We are pleased to announce SustainERA Public Research Talk #8 by Professor Max Koch, taking place on 21 April 2026.
⏱️ 04/21/2026 – 13:00 – 14:00 EEST
📍 Zoom
Max Koch is Professor of Social Policy and Sustainability at Lund University.
He will deliver the talk “Challenges to Postgrowth and Sustainable Welfare: The Role of the Super-rich”.
Date and time: Tuesday, 21 April, 13:00-14:00 EEST
Format: Zoom, the meeting link will be sent before the talk upon registration.
The talk summary and the speaker’s bio can be found below.
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Talk Summary
“Challenges to Postgrowth and Sustainable Welfare: The Role of the Super-rich”
The talk introduces postgrowth as an answer to the polycrisis (ecological, social, political) Europe finds itself in. It then sketches current challenges in postgrowth research and zooms in on the problem of generating and finding support for eco-social policies designed to respect ecological ceilings in general and the super-rich in particular.
About the Speaker
Max Koch is Professor of Social Policy and Sustainability at Lund University. He has widely published on postgrowth and sustainable welfare and is currently leading the interdisciplinary project “Economic Elites in the Climate Change Transformation: Practices, Justifications, and Regulations of Unsustainable Lifestyles in Sweden.” See also: Koch, M. (2025). Europe in the postgrowth era: Towards a sustainable welfare deal. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 63, 1665-1684.
About SustainERA
Running from 2025–2029, the ERA Chair in Sustainable Futures project (SustainERA) at Tallinn University combines high-level research with innovative solutions to promote sustainable mindsets and practices. The project is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe ERA Chair initiative.