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SUMMARY:Democratizing Finance: A hybrid mini-workshop with Michael A. McCarthy
DESCRIPTION:To participate in person\, please register on the website of the event. \nFor online Participation\, here’s the link and meeting login data:\nWorkshop participation via Zoom:\nhttps://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/69695476478?pwd=Rh0ZIZevxZoqXZiH9pea42lHTVbq8j.1\nMeeting ID: 696 9547 6478\nPasscode: 800441 \nThe description is taken from the organizer’s website: \n“Co-organized with Christoph Sorg (HU Berlin) and Solveig Degen from the „Socialization in Theory and Practice“ Research Project. \n\n\nTopic:\nWhy is democracy so broken and how might it be fixed? In The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It) \, Michael A. McCarthy argues the answer can be found in the flows of credit and investment bound up with finance capital. Today\, finance guides and constrains our politics\, but there is no reason why this must be so. In this workshop\, McCarthy will develop a political and social theory of institutional transformation rooted in the interconnectedness of finance and democracy. Inspired by ancient Athens\, where small groups chosen by lottery were used to ensure democratic participation\, he shows how democracy and working-class power can be strengthened by introducing new forms of financial governance\, focusing on the inclusion of historically excluded groups. His proposals for democratic financial institutions point the way to imbuing finance with a socio-environmental purpose and the funding of a just green transition\, social housing\, and other necessary public goods. And these financial institutions might be the first step toward a whole new kind of economy. \nBackground reading:\nSorg\, Finance as a form of economic planning\nMcCarthy\, Politics of Democratizing finance” \nProgram: \n\nShort welcome from the organizers\n45 min presentation of the book by Micheal A. McCarthy\n10-15 min break\n90 min comments and open discussion
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/democratizing-finance-a-mini-workshop-with-michael-a-mccarthy/
LOCATION:Humboldt University Berlin\, Room 3071\, Unter den Linden 6\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250905T190000
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SUMMARY:IDA presents Labour Time Accounting at FAU Hamburg
DESCRIPTION:The IDA (Initiative Democratic Labour Time Accounting) is going to be presenting Labour Time Accounting at the coming “Kollektivfreitag” of the FAU (Freie Arbeiter*innen Union) Hamburg. The FAU is an independent grass-roots union which is organized in a federation across Germany. \nThe event will be in German.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/ida-presents-labour-time-accounting-at-fau-hamburg/
LOCATION:Schwarze Katze\, Fettstr. 23\, Hamburg\, Hamburg\, 20357\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Discussion on Completing Marx's Reproduction Schema on Econophysics Discord Server
DESCRIPTION:This coming Sunday\, September 7 at 5pm-7pm UTC (1pm-3pm EDT/7pm-9pm CET)\, Leone and Alex Creiner will host a public discussion on the Econophysics discord server about Alex’s upcoming paper\, Completing Marx’s Reproduction Schema. The paper discusses Marx’s intent with capital\, social reproduction and extensions to Marx’s reproduction schema\, disproportionality crises\, and blindness induced by the money form. Come on by and hang out and we’ll have a good time discussing all this together!
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/discussion-on-completing-marxs-reproduction-schema-on-econophysics-discord-server/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250918T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250918T133000
DTSTAMP:20260524T092341
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SUMMARY:Workshop on "AI\, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Economic Planning for a good life for all in Planetary Boundaries"
DESCRIPTION:Note: There are two versions of the description of this workshop. On the official website of the Informatik Festival 2025 you can find the older\, German description\, on Johannes Buchner (one of the co-organizers of the workshop) you can find the updated\, English description. We share the updated\, English one below: \nIf the workshop will be held in German or in English will be decided spontaneously\, depending on the audience. \n“In this workshop\, we will discuss how AI\, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)\, and cybernetic economic planning can contribute to the socio-ecological transformation towards a circular economy within planetary boundaries. Four short scientific presentations will be followed by an interactive programming session. The range of discussion stretches from possible reforms of the current economic system to its (potentially disruptive) transformation towards a completely different economic mode of production. As social and ecological crises worsen\, fundamental doubt arises if the structural logic of capitalism makes it possible to overcome these crises. \nAt the same time\, AI\, cybernetics\, system models\, and socio-ecological databases open up possibilities to address questions of a complex\, fully circular economy directly. In recent years\, debates on abstract and concrete drafts of economic democratization based on decentralized democratic economic planning (DEP) have gained momentum. Identifying workable ways in which resources can be used through economic\, technological\, and social practices to meet human needs within ecological limits is a challenge which could be solved by linking these innovative approaches. \nOn the basis of recent modeling approaches\, databases and still unanswered questions\, we would like to invite you to a discussion and further development of such ideas for a democratic economic system respecting planetary boundaries. \nSpeakers and Topics of the Talks\n\nManuel Gambert: How we plan at the moment – and why\nBartolomeus Häussling Löwgren: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)\, brightway and Planning\nWalther Zeug: Planning\, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and openLCA\nJohannes Buchner: Reinforcement Learning\, Circular Economy and the Strategic Triangle of AI for Sustainability\, partly based on the article Reinforcement Learning and Life Cycle Assessment for a Circular Economy – Towards Absolute Sustainability\n\nOrganising Team\n\nJohannes Buchner\, IPE Berlin and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science\, FU Berlin\nManuel Gambert\, Computer Scientist and Economist\, PRODATO Integration Technology GmbH\, Nürnberg\nBartolomeus Häussling Löwgren\, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)\, Leiden University\, Leiden\, the Netherlands\nEric Meier\, INDEP – International Network for Democratic Economic Planning\, Bonn\nImmanuel Thoke\, Department for Statistical Learning\, Leipzig University\nWalther Zeug\, Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research – UFZ\, Leipzig\n\nAdditional information\nIn the workshop\, we aim to bring together scientists working on Postcapitalist Economic Systems with a wider audience of critical computer scientists. To get an impression of the field and the topics that will be discussed at the workshop\, see e.g. the podcast episode on Postcapitalist Economic Systems (in German).
