Expert Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning

November 29-30, 2024 | WU Vienna

This two-day expert workshop brings together leading scholars to explore democratic economic planning as a response to planetary crises. The event will feature discussions on ecological planning, alternative economic coordination, directed technological change and societal design.

The event is co-organised by the Institute for Spatial and Socio-Ecological Transformations (ISSET) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), the International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS), the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) and the Arbeiterkammer Wien (AK Wien).  

The workshop includes three open-access events: 

• Friday, 29^th November, 6-7:30pm | Public Lecture by Cédric Durand (University of Geneva) on "Ecological Planning And the Problem of Knowledge in the Anthropocene"

• Saturday, 30^th November, 9-10:30 am | Public Lecture by Attila Melegh (University of Budapest) on "Non-capitalist Mixed Economies: A Polanyian Approach"

• Saturday, 30^th November, 5:30-7:30 pm | Final Panel Discussion with Cédric Durand, Aaron Benanav, Cecilia Rikap and Christoph Sorg (tbc) on "How to Democratically Plan Social Metabolism and Technology?"

All events will take place here: LC Clubroom, WU Vienna
Please sign-up: here

All three events will be live-streamed. Online participation is possible with prior registration using the link above.