Association for Ecological Economy

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Association for Ecological Economy eV
(VÖÖ)
Logo of the VÖÖ
purpose Scientific Association
Chair: André Reichel , Erik Wolf
Establishment date: April 1996
Seat : Heidelberg
Website: www.voeoe.de

The Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie (VÖÖ) is a German scientific association that advocates ecological principles in the global economy .

History and background

In 1992, the economist Christiane Busch-Lüty and the physicist Hans-Peter Dürr gave a duet lecture on “Economy and Nature” at the conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS). As it turned out in the discussion that the represented view of the economy would soon find no place in the VfS, it was decided to found an independent association. Busch-Lüty initiated the establishment in 1996 as part of a small, interdisciplinary group of scientists as the German-speaking section of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). The patronage of the constituent conference in April 1996 in the Heidelberg research facility of the Evangelical Study Community (FEST) was taken over by the local mayor Beate Weber . The 50 scientists present were united by the conviction "that the demands of the 1992 UNO summit in Rio de Janeiro to initiate truly sustainable development everywhere are justified and must be implemented comprehensively." From the recognition that economic growth is the wrong answer to the Because of the economic problems at the time, the association wanted to "act strategically in order to use the opportunity to change the university-political landscape in teaching and research in its favor".

Positions

The VÖÖ takes the view that the classical economic sciences are overwhelmed with the resulting reform task and declares: "Other sciences, a change- ready policy and the cultural forces of the whole society are needed to implement and shape the necessary change." Until 2010, the VÖÖ concentrated on establishing the concept of sustainability in its ecological , social and economic perspective. Since the beginning she has represented the need for a transdisciplinary approach. Since a reorientation in 2010, it has positioned itself explicitly as critical to growth and anchored the replacement of economic growth policy with a post-growth economy in its model. In particular, the term “sustainable growth” is criticized as an oxymoron , and the importance of the combination of eco-efficiency , consistency and sufficiency is emphasized. A central research topic are economic growth pressures .

Work and collaborations

Panel discussion at the 2012 annual conference

The VÖÖ works primarily in subject-related working groups , in annual working conferences and workshops. It publishes a series of publications in which, among other things , works that have been awarded the Kapp Research Prize are published, a number of discussion papers and other publications . Since October 2010, the VÖÖ has been supporting students and practitioners who are part of the growth-critical movement through the “Network Growth Turnaround” .

In addition to the chairmen Erik Wolf (since 2018) and André Reichel (since 2017), other board members are Eva Lang and Daniel Dahm . Former chairmen were Niko Paech (2010–14), Gerhard Oesten (2010–12), Oliver Richters (2012–16), Eva Lang (2014–16), Dirk Löhr (2016–17) and Susanne Hartard (2016–18) . Well-known members are Adelheid Biesecker , Sigrid Stagl , Daniel Dahm, Peter Finke and Beate Weber . Founding members who have since died were Hans Christoph Binswanger , Hans-Peter Dürr , the long-standing board member Gerhard Scherhorn and the initiator and honorary chairwoman Christiane Busch-Lüty .

The VÖÖ and its members are linked to other social groups and institutions through a variety of networks and collaborations . The association is a member of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), to whose ideas and principles it expressly refers in its statutes. There are further substantive links to the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) and in Germany to the Association for Ecological Economic Research (VÖW), with which joint conferences have already been organized. During the joint conference in 2003, the “Heidelberg Declaration on the Implementation and Further Development of the German Sustainability Strategy” was published. Since 2010, the conferences have focused on topics related to growth criticism . The social researcher Matthias Schmelzer names the VÖÖ as an important institution of the flow of growth-critical movement, which is oriented towards individual sufficiency .

Prices

Between 1998 and 2002, the VÖÖ, together with the Schweisfurth Foundation, awarded the Schweisfurth Research Prize for Ecological Economy to young scientists every two years. Since 2004 it has been advertised as the Kapp Research Prize for Ecological Economy together with several foundations. In 2013 she first awarded the Christiane Busch-Lüty Prize for Ecological Economy to the Lüneburg sociologist Daniela Gottschlich in memory of the founder and honorary chairwoman, and in 2015 it was awarded to Tilman Santarius.

