Max Koch
@maxkoch.bsky.social
Professor in Social Policy & Sustainability, Lund University: Capitalist development & its social, environmental and welfare implications; #degrowth, sustainable #welfare. https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/max-koch
6. Also employing a social practice lense, a related joint study looked into the field of #football and its enormous #climate footprint, this time taking the case of #Norway www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Football in the climate emergency: exploring air travel reduction in the Norwegian senior national football teams
Globalization and commodification trends in football negatively impact the climate in terms of greenhouse gas emissions from leagues and international tournaments. A significant share of these emis...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
6. Also employing a social practice lense, a related joint study looked into the field of #football and its enormous #climate footprint, this time taking the case of #Norway www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
5. In the same project we took a Bourdieusean perspective, reconstructed people's present dispositions and analysed their envisionings of a socially and ecologically transformed future www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“What have future generations ever done for us?” Future expectations and present dispositions for social-ecological transformations
The concept of ‘sustainable welfare’ conceptualizes welfare and wellbeing within planetary limits. Yet there is a lack of knowledge about possible soc…
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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
5. In the same project we took a Bourdieusean perspective, reconstructed people's present dispositions and analysed their envisionings of a socially and ecologically transformed future www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
4. Sustainable welfare is also at the heart of our mixed-method study of Swedish cities. We identify pathways of intertia, emergence and transformation bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
4. Sustainable welfare is also at the heart of our mixed-method study of Swedish cities. We identify pathways of intertia, emergence and transformation bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/...
3. is a summary of results and an overview of gaps in #postgrowth research in relation to #Europe considering ecological overshoot, social inequality and colonial trajectory. It also sketches a sustainable welfare deal for the #EU: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Europe in the Postgrowth Era: Towards a Sustainable Welfare Deal
Europe is confronted with a multiple crisis while coming to grips with its colonial legacy. Given the lack of empirical evidence for sufficient absolute decoupling of gross domestic product (GDP) gro...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
3. is a summary of results and an overview of gaps in #postgrowth research in relation to #Europe considering ecological overshoot, social inequality and colonial trajectory. It also sketches a sustainable welfare deal for the #EU: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
While 1. showed diminishing returns of existing Western welfare states for health-related needs only, 2. dives into the potentials of providing #autonomy in #postgrowth circumstances: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
While 1. showed diminishing returns of existing Western welfare states for health-related needs only, 2. dives into the potentials of providing #autonomy in #postgrowth circumstances: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The year is coming to a close. The ESRC may not like it, but this what we published in 2025 on #postgrowth issues and #degrowth issues: 1. A comparative study on current OECD welfare states and their capabilities of satisfying human needs without growth journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The year is coming to a close. The ESRC may not like it, but this what we published in 2025 on #postgrowth issues and #degrowth issues: 1. A comparative study on current OECD welfare states and their capabilities of satisfying human needs without growth journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...