Matthias Kranke
@mattkranke.bsky.social
Junior Professor of Global Sustainability Governance @College for Social Sciences and Humanities (UA Ruhr) & UDE (IFSO) | IR/IPE scholar | Interested in global governance, IOs, sustainability, (post-)growth & more (he/him)
Happy to answer any questions!
Excellent opportunity for (prospective) international #postdoc researchers! Our JProf @mattkranke.bsky.social is offering to host a candidate in his interdisciplinary research group. 👇
The Research Explorer Ruhr is back! Research Academy invites international early career researchers to join a two-week summer program from 21 June to 4 July. ⏳Find your host and apply by 15 February 👉 www.research-academy-ruhr.de/programm/res...
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Happy to answer any questions!
Perhaps of interest to @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social @squirrelista.bsky.social @malerbadaniele.bsky.social @christianstoecker.de @kzimmermann.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @corinna-viajera.bsky.social ...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
8) Again Malcolm & myself on Bitcoin and other alt-coins
9) @clemhoffmann.bsky.social on the risk of speed in decarbonising energy systems
#growth #post-growth #infrastructures #sustainability
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9) @clemhoffmann.bsky.social on the risk of speed in decarbonising energy systems
#growth #post-growth #infrastructures #sustainability
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January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
8) Again Malcolm & myself on Bitcoin and other alt-coins
9) @clemhoffmann.bsky.social on the risk of speed in decarbonising energy systems
#growth #post-growth #infrastructures #sustainability
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9) @clemhoffmann.bsky.social on the risk of speed in decarbonising energy systems
#growth #post-growth #infrastructures #sustainability
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5) Senka Neuman Stanivuković on the Belgrade–Budapest railway
6) Kathryn Furlong on the debt-growth nexus in Medellín, Colombia
7) @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social & Valérie Boisvert on green accounting
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6) Kathryn Furlong on the debt-growth nexus in Medellín, Colombia
7) @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social & Valérie Boisvert on green accounting
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January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
5) Senka Neuman Stanivuković on the Belgrade–Budapest railway
6) Kathryn Furlong on the debt-growth nexus in Medellín, Colombia
7) @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social & Valérie Boisvert on green accounting
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6) Kathryn Furlong on the debt-growth nexus in Medellín, Colombia
7) @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social & Valérie Boisvert on green accounting
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👉 Here’s a list of the papers:
1) Introduction by Malcolm & myself
2) @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Kei Otsuki on the BR-319 Highway in the Brazilian Amazon
3) Aslı Yürük & Ozan Karaman on the cruise port Galataport in Istanbul
4) Daniel Durrant on megaprojects in the U.K.
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1) Introduction by Malcolm & myself
2) @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Kei Otsuki on the BR-319 Highway in the Brazilian Amazon
3) Aslı Yürük & Ozan Karaman on the cruise port Galataport in Istanbul
4) Daniel Durrant on megaprojects in the U.K.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
👉 Here’s a list of the papers:
1) Introduction by Malcolm & myself
2) @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Kei Otsuki on the BR-319 Highway in the Brazilian Amazon
3) Aslı Yürük & Ozan Karaman on the cruise port Galataport in Istanbul
4) Daniel Durrant on megaprojects in the U.K.
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1) Introduction by Malcolm & myself
2) @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Kei Otsuki on the BR-319 Highway in the Brazilian Amazon
3) Aslı Yürük & Ozan Karaman on the cruise port Galataport in Istanbul
4) Daniel Durrant on megaprojects in the U.K.
