Post-Growth Economy: Innovating in a Post-Growth Era | Dr. Mario Pansera
“I propose is a model in which production is managed by the workers, is more democratically controlled and more horizontally managed”
We examine the free-market economy. Mario shares his views on how we got here, where we are going and, in a world where our resources are finite, whether we need to reimagine our economic system to achieve true sustainable prosperity.
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Dr. Mario Pansera’s work focuses on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Innovation for Sustainability. He is a Distinguished Researcher at the University of Vigo (UVIGO) in Spain, Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Bristol, visiting researcher at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and international faculty at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town in South Africa where he teaches Responsible Innovation in the ExeMBA.
In July 2020 he was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for the project PROSPERA (947713) centring on the topic “Prospering without growth: Science, Technology and Innovation in a post-growth era”. Mario leads the post-growth innovation lab at the Pontevedra Campus of UVIGO and is also the Work Package (WP) leader for the ITN Marie-Curie ReTrace on Circular Economy initiative.
Topics covered:
Core drivers of market economy
Strengths vs Weaknesses of market economy
How we can improve our market economy
Post-growth economy - what is it and trends in Italy, Spain, Catalonia, South Africa, China, New Zealand
What would a post-growth company look like?
What are the KPIs for a post-growth company, economy?
From market economy to post-growth economy: what would be a realistic transition plan?
Who are the post-growth leaders? Who is doing post-growth well?
Mario's view on circular economy & sharing economy
Mario: post-growth is a political discourse
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For more information on Mario’s work: https://postgrowth-lab.webs.uvigo.es/