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/workshop-on-ai-life-cycle-assessment-lca-and-economic-planning-for-a-good-life-for-all-in-planetary-boundaries/
LOCATION:Seminarraum S14\, Universität Potsdam am Campus III – Griebnitzsee\, Haus 6\, August-Bebel-Str. 89\, Potsdam\, Brandenburg\, 14482\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250924T140000
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SUMMARY:Conference: Economic Planning in the Anthropocene - Institutional design for needs satisfaction within boundaries
DESCRIPTION:The description is taken from the program of the event website: \n“With growing ecological concerns and mounting scientific evidence of rapid environmental degradation\, governments have created multiple institutions\, engaged in a vast array of policies and supported business initiatives. However\, and despite some limited success in specific dimensions\, the balance of five decades of activism is unambiguous: governments and businesses have failed to transform our economy in order to accommodate the ecological limits (Pestre 2020).\nThis failure calls for significant revisions in the way policymaking addresses the society-nature metabolism and\, more specifically\, the approach of institutional design regarding the economy. The return of industrial policies (Criscuolo et al. 2022) and the acknowledgment that climate action must be primarily driven by public policies (Pisani-Ferry and Mahfouz 2023) echoes a renewed interest for economic planning as a way to engage the ecological bifurcation (Durand\, Hofferberth\, and Schmelzer 2024; Durand and Keucheyan 2024).\nThis workshop ambitions to mark a milestone in that direction. It will gather leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and from various disciplinary backgrounds (political economy\, sociology\, economic history\, law\, accounting…) whose research could inform the design of\necological planning institutions in the short to medium term. The core of the conference (tentative program below) will favor in-depth engagement with the various communications with a dedicated moment (assessment roundtables) to take stock of the substance of the\nexchanges and clarify the complementary and tensions between contributions. Two side events will take place. On the eve of the conference a Ph-D workshop will be organized with the support of the EU MSCA-funded EPOG-DN (Economic Policies for the Global bifurcation – Doctoral Network). The last day of the conference\, a forum will be organized with policymakers\, including representatives from various international institutions (UNCTAD\, ILO\, UNDP…)” \nYou can sign up for the conference (for free) until September 19th here. \nYou can view the find the full program\, including abstracts of the talks on the event’s website. \nFor further information\, please contact: francois-xavier.hutteau-unige.ch \nProgram: \nWednesday September 24 \n14h-18h\nYoung scholar seminar with the participation and support of the EPOG Doctoral Network \n\nThursday September 25\n\n8.45\nWelcoming coffee \n9.00\nIntroductory address – Cédric Durand (UNIGE\, Switzerland) \n9.15-11.00\nClimate vs. Neoliberalism: causes of inaction and the call for planning – Julia Steinberger (UNIL\, Switzerland)\nThe Great Transformation of markets: Lessons from the history of market design – Edward Nik-Khah (Roanoke College\, United States of America) \n11.00\nCoffee break \n11.15\nNeeds\, institutions\, and coalitions: how would democratic ecological planning look like? – Razmig Keucheyan (Université Paris Cité\, France)\nBetween calculation and deliberation: Rethinking needs in planning frameworks – Silvia Rief (University of Innnsbruck\, Austria) \n13.00\nLunch break \n14.30\nThe Role of Input-Output Analysis in Modeling Sustainability Transitions – Julien Lefevre (CIRED\, France)\nAccounting for national and corporate environmental liabilities: a steering tool towards a sustainable economy – Clément Surun (CIRED\, France) \n16.30\nTea break \n16.45-18.00\nAssessment Roundtable – Louison Cahen-Fourot (Roskilde University\, Denmark) & Elena Hofferberth (UNIL\, Switzerland) and speakers of the day \n20.00\nDinner \n\nFriday September 26 \n9.00\nWelcoming coffee \n9.15\nState Capacity for Decarbonization: From Investable Transitions to Green Transformations – Rosie Collington (Copenhagen Business School\, Denmark)\nBig tech capabilities as planning devices – Cecilia Rikap (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose\, United Kingdom). \n11.00\nCoffee break \n11.15\nPrice Controls to Implement Green Transformation Policy – Tom Krebs (University of Manheim\, Germany)\nMacrofinancial conditions for a green transformative state – Daniela Gabor (University of the West of England\, UK) \n13.00\nLunch break \n14.30\nThe State\, the territory and the infrastructure legacy- Nelo Magalhães (EHESS\, France)\nWhen Marx Met Schumpeter: Planning and Cleantech Dominance in China – Cornel Ban (Copenhagen Business School\, Denmark) \n16.30\nTea break \n16.45-18.15\nForum with policymakers – Edouard Morena (University of London in Paris\, France) \n18.45\nCocktail Dinner