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The collection thus moves beyond the common concern for policies and institutions in post-growth scholarship while also calling on infrastructural studies to take questions of (post-)growth more seriously. /3
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The collection thus moves beyond the common concern for policies and institutions in post-growth scholarship while also calling on infrastructural studies to take questions of (post-)growth more seriously. /3
Across 9 papers, including our own intro, we discuss the notion of ‘growth infrastructures’ (building on work that has used the concept before) and their potential conversion into ‘post-growth infrastructures’. We foreground the socio-material embeddedness of the pursuit of economic growth. /2
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Across 9 papers, including our own intro, we discuss the notion of ‘growth infrastructures’ (building on work that has used the concept before) and their potential conversion into ‘post-growth infrastructures’. We foreground the socio-material embeddedness of the pursuit of economic growth. /2
📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Economy and Society
(Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society
www.tandfonline.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Reposted by Matthias Kranke
The conference is organised by the Centre for Global Cooperation Research @unidue.bsky.social & its Fellow Group 'Sustainability and Democracy'. As a member of this group, @mattkranke.bsky.social is a co-organiser.
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The conference is organised by the Centre for Global Cooperation Research @unidue.bsky.social & its Fellow Group 'Sustainability and Democracy'. As a member of this group, @mattkranke.bsky.social is a co-organiser.
Reposted by Matthias Kranke
The fact that not only is the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still increasing, but the *rate of CO2 increasing* in the atmosphere is still increasing is true nightmare stuff.
“[Last year] CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased by 3.5 ppm, the largest one-year increase since modern measurements began... This increase was driven by continued fossil CO2 emissions, enhanced fire emissions and reduced terrestrial/ocean sinks… which could signal a climate feedback.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The fact that not only is the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still increasing, but the *rate of CO2 increasing* in the atmosphere is still increasing is true nightmare stuff.
Reposted by Matthias Kranke
Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene – just published by Bruna Bosi-Moreira & @mattkranke.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene – just published by Bruna Bosi-Moreira & @mattkranke.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
... @cerencevik.bsky.social @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @angelawigger.bsky.social @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social @tschmidtke.bsky.social @alicevadrot.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @lenarethel.bsky.social @bmangitli.bsky.social @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social & many more
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💡 Overall, this diverse collection engages with work on global environmental governance, environmental futures and world order in the Anthropocene. Perhaps of interest to @matpaterson.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @corneliab.bsky.social @kaiheron.bsky.social ...
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💡 Overall, this diverse collection engages with work on global environmental governance, environmental futures and world order in the Anthropocene. Perhaps of interest to @matpaterson.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @corneliab.bsky.social @kaiheron.bsky.social ...
The Forum article by @elanawilsonrowe.bsky.social on the vision of an ice-free, or “blue”, Arctic Ocean concludes the special issue. This anticipated future has, as the author argues, set in motion various attempts at (re)ordering the region.
👉 tinyurl.com/yc3d9e2s
👉 tinyurl.com/yc3d9e2s
Blue Visions: Ordering a Changing Arctic Ocean
Abstract. This essay explores how the prospect of a “blue” Arctic Ocean—no longer covered continuously with sea ice—has shaped, supported, and challenged different visions for and prospective ways of ...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Forum article by @elanawilsonrowe.bsky.social on the vision of an ice-free, or “blue”, Arctic Ocean concludes the special issue. This anticipated future has, as the author argues, set in motion various attempts at (re)ordering the region.
👉 tinyurl.com/yc3d9e2s
👉 tinyurl.com/yc3d9e2s
Nanang I. Kurniawan, Poppy S. Winanti & Devy D. Cahyati take the case of the Indonesian nickel sector to show how the vision of decarbonisation triggers widely overlooked dynamics of recarbonisation. The extractivist logic remains in place – and fossil fuel dependence high.
👉 tinyurl.com/37arjzhr
👉 tinyurl.com/37arjzhr
Recarbonization Through Decarbonization: Nickel Extraction and the Deepening of Fossil Fuel Dependence in Indonesia
Abstract. A global green vision requires a low-carbon shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This transition, however, relies on significant material and energy inputs, exacerbating mineral extr...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nanang I. Kurniawan, Poppy S. Winanti & Devy D. Cahyati take the case of the Indonesian nickel sector to show how the vision of decarbonisation triggers widely overlooked dynamics of recarbonisation. The extractivist logic remains in place – and fossil fuel dependence high.
