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 literature, 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!

Guest

Daniela Russ

Daniela is Junior Professor for Global Dynamics of Resource Use and Distribution in the Global and European Studies Institute, at Leipzig University, Germany. Her work lies at the intersection of historical sociology, energy and resource history, and critical theory of nature. She is especially interested in how energy economies have been shaped over time in both capitalist and socialist systems. Her most recent research deals with the decarbonization of the electric grid, the theory and practice of Soviet energy planning, as well as early Soviet ecological thoughts.

Guest appearance on:

Planetary Thought in the Early Soviet Union —A Conversation with Daniela Russ