Degrowth TFM Festival 2024
Welcome to the first ever Degrowth TFM festival! This is an open online event where some of the
students of the online master’s on Degrowth: Ecology, Economics and Policy, organised by
Research & Degrowth and ICTA-UAB, will present and defend their final master’s projects (Treball
Final de Màster in Catalan, TFM). Whereas some of these take the form of a classic academic
thesis, others have creative formats and/or are based on real-life initiatives pushing to advance the
Degrowth movement. We invite you to join us in appreciating and celebrating the hard work of our
students during the past-months, that has crystallised into some really outstanding and exciting
projects. We hope to see you at the festival!
All times are CET
Day 1 – 18th of March
12:00h Katja Pellini: “Plurality as basis for political action and democratic space in degrowth”
Chair: Sheridan. Link here. Abstract here.
13:30h Maj Larsen-Lechuga: “Global economic justice for degrowth: how the cap and share can enrich the degrowth movement”
Chair: Valentin. Link here. Abstract here.
15:00h Stella McShera: “Clothing Library: Borrow Not Buy – A Bridge to Behavior Change”
Chair: Valentin. Link here. Abstract here.
16:30h Ray Partridge: “Stitching together the fabric of a local food economy: a practice-based project with Urban Patchwork”
Chair: Diana. Link here. Abstract here.
Day 2 – 19th of March
10:30h Sheridan Kates: “Anything We Can Actually Do, We Can Afford: Exploring Degrowth and Modern Monetary Theory through Interactive Storytelling”
Chair: Diana. Link here. Abstract here.
11:00h Myriam Best: “Spatialising degrowth in affluent areas: easier said than done as we learn from a study of Zurich, Switzerland”
Chair: Sergio. Link here. Abstract here.
13:00h Shelby Matevich: “Convivial Conservation: Systemic transformation through biodiversity onservation”
Chair: Sergio. Link here. Abstract here.
15:00h Anne Sheridan: “Putting Degrowth into Practice – The Creation of the International Degrowth Network (an Extended Practicum Report)”
Chair: JP. Link here. Abstract here.
16:30h Gisela Ruiseco: “Confronting growthism: Enoughness in the Global North and South”
Chair: JP. Link here. Abstract here.
Day 3 – 22nd of March
10:00h Milica Kočović: “Self-management in Yugoslavia: the unwritten history of Degrowth elements”
Chair: Myriam. Link here. Abstract here.
11:30h Valentin Erokhin: “Can the Foundational Economy enable need satisfaction with low energy use? The case of the EU”
Chair: JP. Link here. Abstract here.
12:00h Roan Ellis-O’Neill: “Poetry and degrowth: finding resonances in unexpected places”
Chair: Sergio. Link here.
14:00h Fanny Rabinovitch-Kuzmicki: “Perceptions of paid vs. unpaid work amongst millennial sandwich caregivers”
Chair: Sergio. Link here. Abstract here.
14:45h Charles Stevenson: “Towards an ecosocialist strategy for degrowth”
Chair: Myriam. Link here. Abstract here.
16:30h JP Arellano: “An Online Hub for Degrowth Knowledge and Tools to Communicate it”
Chair: Anne. Link here. Abstract here.