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/conference-economic-planning-in-the-anthropocene-institutional-design-for-needs-satisfaction-within-boundaries/
LOCATION:MR030 Uni-Mail\, Université de Genève\, Bd du Pont-d'Arve 40\, Genève\, 1205\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Launch of the Green Planning Commission
DESCRIPTION:Important: The event has already sold out. We are sharing it here for informative purposes nevertheless. \nThe description is taken from the event’s website: \n“Climate Week with Common Wealth\, The BREAK—DOWN\, and Phenomenal World \nBuilding a new era of green democratic planning from the collapse of Bidenomics \nA panel discussion and reception to launch the Common Wealth Green Planning Commission and to celebrate Issue II of The BREAK—DOWN\, Frontiers. \n—- \nDecarbonization and progressive politics are at an impasse following the collapse of Bidenomics into Trump’s more aggressive second term. The left has an opportunity to lead a new political coalition by defining a forward transformative program with concrete vision and institutional demands. Common Wealth is launching a two-year transatlantic Green Planning Commission to chart concrete and deliverable suite of policies to drive a new era of democratic planning and non-market economic coordination necessary deliver a comprehensive progressive agenda of ambitious decarbonization and the guarantee of fundamental economic rights necessary to address the overlapping economic emergencies of our age. \nThe BREAK—DOWN publishes new writing on the political economy of climate and ecological crisis. The magazine’s first issue\, published May 2025\, explored the rightward turn of global politics and backlash to climate action. Issue II\, Frontiers\, launches September 2025 with contributions focused on the new frontiers of climate struggle\, from migration and geoengineering to data centres and extractive industry. \nTo mark the launch of the GPC\, Common Wealth\, The BREAK—DOWN\, and Phenomenal World are convening a panel discussion on the future of climate and progressive politics from the ruins of Trump 2.0 and Bidenomics. \nJoin us during Climate Week in New York City for a conversation on the state of decarbonization in domestic and global context; the changing frontiers of climate action; and how green democratic planning can underpin a decisive progressive consensus\, program\, and winning coalition. \n—- \nChaired by Adrienne Buller\, the BREAK—DOWN \nFeaturing: \n\nDavid Wallace-Wells\, The New York Times\n\n\nTim Sahay\, Johns Hopkins Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab\n\n\nMelanie Brusseler\, Common Wealth\n\n\nBatul Hassan\, Climate and Community Institute\n\nDrinks Reception after the Panel Discussion \nLocation: Gerald D. Hines Gallery\, AIA New York\, \nCenter for Architecture\, 536 LaGuardia Place\, New York \nTime: 18:00 – 20:00 \n18:00 – 19:15: Panel Discussion \n19:15-20:00: Drinks Reception \nAfter Drinks: TBD”
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/launch-of-the-green-planning-commission/
LOCATION:AIA New York\, Center for Architecture\, 536 LaGuardia Place\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250929T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250929T143000
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SUMMARY:INDEP online Talk with Cecilia Rikap and Edemilson Paraná on "Reclaiming Digital Sovereignity"
DESCRIPTION:Digital sovereignty has become an urgent question in contemporary policy debates\, due to the way in which digital platforms have become a crucial instrument of influence and infrastructural power. World regions such as Europe and Latin America that – compared to China and the US – have little domestic capacity in key digital technologies such as semiconductors\, software\, cloud services\, and more\, are now drafting policies to reclaim control over digital technology. But to what extent are these digital sovereignty agendas realistic given the enormous dominant positions of Big Tech platforms? What should the priorities for those wanted to expand digital sovereignty in a democratic\, people-centred way that respects planetary boundaries? These questions have become more urgent in the face of strong integration between the state and Big Tech in the US under the presidency of Donald Trump\, and the way the US is using the global reach of its digital platforms as a geopolitical club. In this talk\, Cecilia Rikap and Edemilson Paraná will present the basics of a report that they co-authored with other colleagues that aims at developing an alternative to Big Tech that at the same time advances concrete forms of democratic planning. \nThe event will be in English. \nTo participate\, please register here.
URL:https://www.indep.network/event/indep-online-talk-with-cecilia-rikap-and-edemilson-parana-on-reclaiming-digital-sovereignity/
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