Planetary Choices

The podcast 'Planetary Choices' is created and produced by the Research Center for New Critical Politics and Governance, located at Aarhus University, Denmark.

The concept of 'The Planetary' has gained increasing traction in almost all scientific disciplines. From physics, to litterature, to history, law and economics - planetary thinking and policy making is taking more sophisticated shapes, amounting to an emerging new paradigm.

In season 1, called "Mapping the Planetary", we map and assess the concept of the planetary, where we stand today and in which direction planetary thinking and activism may develop in the future.

With this podcast, we also intend to explore scholarly research through an alternative venue of dissemination that allows for aural intimacy, faster publishing and full open access. As each episode contributes to a larger question investigated throughout a season, every episode becomes a data point on its own, consequently making "Planetary Choices" a place of output and on-going research.

Join us and explore the big questions of our planet!

Co-host

James Quilligan

With MAs from Kent State University, Michigan State University, and University of Pennsylvania, James Quilligan began his career as a program supervisor with the United States Labor Department in 1976. In the 1980s–1990s, he worked in various roles as monetary analyst, researcher, publicist, and speechwriter. With his experience in asset value analysis, he became a monetary consultant for governments in the Middle East and Africa in this same period.

In 2000, he began using carrying capacity metrics to calculate the thermodynamic value of monetary currencies within specific bioregions. Over the past two decades, Quilligan’s work in biophysical economics has led to various positions within management, research, and writing.

- Currently he joins us at the Research Center for New Critical Politics and Governance as our co-host, while exploring the themes of the Planetary.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-quilligan-3567841a7/