Planetary Choices

The podcast 'Planetary Choices' is created and produced by the Research Center for New Critical Politics and Governance, located at Aarhus University, Denmark.

The concept of 'The Planetary' has gained increasing traction in almost all scientific disciplines. From physics, to literature, to history, law and economics — planetary thinking and policy making is taking more sophisticated shapes, amounting to an emerging new paradigm.

In season 1, called "Mapping the Planetary", we map and assess the concept of the planetary, where we stand today, and in which direction planetary thinking and activism may develop in the future.

With this podcast, we also intend to explore scholarly research through an alternative venue of dissemination that allows for aural intimacy, faster publishing and full open access. As each episode contributes to a larger question investigated throughout a season, every episode becomes a data point on its own, consequently making "Planetary Choices" a place of output and on-going research.

Join us and explore the big questions of our planet!

Guest

Johanna Bockman

Johanna K. Bockman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University. Her work spans globalization studies, economic sociology, urban studies, and East European Studies. Using comparative and historical approaches, she examines transnational dynamics, such as neoliberalisms, socialisms, and the non-aligned movement, beyond the confines of nation-state frameworks.

Her publications include Markets in the Name of Socialism: The Left-Wing Origins of Neoliberalism (Stanford University Press, 2011) and the recent article “The Origins of the Concept ‘Gentrification’ within Empire and Decolonization: Ruth Glass and Claudia Jones in London” (Journal of Urban Affairs, 2025).

Guest appearance on:

Rethinking Russia: Transnational Perspectives on Authoritarianism, Society & Resistance – A Symposium