Web links

literature

  • Association for ecological economy eV, Irmi Seidl (Hrsg.): Ecological economy . Approaches to determining the position of the Association for Ecological Economy. 1999 ( voeoe.de [PDF]).
  • Eva Lang, Christiane Busch-Lüty, Jürgen Kopfmüller (eds.): Resubmission urgently: Approaches for an economy of sustainability . oekom Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-86581-070-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christiane Busch-Lüty , Hans-Peter Dürr : Economy and Nature: Attempting to approach in interdisciplinary dialogue . In: Heinz König (Hrsg.): Environmentally compatible economy as a problem of science and politics (=  writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik ). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-428-07771-7 , pp. 13–44 ( voeoe.de [PDF; accessed on February 3, 2015]). See also the preliminary remark in the online document.
  2. ^ Foundation of an association for ecological economics in German-speaking countries: Call for Members . In: Ecological Economy. 1/1996. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c VÖÖ: Wir über uns and Leitbild , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Arne Daniels: Tele company: American wedding breweries: Swabian alliance Eurotunnel: French-British flop . In: The time . No. 18 , 1996 ( zeit.de ).
  5. ↑ a b Peter Finke: Die VÖÖ am Scheideweg (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on October 6, 2011
  6. ↑ Peter Finke : transdisciplinarity and methodology . In: Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie eV, Irmi Seidl (Hrsg.): Ökologische Ökonomie . Approaches to determining the position of the Association for Ecological Economy. 1999, p. 6-16 . ( voeoe.de [PDF]).
  7. ↑ a b c meetings , voeoe.de, accessed on October 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ Working group growth pressure, voeoe.de, accessed on October 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ Oliver Richters, Andreas Siemoneit: Consistency and Stability Analysis of Models of a Monetary Growth Imperative . Ecological Economics 136, June 2017, pp. 114–125, doi : 10.1016 / j.ecolecon.2017.01.017 . Preprint as VÖÖ Discussion Paper 1, February 2016.
  10. ↑ Oliver Richters, Andreas Siemoneit: How imperative are the Joneses? Economic Growth between Individual Desire and Social Coercion. VÖÖ Discussion Papers 4, Association for Ecological Economy, Heidelberg. 2017.
  11. ↑ Oliver Richters, Andreas Siemoneit: Fear of stagnation? A review on growth imperatives. VÖÖ Discussion Papers 6, Association for Ecological Economy, Heidelberg. 2017.
  12. ↑ Series of publications , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  13. ↑ Corinna Burkhart: Who says what is absurd? A case study on being (s) in an alternative normality. Association for Ecological Economy eV, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9811006-4-8 ( PDF, 1.1 MB ).
  14. ↑ Dirk Posse: Sustainable companies in a post-growth society . A theoretical and empirical study. Association for Ecological Economy eV, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9811006-2-4 ( PDF, 1 MB ).
  15. ↑ VÖÖ Discussion Papers , ISSN  2366-7753 , also available at econstor.eu .
  16. ^ Publications of the VÖÖ
  17. ↑ Network Growth Turnaround , accessed on June 16, 2014
  18. ↑ Network Growth Turnaround , accessed on January 12, 2013
  19. ↑ Board of the VÖÖ , voeoe.de, accessed on December 19, 2018.
  20. ↑ a b The Executive Board 2010–2012 , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  21. ↑ a b c The Executive Board 2012–2014 , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  22. ↑ a b The Executive Board 2014–2016 , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  23. ↑ a b The Executive Board 2016–2017 , voeoe.de, accessed on October 30, 2018.
  24. ↑ Adelheid Biesecker at sustainability-neu-haben.de ( Memento from March 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ↑ beate-weber.de , accessed on October 18, 2011.
  26. ^ Obituary for Hans Christoph Binswanger , voeoe.de, January 24, 2018.
  27. ↑ Hans-Peter Dürr, October 7, 1929 - May 18, 2014, voeoe.de, accessed on June 16, 2014.
  28. ↑ Obituary for Gerhard Scherhorn February 21 , 1930 - February 28, 2018, voeoe.de, March 9, 2018.
  29. ↑ Christiane Busch-Lüty , voeoe.de, accessed on November 15, 2016.
  30. ^ Statutes of the VÖÖ , §2. Retrieved from voeoe.de on March 22, 2016.
  31. ↑ Milestones of the VÖW ( Memento of the original of November 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 18, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.voew.de
  32. ↑ Heidelberg Declaration 2003 (PDF; 115 kB), accessed on October 6, 2011
  33. ^ Anniversary conference 2011 on the VÖÖ website, accessed on October 6, 2011.
  34. ^ Annual meeting 2012 on the VÖÖ website, accessed on February 26, 2013.
  35. ↑ Matthias Schmelzer (2015): Varieties of growth criticism. Degrowth, climate justice, subsistence - an introduction to the terms and approaches of the post-growth movement. In: Le Monde diplomatique, College of Post-Growth Societies. Atlas of globalization. Less becomes more. Berlin: Le Monde diplomatique / taz Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH, pp. 116–121.
  36. ↑ A great honor for the Lüneburg sociologist Daniela Gottschlich. In: State newspaper for the Lüneburg Heath . September 14, 2013.
  37. ^ Christiane Busch-Lüty Award for Ecological Economy. In: voeoe.de, accessed January 27, 2016.