👉 tinyurl.com/37arjzhr
👉 tinyurl.com/37arjzhr
This pattern resurfaces in the article by Bruna Bosi-Moreira on China’s vision of transition, which embraces green growth and technological innovation for decarbonisation. The challenge to the existing world order is thus again relatively moderate.
👉 tinyurl.com/y523pjfa
👉 tinyurl.com/y523pjfa
A Green World Order with Chinese Characteristics: Implications for Global Climate Cooperation
Abstract. This article examines how China’s vision of a green world order affects global climate cooperation. It argues that China’s global green vision is technology driven, combining green industria...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This pattern resurfaces in the article by Bruna Bosi-Moreira on China’s vision of transition, which embraces green growth and technological innovation for decarbonisation. The challenge to the existing world order is thus again relatively moderate.
👉 tinyurl.com/y523pjfa
👉 tinyurl.com/y523pjfa
Esther Wahabu explores how the REDD+ vision, which shall promote sustainable forest management and use, has adverse effects on Ghana’s cocoa forests. REDD+ stabilises, rather than undermines, a world order grounded in extractivism and dispossession.
👉 tinyurl.com/5bye3bru
👉 tinyurl.com/5bye3bru
REDD+ and Extractivism: Navigating Sustainability in Ghana’s Cocoa Landscapes
Abstract. REDD+ is a global green vision that addresses climate change by reducing emissions from deforestation and enhancing carbon storage in forests while promoting sustainable forest management. D...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Esther Wahabu explores how the REDD+ vision, which shall promote sustainable forest management and use, has adverse effects on Ghana’s cocoa forests. REDD+ stabilises, rather than undermines, a world order grounded in extractivism and dispossession.
👉 tinyurl.com/5bye3bru
👉 tinyurl.com/5bye3bru
Cristina Espinosa & @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social discuss the Ecuadorian vision of Rights of Nature (RoN). It poses a strong challenge to the extractivist capitalist order, but remains a hybrid instrument, embedded as it is in mainstream liberal institutions.
👉 tinyurl.com/3djcwxs8
👉 tinyurl.com/3djcwxs8
Rights of Nature and World Order: Reimagining Socioecological Futures
Abstract. Rights of Nature (RoN) have emerged as a transformative strategy to address contemporary socioecological crises. Over the past two decades, RoN have gained traction as national laws and cour...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Cristina Espinosa & @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social discuss the Ecuadorian vision of Rights of Nature (RoN). It poses a strong challenge to the extractivist capitalist order, but remains a hybrid instrument, embedded as it is in mainstream liberal institutions.
👉 tinyurl.com/3djcwxs8
👉 tinyurl.com/3djcwxs8
The team led by Cristina Y. A. Inoue zooms in on the vision of “Amazonia center of the world”. Their article shows how stories of socioenvironmentalism envisage many worlds that co-exist and are always in the making. In other words, world order is not set in stone.
👉 tinyurl.com/4kfb3srk
👉 tinyurl.com/4kfb3srk
Amazonia Center of the World: Telling Stories of Socioenvironmentalism as Struggles for a Planet of Many Worlds
Abstract. Considered a regional entity of the Earth system, Amazonia is close to its ecological tipping point. Nonetheless, over the last decades, socioenvironmental alliances have emerged in Brazilia...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The team led by Cristina Y. A. Inoue zooms in on the vision of “Amazonia center of the world”. Their article shows how stories of socioenvironmentalism envisage many worlds that co-exist and are always in the making. In other words, world order is not set in stone.
👉 tinyurl.com/4kfb3srk
👉 tinyurl.com/4kfb3srk
@justinalger.bsky.social & Peter Dauvergne examine “Protected Earth” as an emergent conservation vision. It challenges the established order of biodiversity governance although it may also lead to forms of conservation that harm certain groups (e.g., Indigenous communities).
