Public Lectures

Colleagues are welcome to attend these two Public Lectures on aspects of sustainability and ecological economics.  They are free to attend but require registration.  Please forward to you colleagues/networks in the community, NGOs, local business, local government who may also be interested in attending.

Members of the public are invited to attend this event free of charge, but registration is required. Attendees of ESEE2015 do not need to register.

ESEE Public Lecture: Degrowth and Steady-State Economics

Thursday, 2 July 2015,11.00 -  12:30

Venue: Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds

Join ecological economists Giorgos Kallis (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)  and Dan O'Neill (University of Leeds) for an engaging discussion of the theory and practical changes behind the ideas of degrowth and steady-state economics.

This event is free to attend but please register via http://esee2015-degrowth.eventbrite.co.uk where you will also find further information.

 

ESEE Public Lecture: Sustaining development - Practitioners' panel

Thursday 2 July 2015, 11.00h - 12.30

Venue: The Great Hall, University of Leeds

Join four well known sustainability practitioners for an engaging discussion on sustainability and ecological economics.

Kate Raworth, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University

Ronan Palmer, Chief Economist, Environment Agency, England

Paul Ellis, Chief Executive, Ecology Building Society

Andy Mace, Associate Director, Arup

This event is free to attend but please register via http://esee2015-practitioners.eventbrite.co.uk where you will also find further information.

 

About these events

These events are part of the 11th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE2015) which is being organised by, and hosted at the University of Leeds. We are excited to bring this conference to our city, given the commitment of Leeds City Council, the city region's residents and organisations, and the University of Leeds to a sustainable and inclusive future. We invite interested persons from the third sector, NGOs, local government, business, and the interested public to attend. There is no charge to attend this session, but pre-registration is required. See ESEE2015 for further information about the conference.