Feola Lab

Utrecht University

West-Nederland (NL3) · Netherlands

ERC-funded
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ERC Starting Grant · 2018

Societal transformation to sustainability through the unmaking of capitalism? A comparative study of radical grassroots innovations in Europe

Modern capitalist societies engage destructively with the natural environment. Societal transformation to sustainability is urged, but it implies a degree of disruption of modern, capitalist ways of being and doing. Radical grassroots innovations – those that posit a profound cultural, economic, and political transformation of dominant institutions and practices - hold the potential to lead such transformation, but may be constrained by their marginal, local, small-scale character. This programme aims to understand to what extent, under what conditions, and through what processes radical grassroots innovations unmake modern, capitalist institutions and practices. This research will compare…

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