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!
Episodes
14 episodes
Rethinking Russia: Transnational Perspectives on Authoritarianism, Society & Resistance – A Symposium
In this special Symposium edition of our podcast series Beyond Neo-Liberalism, we dive into Anna Schwenck’s monograph, Flexible Authoritarianism, alongside a panel of leading sch...
Bitcoin Nation? Assessing El Salvador’s Crypto Experiment — A Conversation with Vladimir Pacheco Cueva
In the third episode of our new season, Global Governance Beyond Neoliberalism, we sit down with Vladimir Pacheco Cueva, Associate Professor in the Global Studies Department at Aarhus University.Drawing on research in pol...
Rethinking Education for Transnational Governance — A Conversation with Fabrizio Tassinari
In the latest episode of Beyond Neo-liberalism, our host Hagen Schulz-Forberg is joined by political scientist and executive director, Fabrizio Tassinari, as we explore his work at European University Institute’s School of Tr...
The Shifting Tides of Global Governance — A Conversation with Michael Zürn
In our very first episode in our series Beyond Neo-liberalism, our host Hagen Schulz-Forberg sits down with political scientist Michael Zürn as they explore the intersections of global governance and international relations in the cur...
Planetary Thought in the Early Soviet Union —A Conversation with Daniela Russ
In the final episode of Mapping the Planetary, Daniela Russ, Junior Professor at the University of Leipzig, joins hosts Hagen Schulz-Forberg and James Quilligan to explore the fascinating intersections of energy, science, and planetar...
The Ecology of Happiness —A Conversation with Stefano Bartolini
In episode 9 of Mapping the Planetary, hosts Hagen Schulz-Forberg and James Quilligan welcome Stefano Bartolini, Associate Professor at the University of Siena, whose research explores Political Economy, Social Economy, and the Economics...
Community-based Economics —A Conversation with Dagan Cohen
Dagan Cohen, founder and creative director of CHANGENCY, as well as leader of the Amsterdam Donut Coalition, discusses his work of integrating art and design into societal changes with Hagen Schulz-Forberg and James Quilligan. ...
The Wellbeing Economy Alliance—A Conversation with Amanda Janoo
In episode 7 of Mapping the Planetary, we speak with Amanda Janoo, Economics and Policy Lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll)—a global network of changemakers working to transform our economic systems. Janoo i...
The Contested History of the Global—A Conversation with Or Rosenboim
In Episode 6 of Mapping the Planetary, Or Rosenboim, Professor of Contemporary History at Bologna University, joins us to explore the evolving concept of global order—from classical frameworks to contemporary debates abou...
Planetary Surfaces and Computation - A Conversation with Jussi Parikka
In Episode 5 of Mapping the Planetary, Jussi Parikka, Professor of Digital Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University, joins us to discuss his latest book, Living Surfaces: Images, Plants, and Environments of Media, published i...
The Planet and Military Tele-Technologies—A Conversation with Ryan Bishop
In Episode 4 of Mapping the Planetary, Ryan Bishop, Professor of Global Art and Politics at the University of Southampton, joins us to explain how the technological sphere increasingly shapes the geosphere of the Planet. ...
Towards Planetary Politics—A Conversation with CONCITO
In Episode 3 of Mapping the Planetary, we speak with senior advisors Andreas Lind and Cecilie Friis from the Danish think tank CONCITO about their project From Planetary Boundaries to Planetary Policies. <...
A Social Contract for the Planetary Commons—A Conversation with James Quilligan
In Episode 2 of Mapping the Planetary, we sit down with our host, James Bernard Quilligan. With over three decades of experience in international development and monetary policy—as both analyst and administrator—Quil...
The New Order of Planetary Governance - A Conversation with Nils Gilman
In our first episode of Mapping the Planetary, together with our hosts Hagen Schulz-Forberg and James Quilligan, we sit down with Nils Gilman, Vice President of Programs at the Berggruen Institute, and discuss his ideas on a planetary...