👉 tinyurl.com/42ec4jem
👉 tinyurl.com/42ec4jem
The Global Politics of a Protected Earth
Abstract. The vision of humans living sustainably on a “protected earth” has a long history. Support for this vision has been surging in recent years, coming into sharp relief in 2022 when negotiators...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@justinalger.bsky.social & Peter Dauvergne examine “Protected Earth” as an emergent conservation vision. It challenges the established order of biodiversity governance although it may also lead to forms of conservation that harm certain groups (e.g., Indigenous communities).
👉 tinyurl.com/42ec4jem
👉 tinyurl.com/42ec4jem
Bruna & I introduce the collection by developing the notion of “global green visions”. We argue that these visions of sustainability are politically contentious for an underacknowledged reason: they offer criticisms of the existing world order and delineate alternative orders.
👉 tinyurl.com/2xhxtuxv
👉 tinyurl.com/2xhxtuxv
Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene
Abstract. This special issue on what we call global green visions offers a vantage point for understanding global environmental governance in the Anthropocene through the lens of world order(s). Speci...
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Bruna & I introduce the collection by developing the notion of “global green visions”. We argue that these visions of sustainability are politically contentious for an underacknowledged reason: they offer criticisms of the existing world order and delineate alternative orders.
👉 tinyurl.com/2xhxtuxv
👉 tinyurl.com/2xhxtuxv
📣 Yet another SI for you, folks! Delighted to announce the publication of a @gepjournal.bsky.social special issue on “Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene”, co-edited with my dear colleague Bruna Bosi-Moreira.
👉 direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
👉 direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
Volume 25 Issue 3 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press
direct.mit.edu
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📣 Yet another SI for you, folks! Delighted to announce the publication of a @gepjournal.bsky.social special issue on “Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene”, co-edited with my dear colleague Bruna Bosi-Moreira.
👉 direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
👉 direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...
Here is the full cast of contributors: Amy A. Quark & Elizabeth Jacobs, @ttieku.bsky.social & Amanda Coffie, Bahar Rumelili, Jozon A. Lorenzana, Silvia C. Ruiz-Rodríguez & @alicevadrot.bsky.social, Victória M. S. Santos & Ned Littlefield, @hansenmagnusson.bsky.social & @charlygehrke.bsky.social!
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here is the full cast of contributors: Amy A. Quark & Elizabeth Jacobs, @ttieku.bsky.social & Amanda Coffie, Bahar Rumelili, Jozon A. Lorenzana, Silvia C. Ruiz-Rodríguez & @alicevadrot.bsky.social, Victória M. S. Santos & Ned Littlefield, @hansenmagnusson.bsky.social & @charlygehrke.bsky.social!
Of course, we also introduce the eight contributions to the special section. To this end, we have come up with a huge but hopefully still accessible and useful table (in addition to details in the text).
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Table 1: Open in new tab Boundary work... | Oxford Academic
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September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Of course, we also introduce the eight contributions to the special section. To this end, we have come up with a huge but hopefully still accessible and useful table (in addition to details in the text).
academic.oup.com/view-large/5...
academic.oup.com/view-large/5...
@marenhofius.bsky.social & I open the collection with a framing paper that draws on a diverse body of work in IR, STS and beyond. We argue that boundary work is pervasive in global politics, shaping and structuring the possibilities of cooperation among actors.
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
Boundary work and the (un)making of global cooperation: mapping the terrain
How does ‘boundary work’ shape global cooperation? This introduction offers a framework to investigate the role of actors in the production and placement o
academic.oup.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@marenhofius.bsky.social & I open the collection with a framing paper that draws on a diverse body of work in IR, STS and beyond. We argue that boundary work is pervasive in global politics, shaping and structuring the possibilities of cooperation among actors.
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...