CFP | The Institutional Foundations of Stakeholder Theory. Insights from Original and Non-Mainstream Institutional Economics

Call for Papers and Invitation to Contribute to An Approved Symposium of the Journal of Institutional Economics (JOIE) on The Institutional Foundations of Stakeholder Theory. Insights from Original and Non-Mainstream Institutional Economics This hybrid symposium is combining invited anchor contributions with an open call for papers. Key Dates Extended abstracts due 31 January 2027 Fit […]

Release | Spaceship Earth. A total institution

Abstract: The concept of Earth as a planetary spaceship serves as a root metaphor of ecological economics, sustainability science, and the broader environmental movement. This article first explores the origins of this metaphor and elucidates the core components and functions of a hypothetical Spaceship Earth. It then draws on Erving Goffman’s characteristics of total institutions […]

Workshop | Spaceship Earth. A total institution

Popularised in the 1960s, “Spaceship Earth” has become a metaphor for the vision turned imperative that all inhabitants of planet Earth be harmoniously united in the mission to preserve their planet. In this talk, I shall draw on works by Niklas Luhmann, Michel Foucault, and Friedrich August von Hayek to argue that fashionable “missionary theories” […]

Release | The Great Reset. Restratification for Lives, Livelihoods, and the Planet

Abstract: In reviewing the Great Reset, an initiative launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the global coronavirus crisis, this perspective article considers the scenario of an epochal transition from capitalism to “restorism”. To facilitate the observation of underlying trends and assumptions, a systems-theoretical framework is developed for the observation of both […]