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Matthias Schmelzer
@matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social
Prof Uni Flensburg • economic history and social-ecological transformation • author of HEGEMONY OF GROWTH and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH • antifascism • opinions my own
Die Welt hat sich auf „Degrowth“ eingeschossen
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Fantastischer Vortrag von Patrick Eiden-Offe zu Faschisierung.

Absolute Empfehlung der ganzen Reihe von @krisolwissenschaft.bsky.social

krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/
October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Planning beyond Growth: Rethinking Economics to Face Social-Ecological Crises" - article with Elena Hofferberth in Special Issue on Utopias

hecgrandchallenges.ch/utopias/
September 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Zusammen für Gaza - Demo am 27.9. in Berlin

www.zusammen-fuer-gaza.de
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And thanks for the early reviews @annpettifor.bsky.social, Quinn Slobodian and Eric Helleiner
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
June 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Out today: Freedom for Capital not People: The Mont Pèlerin Society and the Origins of the Neoliberal Monetary Order @versobooks.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ich freue mich sehr, dass @ulrichbrand.bsky.social nächste Woche, am 18. Juni, in Flensburg einen Vortrag zum Buch "Kapitalismus am Limit" halten wird - mit spannenden Kommentaren.

www.uni-flensburg.de/nec/nec-term...
June 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New book coming end of this month

Thanks @annpettifor.bsky.social for this endorsement.

This "book is vital for understanding why democratic governments are today under attack... unearths the neoliberal ideas that went on to unleash capital against democracy" @versobooks.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Nächste Woche diskutieren wir das hervorragende Buch von @deutschmann.bsky.social in Flensburg
May 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Studiere den Master Transformationsstudien in Flensburg – ab 15. Mai bewerben!

Hier kannst du den Wandel gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse studieren. Kritisch, praxisnah und interdisziplinär.

Gerne an interessierte weiterleiten. www.uni-flensburg.de/transformati...
May 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“CO2 capital Heidelberg”

Did you know that cement is responsible for more carbon emissions than aviation?

Demonstration against multinational Heidelberg materials with #endcement
April 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our findings point to the potential for the degrowth movement to develop a strategy of unarmed resistance.

To explore the diversity within the degrowth movement, we identify four currents: antagonistic anarchism, systemic utopianism, environmental pragmatism, and ecological limitarianism.
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Based on the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of degrowth academics and activists, it reveals how different interpretations of degrowth align with strategic orientations and support for implementing various direct-action tactics.

Here's the graphical abstract.
April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We have a new article out today!

Exploring the degrowth movement: A survey of conceptualisations, strategies, and tactics

Open Access in Energy Research & Social Science. Led by Nick Fitzpatrick and with Dennis Eversberg.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Am Samstag bin ich auf dem End Cement Festival in Heidelberg. Volles Programm end-cement.earth/camp/programm/
April 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Freedom for Capital Not People charts the theoretical developments responsible for reshaping today's world economy, unleashing capital against democracy.

Finally coming out in English, in June with @versobooks.bsky.social. Thanks @quinnslobodian.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sehr lesenswerte Bewertung der wirtschaftspolitischen Positionen der Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2025 von @econ4future.bsky.social
www.econ4future.de/bundestagswa...
February 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Wir sind viele gegen faschistische Allianzen. #berlin #cdu
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I really recommend reading The Age of Humachines by @michaeldbharvey.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
... die den unterschied zwischen Entkopplung und der für das Erreichen der Klimaziele bei weiterem Wachstum notwendigen Entkopplung vernachlässigt.
November 27, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Looking forward to the workshop on "Democratic planning and labour alliances beyond growth" at the Scuola Normale Superiore – Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.

I'll be talking about "Social-ecological planning as collective self-limitation", more info: www.uni-flensburg.de/fileadmin/co...
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Based on a survey of the German population, we sketch a social-ecological class conflict between three classes.

On the “map of mentalities”, the various tensions and conflicts surrounding the topic of socio-ecological transformation can now be understood as antagonisms between these three spectra.
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
How can we understand the rise of authoritarian anti-ecological politics, the crack-down on climate protests and the failure of liberal ecology?

This summer, we published a book entitled "The new social-ecological class conflict". English report out now: doi.org/10.22032/dbt...
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Look what the students gave me today 😍

I am starting as full professor for social ecological transformation at the University of Flensburg. Looking forward to working with great colleagues, amazing students & heading the Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design & Research
November 13, 2024 at 7:31 PM