌱 Glad having Sarah Ware from CEU Vienna tuning in for the last session of #CriticalApproaches26 today in Groningen. 💡On 'Feminist perspectives in post-growth planning'. An immense pleasure teaching the course, coordinated by Ethemcan Turhan.

Christian Lamker 🇪🇺6d ago

L.M. Herzog Mar 19

Wrote a bit on Habermas and my unease with some parts of his thinking (while I admire others): https://crookedtimber.org/2026/03/18/habermas-democratic-discourse-and-class/

Habermas, democratic discourse, and class — Crooked Timber

Christian Lamker 🇪🇺Mar 18

Almost finishing #CriticalApproaches26 connecting from sustainability to post-growth planning yesterday (Master course by Ethemcan Turhan & me in Groningen @universityofgroningen ) 🌱 Last session tomorrow with Sarah Ware (Vienna) on feminist perspectives, and watching group projects!

Christian Lamker 🇪🇺Mar 6

'Models like heroes?' Felix Krawczyk from @unikassel (Kassel Institute for Sustainability) visited Ethemcan Turhan & me yesterday in #CriticalApproaches26 in Gorningen for making integrated assessment models ready for deep carbonisation & socio-economic transformation.

Christian Lamker 🇪🇺Mar 6

'How climate imaginaries (re)shape space' - this Tuesday, Ethemcan Turhan & me had the privilege of having Juliana Gonçalves from TU Delft as a guest in #CriticalApproaches26 in Groningen in Groningen. Visionary approaches, realities - and prefigurative politics.

Christian Lamker 🇪🇺Feb 25

Babette Knauer Feb 25

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@greenoffice_rug/116131946671114283

#AcademicMastodon is growing :).

It's great to see more and more colleagues, units and departments from the @universityofgroningen making the move to #Mastodon.

Want to see who's already here?
Check out the University of #Groningen #StarterPack: https://fedidevs.com/s/ODc1

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