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Bioenergiedörfer als Wegbereiter in eine postfossile Zukunft? : Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter Bewohner:innen von Bioenergiedörfern

Bioenergiedörfer stehen exemplarisch für eine lokal verankerte, demokratisch legitimierte und ‚von unten‘ initiierte Umsetzung der Energiewende. Auf Basis einer im Frühjahr 2022 durchgeführten postalischen Befragung von Bewohner:innen deutscher Bioenergiedörfer (n = 523) wird untersucht, wie sich diese…
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Soziologie, BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppe „Mentalitäten im Fluss", 2025-11

Mentalities, classes and the four lines of conflict in the social-ecological transformation

In this article, we argue that current societal struggles about whether and how eco-social policy and politics should be implemented to tackle the interlinked challenges of climate change and inequality are an expression of the main societal conflict of our times: the social-ecological transformation…
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2024-03

Introduction to the special issue : Tackling inequality and providing sustainable welfare through eco-social policies

We are increasingly witnessing the social and ecological crises of our time becoming entangled and amplifying each other. The current policy responses from national states and international governance bodies remain within the dominant framework of economic growth-centred strategies. In this editorial,…
London, England: SAGE Publications, 2023-11-08

Support for eco-social policy from a class perspective : Responsibilities, redistribution, regulation and rights

The political agenda of eco-social policy seeks to create synergies between social justice and ecological goals, such as mitigating climate change. While the concept already has a strong theoretical foundation, and many concrete policy instruments have been proposed, support for eco-social policy is…
London, England: SAGE Publications, 2023-10-25

BioMentalitäten in Deutschland : Bericht über die Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen Bevölkerungsumfrage zu Bioökonomie und…

In diesem Working Paper stellen wir die Ergebnisse der für Deutschland repräsentativen „BioMentalitäten“-Umfrage vor, die 2021/22 von der BMBF-Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe „Mentalitäten im Fluss (‡umen)“ zu den Einstellungen zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation und zur Bioökonomie durchgeführt wurde.…
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Soziologie, BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppe „Mentalitäten im Fluss", 2023

Employment and working conditions in the bioeconomy in Finland and Germany

This working paper introduces a method of measuring the bioeconomy for the purpose of assessing the social structure and working conditions of persons working in bioeconomic jobs. Previous measurements only allow aggregate level estimations of financial and economic contributions of the bioeconomy. The…
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Soziologie, BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppe „Mentalitäten im Fluss", 2022-02

Habitus and climate change : exploring support and resistance to sustainable welfare and social–ecological transformations…

We explore peoples' dispositions and practices with regard to social–ecological transformations based on a sustainable welfare policy strategy in Sweden. We draw on Bourdieu's concept of habitus to highlight the relations between social positions, dispositions, and position‐takings. Using data from an…
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021-09-20

Mentalities Matter : Sozial-ökologische Mentalitäten und ihre Bedeutung in post-fossilen Transformationen

Es besteht weitgehend Einigkeit darüber, dass eine Transformation hin zu einer post-fossilen Wirtschaft auf Grundlage erneuerbarer und bio-basierter Energien und Ressourcen unvermeidlich ist, und dass dies grundlegende strukturelle Veränderungen in modernen Gesellschaften verlangt. Diese Veränderungen…
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Soziologie, BMBF-Nachwuchsgruppe „Mentalitäten im Fluss", 2021-08

Bioeconomy's contribution to economic growth

Content: Bioeconomy - where do we stand?; Ressource use; Competing visions of the bioeconomy; Innovation; How to create a sustainable bioeconomy

The policy legend of the circular bioeconomy: A biophysical view of the sustainability predicament

Content: Historic context - the ideological dimension; The economy cannot be circular - the scientific dimension; Where do we go from here?

Diminishing returns of growth? Economic performance, needs satisfaction and ecological impacts of OECD welfare states

The environmental crisis, increased inequality and an aging population are likely to increase the demand for welfare services in the OECD countries. Economic growth has long been seen as a solution to these problems. However, this is no longer the case. Very few countries have managed to decouple economic…
Thousand Oaks, Calif. [u.a.]: Sage, 1981

Videos from the workshop "It’s the (bio)economy, stupid! The future of growth and the promise of the bioeconomy"

The series contains videos of contributions recorded during the workshop "It’s the (bio)economy, stupid! The future of growth and the promise of the bioeconomy" that was organised from 7th to 8th of October 2020 by the BMBF junior research group “Mentalities in flux: imaginaries and social structure…